The Rev. Gus Puleo submitted this column prior to his death on April 3, 2024. He served as director of the English as a Second Language (ESL) program and the Spanish Department at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia, where he also taught English and Spanish. He was the former pastor of St. Patrick Church […]
The tomb of St. Faustina Kowalska (1905-1938) in Łagiewniki, Poland. / Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk
Washington D.C., Apr 16, 2023 / 04:00 am (CNA).
Forty-two years ago, a family of three from Massachusetts packed their bags and headed to Poland se.
The tomb of St. Faustina Kowalska (1905-1938) in Lagiewniki, Poland. / Mazur/catholicnews.org.ukWashington D.C., Apr 16, 2023 / 04:00 am (CNA).Forty-two years ago, a family of three from Massachusetts packed their bags and headed to Poland seeking a miracle. Bob and Maureen Digan, along with their 8-year-old son, Bobby, arrived at Sister Faustina Kowlaska s tomb at the Shrine of Divine Mercy near Krakow on March 23, 1981. Maureen had been in a wheelchair since she was a teenager, after a diagnosis of Milroy s lymphedema and the subsequent amputation of her leg. Their son Bobby was born with a seizure disorder and multiple disabilities.The Digans brought along their friend Father Seraphim Michalenko, who was at the time the vice postulator for Faustina s cause. He was there to witness the miracle Bob was convinced would take place. (Michalenko, one of the world s leading experts on divine mercy and St. Faustina, died in 2021 at the age of 90.)Bob s certainty in a miracle wa.