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| Blessed Katarzyna Faron, Pray for us! |
⛪ Other Names:
• Celestyna, Catherine, Celestine • Prisoner #27989
⛪ Memorial: • 9 April • 12 June as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II
⛪ Born: • 24 April 1913 in Zabrzez, Malopolskie, Poland
⛪ Died: • Easter morning, 9 April 1944 in Auschwitz concentration camp, Oswiecim, Malopolskie, Nazi-occupied Poland
Caterina Celestina Faron, born in 1913, is part of the ranks of the Polish martyrs of Nazism. The nun had offered her life for the conversion of a priest. Arrested by the Gestapo she was sentenced to forced labor in the Auschwitz camp. She faced the suffering heroically, dying on Easter 1944. The young religious was beatified by John Paul II in Poland on June 13, 1999, along with 107 other martyrs and Edmund Bojanowski (1814-1871), founder of his Congregation of belonging, the Servants of the Immaculate Conception. (Avvenire)
Roman Martyrology: In the extermination camp of Auschwitz near Krakow in Poland, Blessed Celestina Faron, virgin of the Congregation of the Little Servants of the Immaculate Conception and martyr, was thrown into prison during the military occupation of Poland in wartime for his faith in Christ and, after having been subjected to torture, he obtained the glorious crown.
Katarzyna Celestyna Faron was born on April 24, 1913 in the Polish city of Zabrzez. She entered the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception and became superior of the Brzozow community. With the advent of the Nazi regime, the nun had offered her life for the conversion of a priest. Arrested by the Gestapo, she was sentenced to forced labor in the Auschwitz concentration camp. He tackled the suffering heroically, dying as a result of the numerous tortures suffered on Easter Sunday, April 9, 1944, still at a young age.
On June 13, 1999, Pope John Paul II raised to the honors of the altars no less than 108 victims of the same Nazi persecution, including Blessed Katarzyna Celestyna Faron, which is now commemorated by the Martyrologium Romanum today. On that occasion the founder of the congregation belonging to Sister Celestina, the layman Edmund Bojanowski, was also beatified.
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