{"product_id":"saint-faustina-kowalska-medal-necklace","title":"Saint Faustina Kowalska Medal Necklace - Apostle of Divine Mercy","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSaint Faustina Kowalska, Apostle of Divine Mercy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn Helena Kowalska in 1905 to a poor, devout family in rural Poland, Faustina felt called to religious life as a child but had to work as a housekeeper for years before her parents allowed her to enter a convent. She joined the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy in Warsaw in 1925 and spent most of her short life in ordinary convent work, cooking, gardening, keeping the door. What set her apart happened privately. Beginning in 1931, she reported a series of visions of Jesus, who appeared to her dressed in white with red and pale rays streaming from his heart, and asked her to have an image painted exactly as she saw it, inscribed \"Jesus, I trust in You.\" She recorded these visions and conversations in a diary that would later become a spiritual classic. She died in 1938 at just thirty-three, largely unknown outside her own convent. Decades later, a young Polish bishop named Karol Wojtyla took up her cause. As Pope John Paul II, he beatified her in 1993, canonized her in 2000, and established Divine Mercy Sunday for the entire Church in her honor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Gift For...\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnyone drawn to the Divine Mercy devotion or the image of \"Jesus, I trust in You\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSomeone who came to their faith through private prayer rather than public witness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA person who feels called to something quiet and ordinary, and trusts that it matters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA confirmation candidate looking for a modern saint, canonized within living memory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnyone who needs a reminder that mercy is offered before it's earned\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Divine Mercy Sunday gift, the first Sunday after Easter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Confirmation Gift for Faustina\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe lived an unremarkable life by every outward measure, and that's exactly her appeal. For a confirmation candidate who doesn't need a dramatic story to feel a saint's pull, engrave a name and confirmation date and let her quiet trust do the rest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Saint Faustina Medal\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis medal depicts her in her habit and veil, holding a small framed image of the Divine Mercy vision, one hand raised in the gesture Jesus himself described to her, her halo radiating outward. The natural gold or silver of the metal forms the illustration itself. Black ink is applied to the pendant surface and the metal shows through as the image. A shatterproof liquid glass coating seals the surface. The result has a depth and precision that printed medals don't achieve.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePersonalization and Engraving\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe optional engraving on the reverse is rendered in Tangerine cursive, two lines, up to 20 characters each. Many choose a name and confirmation date, while others engrave the words from her own vision, \"Jesus, I trust in You.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSaint Faustina's feast day is October 5\u003c\/b\u003e, and her diary, once kept in a plain convent notebook, is now read in over twenty languages around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sanctum Medals","offers":[{"title":"Stainless Steel \/ No","offer_id":53544985624912,"sku":null,"price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Stainless Steel \/ Yes","offer_id":53544985657680,"sku":null,"price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"18k Gold Finish \/ No","offer_id":53544985690448,"sku":null,"price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"18k Gold Finish \/ Yes","offer_id":53544985723216,"sku":null,"price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0939\/7852\/6032\/files\/Saint-Faustina-Medal-Gold-frontview.jpg?v=1788538561","url":"https:\/\/sanctummedals.com\/products\/saint-faustina-kowalska-medal-necklace","provider":"Sanctum Medals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}