Letters about this initiative

Fr Kamil J. Zylczynski SChr

Rector of Divine Mercy Shrine Keysborough/Melbourne.

The Divine Mercy Shrine Polish Church was built by the Polish community in Keysborough, a suburb of Melbourne. It has become a house of prayer not only for our Polish Community, but also a large group of residents of Australia, coming from many countries of the world. The Divine Mercy Shrine plays a special role in the Archdiocese of Melbourne, as it was the meeting place as announced by Pope Francis for the year of Mercy, and then in 2018 the Apostolic Congress of Divine Mercy Australia and Oceania was held here for the second time. Its fruit is an initiative, which we called "Australia and Oceania pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy." As Poles, we feel especially obliged to continue the work of St. Faustina and St. John Paul II in the proclamation of Divine Mercy to the modern world.

We invite you to join with us in prayer.

Fr. Wieslaw Wójcik, TChr.

Director of the Institute for Pastoral Care in Emigration and Moderator of the Movement of Apostolic Emigration in Poznań - Poland

The Institute for Pastoral Care in Emigration at the Society of Christ in Poznań, expresses its support and solidarity in the initiative of praying with the group of the Divine Mercy on a special day of September 13, 2019. This idea arose in the Prayer Team at the Shrine of Divine Mercy in Keysborough. It is the current response to the appeal of St. John Paul II - the father of Polish emigration, that the Spark from Poland would ignite the whole world - that the message of God's merciful love ... would reach all the inhabitants of the earth and fill their hearts with hope. Modern humanity needs trust in God's action and openness to His boundless mercy. I would like to express my joy that this prayer initiative "Australia and Oceania is praying with the Chaplet of Divine Mercy" flows from this Polish church in Melbourne, where pastoral ministry is exercised by priests from the Society of Christ for Poles living on emigration abroad. At the same time, I encourage the entire Team, that you would not cease to proclaim the truth about Merciful Jesus, who is the Way to our Father in heaven.

In the coming days, I will inform the Polish-language pastoral ministry around the world about your action and we will join in the spirit of unity in this great call to God for those intentions that you set for this day at your Sanctuary.

Sister M. Elżbieta Siepak

Spokesperson Society of Sisters of the Mother of Divine Mercy.

Australia and Oceania pray with the words of the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy.

The Society of Sisters of the Mother of Divine Mercy has welcomed the initiative originated in Australia, calling people in this part of the world to pray by chanting the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy. The dates of the collective prayer have been designated to be 18th May and 13th September 2019. The Bishops of several municipalities named the intentions of these prayers. We live in times when individual people and nations of our world experience various threats to their physical and spiritual existence. This is why this payer is so important.

Humanity will find no peace - said Jesus to St.Faustyna - until they put trust in Divine Mercy. Jesus not only showed us the road to peace and happiness but also gave us means to achieve it : among them the special prayer which is the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy. This is the second prayer Jesus gave St.Faustyna and it is written in her diary written in the Polish language. The Chaplet of the Divine Mercy is prayed also in tribal languages. The first prayer "Our Father" which Jesus gave to the Apostles is found in Gospels. The Chaplet of the Divine Mercy carries great promises and is very effective because it appeals to God with the recollection of His beloved Son's sacrifice of Flesh, Blood, Soul and Divinity. People who say this prayer with confidence receive many great blessings in this worldly life. The Chaplet of the Divine Mercy is especially effective if prayed collectively. What humanity needs most of all is Divine Mercy - said St.John Paul II. The Divine Mercy means Love which embraces kindness, compassion: absolves everyone from weakness and raises us towards God - said St.John Paul II. May the collective prayer, which will include the Society of Sisters of the Mother of Divine Mercy, bring blessings to the People of Australia and Oceania and the whole world.

Sister Elżbieta, Maria Siepak is a Perpetual Professor of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy. She graduated from Polish Studies at the Jagiellonian University, Theology at the Pontifical Academy of Theology in Cracow and the Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Warsaw. For 10 years (1996-2006) she managed the international Association of the Apostles of the Divine Mercy "Faustinum". She was also the director of the Publishing House "Misericordia" and General Councillor of the Congregation. She is the editor-in-chief of the quarterly "Orędzie Miłosierdzia" - "Message of Mercy" and the website: www.faustyna.pl. As well as press spokesperson of the Sanctuary of the Divine Mercy in Cracow and the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy. Sister Elżbieta also runs the "Chaplet for the dying" and the group of the Sanctuary of Divine Mercy on Facebook. She wrote several books, including about the life and mission of Saint Sister Faustina and many articles and media publications.