Józef Andrasz

Józef Andrasz (born October 16, 1891 in Wielopole, Nowy Sącz County, died February 1, 1963 in Kraków) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest, member of the Society of Jesus, writer, translator and editor. He was a confessor of Saint Faustina Kowalska.

Andrasz worked in the Apostleship of Prayer publishing house in Poland - Wydawnictwo Apostolstwa Modlitwy. He was responsible for the publication of 41 volumes in the series, the Library of the Internal Life - "Biblioteka Życia Wewnętrznego". These were mostly translations of great works on Asceticism which Andrasz himself had worked on. He was also the editor-in-chief of the popular Catholic paper Posłaniec Serca Jezusowego - "the Messenger of the Heart of Jesus". He was also national manager of the Apostleship of Prayer and of Catholic Action for Family Consecration - "Dzieło Poświęcenia Rodzin".[1]

While saint Faustina Kowalska stayed with her order in Kraków, he became her confessor.

Saint Faustina Kowalska mentions father Andrasz many times in her Diary, in terms such as these:

It is a strange thing that, until I met father Andrasz, confessors could neither understand me nor set my mind at rest concerning these matters, (her revelations) (p.111), and
I am very grateful to the Lord for having given me an enlightened priest. (p. 1596)[2]

In 1943 Andrasz initiated public devotion to the Divine Mercy in the Divine Mercy Sanctuary (Kraków). That same year, under his direction, a popular version of the Image of Divine Mercy, exhibited since in the sanctuary, was painted by Adolf Hyła.

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References

  1. ↑ Grzebień, Ludwik, ed. Encyklopedia wiedzy o jezuitach na ziemiach Polski i Litwy. 1564-1995, Kraków: Wydział Filozoficzny Towarzystwa Jezusowego, 1996.
  2. ↑ The Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy



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