The beatification mass, at the John Paul II Sanctuary, will be celebrated by the Pope’s envoy, Cardinal Angelo Amato, the Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. Ludwika Szczęsna (she took the name Klara, in honour of St Claire of Assisi, when she became a nun) was born in the Mazovia province in 1863, as the sixth of seven children in the family. She was 12 when her mother died. At 17, she left her home to follow her religious calling, and worked as a seamstress in Mława for several years. She joined the Servants of Jesus in 1885 and was soon given the task of running a shelter for women in Krakow.

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