Feliksa Kozłowska

Feliksa Kozłowska, also known as Feliksa Koslowska, Felijca Kozlowska and Sister Maria Franciszka, ( born May 27, 1862 in Wieliczna, Russian Empire (now Poland); † August 23, 1921 in Płock ) was a Polish nun and founded the Congregation of Mariavites.

Life

Visions

In the early years of her life as a nun, and in the years 1893 to 1918 she had first visions that should occur again and again periodically. Supposedly it was applied while the first vision to lead a fight against the decadent nations of the world, where they would be supported by the Roman Catholic priests in Poland. In addition, you should have been disclosed to found a new religious order whose primary aims in the veneration of the sacraments should be carried out with assistance from the Virgin Mary.

Order of Mariavites

According to the rules of St. Clara they first founded a congregation under the provisions of the Franciscans. She then put her life and work under the protection of the Virgin Mary, claiming to be inspired and guided by the Mother of God. She gave her Congregation the name " Mariavites " ( Mary vitam imitantes, ie the life of Mary Imitative ) and tried in 1903 to be approved the re-establishment by the Holy See. Under the guidance of the priest Jan Maria Michał Kowalski traveled in April 1904 a delegation to Rome to ask Pope Pius X to the approval of the religious establishment, and to recognize the visions of Sister Maria Franziska, as it was called now.

Excommunication

First, the Pope of this new faith group seemed certain sympathies accommodate, but could be swayed by the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith in December 1904; he now designated mentioned by Sister Maria visions as hallucinations. Finally, the Pope forbade his encyclical " Tribus circiter " any activity Mariavite. However, when no response was seen, the Pope grabbed the last resort, he excommunicated on April 5, 1906 Feliksa Kozlowska on the grounds that she was a heretic.