Angela Truszkowska
Maria Angela ( Camilla Sofia ) Truszkowska ( born May 16, 1825 Kalisz, Poland, † October 10, 1899 in Krakow, Poland) was a sister of the Roman Catholic Church and foundress of the Sisters of St. Felix of Cantalice.
Life
Sofia Camilla Truszkowska was the eldest daughter of the couple, Josef and Josefa Truszkowski Rudzinska. Her father came from a noble family and was a lawyer. Your Christian name has been set with the baptism on January 1, 1826 Sofia Camilla. ( As a nun she later chose the name Maria Angela. ) In 1837 the family moved its residence to Warsaw and Sofia attended the renowned Academy of Madame Guerin. Your teacher Jachowicz exercised on their disinterestedness of another influence. When she fell ill with tuberculosis at the age of 16, she spent a year cure in Switzerland. Upon her return grew up in her the idea to join the Order of the Visitation. Her father's illness prevented this step and she went in 1849 with her father after Salzbrunn. During a visit to the cathedral they came in silent prayer to the decision not to join the sisters. In Warsaw they still nursed her father and spent much time with visits to the sick and poor. Since 1854 she supported the Daughters of Charity, rented an apartment and gave orphans accommodation.
Life in the Congregation
1855 she joined the Franciscan Terzianerinnen and bore the name of Angela. Since that time, she was standing in a close emotional connection to their spiritual Father Honorat Koźmiński ( 1829-1916 ). She moved with her cousin Clothilde in a built her home and looked after abandoned children. On November 21, 1855, the two women decided to put their lives in the service of God, this day is also considered the founding of the new congregation. 1856 followed as the third candidate sister Cunegonde. With the aid of the Capuchin provincial superior, Father Benjamin Szymanski, the Community received ecclesiastical approval. To the first mother superior mother Gwendolyn was elected, while mother Angela acted as mistress of novices. On April 10, 1857 submitted a total of 10 nuns at a private religious habit and constituted their religious community. Since all the sisters as the first name of the Mother of God Mary anfügten her religious name, they are now called Mary Angela, but was only " mother Angela " called.
Superior General
The new congregation was later named " Sisters of St. Felix of Cantalice "which they called" " earned Felizianerinnen. 1860, informed the women's orders in an active and a contemplative branch. Mother Angela was elected Superior General of both branches and 1864 and 1868 re-elected. On December 16, 1864, the congregation was banned by the Russian government in Poland. The sisters fled to Krakow, belonging to Austria Poland. Mother Angela was temporarily as a cloistered nun at the Bernardine accommodation. On May 17, 1866, she again came to Krakow and put 1868, after its re- election to the Superior General, the eternal religious profession.
Illness, death and beatification
1869 laid down for health reasons all obligations. At the age of 44 years her illness led to deafness, from now on she lived in Krakow 30 years in complete seclusion. An emerging gastric cancer led them in the years 1872-1874 ever deeper into mental and physical disorders. Three months before her death, she was still in 1899 the papal approbation of the Sisters of St. Felix of Cantalice experience. Mother Angela died on 10 October 1899 in Kraków and was buried in the church of Felizianerinnen in Krakow. Shortly thereafter began in Poland the worship of Mother Angela and the call for the canonization was loud. On April 18, 1993 Maria Angela Truszkowska was beatified by Pope John Paul II, her Memorial Day was established on 10 October.