St. Maria Faustina Kowalska is known as the Apostle of the Divine Mercy. She was born to a poor family in Glogowiec, Poland. She had no formal education but a deep love of Jesus Christ. After joining the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy she had profound and intimate experiences of the Mercy of Jesus Christ. These experiences were recorded in her Diary; Divine Mercy in My Soul.
On Good Friday 1937, Christ appeared to Saint Faustina and dictated to her the a novena of prayers to be said from Good Friday through the Octave of Easter, now known as Divine Mercy Sunday.
She died in 1938 and was canonized in 2000. Feast Day: Oct 5th