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Janina Kierocińska was born on 14^th of June 1885 in Wieluń (Poland) into a large family of deeply religious landowners. She was baptized on June 21, 1885. Already on the day of her First Communion, June 9, 1895 (on the same day Therese of the Child Jesus offered herself as a sacrificial victim to the merciful Love of God), she felt a lively intimacy with Jesus in the Eucharist and wished to dedicate herself completely to God. Her vocation encountered difficulties on the part of her parents and especially from father. From her youth she became acquainted with the works of Saint Teresa of Jesus, which had a strong influence on her spiritual life. In the family environment she led a life of deep prayer, sacrifice and love of neighbour.

From 1909 she was under the spiritual guidance of the Servant of God, Father Anselm Gądek OCD (1884-1969). On 11^th of May 1911, she entered the Third Order of Discalced Carmelites in Krakow and on 6^th of October 1914 she made her profession, taking the name Teresa. When Father Anselm, as Provincial of the Polish province, founded on December 31, 1921, the contemplative-active Congregation of the Carmelite Sisters of the Child Jesus, he appointed Janina Kierocińska as the first superior of the new Congregation. Since then, as Mother Teresa of St. Joseph, together with the sisters of the new community, she began to serve God and the people in the poorest neighbourhood of Sosnowiec. During Father Anselm's stay in Rome (1925-1947), Mother Teresa for 21 years, that is, until her death, directed the life of the Congregation according to the constitution, written by him and approved in 1933 by the Bishop of Częstochowa.

The Servant of God (Janina) formed the sisters in the charism given by Fr. Founder in spiritual childhood and guided the works of the apostolate and mercy among the poor. During World War II she showed heroic courage. She protected in the convent the girls destined for deportation to Germany, helped the soldiers of the «Armia Krajowa», organized aid for refugees, cooking for the poor and the orphanage, dedicating herself to clandestine teaching of the children and youth. During the German occupation, she risked her life saving the Jews and after her death in 1992, she was decorated with the Righteous Among the Nations medal awarded by the Yad Vashem Institute of National Memory in Jerusalem. After the war, Mother Teresa, together with the sisters, took part in the new tasks of the Church in Poland. The sisters took care of catechesis in schools, ran a kindergarten and dedicated themselves to charitable work.

The magnanimous love she felt for every person rose from her profound unity with God. Throughout her life she cultivated in herself the spirit of prayer and sacrifice precisely for the sisters. Her pathway to holiness consisted of a total trust in God and dedication to neighbour. She was distinguished in a particular way by her devotion to the Child Jesus, the Holy Eucharist, the Most Sacred Face of Jesus, Our Lady of Mt Carmel and Saint Joseph.

She died, reputed for her holiness, on 12^th of July 1946 in Sosnowiec. Currently her remains lie in the church of the Most Holy Face of Jesus in Sosnowiec. The cause of beatification of Mother Teresa of St. Joseph was begun on September 14, 1983 and was conducted in the diocese of Częstochowa in the years 1983-1988.

The Decree on Heroic Virtues was promulgated by Pope Francis on May 3, 2013.

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1. The canonical norms concerning the procedure to be followed in the Causes of Saints are stated in the Apostolic Constitution Divinus Perfectionis Magister promulgated by John Paul II on 25 January 1983 (AAS LXXV, 1983, 349-355).

2. To initiate a Cause it is necessary that at least five years pass after the death of the candidate. This is to allow for greater balance and objectivity in the evaluation of the case and to allow the emotions of the moment to decant. There must be a clear conviction among people about his/her sanctity (fama sanctitas) and about the efficacy of his/her intercession with the Lord (fama signorum).

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Giuseppina Operti was born in Turin (Italy) on November 16, 1871 into a wealthy family.

She was tested by the death of her brother and father within three months. Together with her mother, she gave herself to a more intense Christian life, also joining the Carmelite Third Order. When she learned from the parish priest of Marene, a town where her family had some possessions, that the rumour was circulating that she would found an institute for poor girls, she took it as a sign of God's will for her: in 1894, in the palace inherited from relatives she inaugurated the Saint Joseph Institute.

Urged by the Archbishop of Turin, Monsignor Davide Riccardi, she began a religious community of Carmelite Tertiaries, who lived the active apostolate of the spirituality of the great reformers of Carmel:

On March 19, 1895, with her religious profession, she changed her name to Sister Mary of the Angels, in honour of the Carmelite Blessed of the same name. Her yearning for cloistered life seemed satisfied when she then entered Carmelite monastery of Moncalieri, but she had to leave for health reasons.

She led the Institute of Tertiaries (which since March 14, 1970 bears the name of Carmelite Sisters of St. Teresa of Turin) in the formation of two branches: a contemplative one, later housed in the new monastery of Cascine Vica, and one of active life, but centred on contemplation.

She spent her last years in the monastery of Cascine Vica, where she died on October 7, 1949.

The decree on her heroic virtue was promulgated on June 16, 2017.

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1. The canonical norms concerning the procedure to be followed in the Causes of Saints are stated in the Apostolic Constitution Divinus Perfectionis Magister promulgated by John Paul II on 25 January 1983 (AAS LXXV, 1983, 349-355).

2. To initiate a Cause it is necessary that at least five years pass after the death of the candidate. This is to allow for greater balance and objectivity in the evaluation of the case and to allow the emotions of the moment to decant. There must be a clear conviction among people about his/her sanctity (fama sanctitas) and about the efficacy of his/her intercession with the Lord (fama signorum).