St. Faustina Kowalska

Explore the Polish and Lithuanian places connected with St. Faustina, her tomb, and the Divine Mercy message recorded in her diary.

Feast: October 51905–19384 connected places2 countries

The story

Faustina Kowalska was a Polish religious sister whose diary records an intense life of prayer and a mission centered on God’s mercy. Her years in the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy connect her especially with Płock, Warsaw, Vilnius, and Kraków.

The associated places do not all make the same claim. Kraków preserves her tomb; Płock and Vilnius preserve settings connected with the development of the Divine Mercy image and devotion. Each destination record states what can be visited today.

How to read this pilgrimage

Read the journey chronologically: vocation and community life, the recorded visions, direction of the first image, final years, tomb, and the growth of public devotion.

St. Faustina Kowalska, pray for us.

On the map

Places connected with St. Faustina Kowalska

Every card states the recorded relationship so a tomb, lifetime place, relic, and later devotional shrine are not presented as interchangeable claims.

Shrine · Kraków, Poland

Divine Mercy Sanctuary

tomb and associated saint

Her tomb is venerated in the convent chapel.

Shrine · Vilnius, Lithuania

House of St. Faustina in Vilnius

residence, prayer, and Divine Mercy mission

The sole surviving house of the former convent where St. Faustina lived in Vilnius. Her restored cell, relics, and the daily Chaplet recall the place where she recorded the prayer in September 1935.

Shrine · Vilnius, Lithuania

Shrine of Divine Mercy, Vilnius

directed the original image from her recorded visions

The permanent home of the original Divine Mercy image painted by Eugeniusz Kazimirowski under St. Faustina’s direction in Vilnius and installed in the shrine established by the Archbishop of Vilnius in 2004.

Shrine · Płock, Poland

Divine Mercy Sanctuary in Płock

residence and Divine Mercy vision site

Płock is the beginning of the image commission in her recorded mission.