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title: "St. Faustina Kowalska: Feast Day October 5 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-faustina-kowalska/
description: "St. Faustina Kowalska, Virgin. Remembered on October 5, died 1938. Read their life in Bless."
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Virgin · Remembered on October 5

# St. Faustina Kowalska

St. Faustina Kowalska is remembered on October 5 in Bless’s calendar of saints.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [October 5](https://blessbible.app/saints/october/#5) |
| Title | Virgin |
| Died | 1938 |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Tuesday, October 5, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-faustina-kowalska/#calendar) |

## Life

Helena Kowalska, third of ten children of a poor Polish family, a sister of Our Lady of Mercy assigned to kitchens, gardens, and gatehouses — and the confidante of Christ, who asked her to be the apostle and secretary of his mercy.

Her Diary, six hundred notebook pages written under obedience, carried the message: mercy is God’s greatest attribute, and trust the vessel that draws it. From it came the Divine Mercy image, chaplet, and feast now kept the Sunday after Easter. She died of tuberculosis at thirty-three.

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Faustina Kowalska. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Tuesday, October 5, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/10/05/) | Tuesday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Jonah 3:1-10 · Psalm 130:1b-2, 3-4ab, 7-8 · Luke 11:28 · Luke 10:38-42 |
| [Thursday, October 5, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/10/05/) | Thursday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Job 19:21-27 · Psalm 27:7-8a, 8b-9abc, 13-14 · Mark 1:15 · Luke 10:1-12 |

Readings

Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[October 4 St. Francis of Assisi](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-francis-of-assisi/) [October 6 St. Bruno](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-bruno/)

[All the saints of October](https://blessbible.app/saints/october/) [Born on October 5?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#10-05) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Faustina Kowalska

Remembered on October 5

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-faustina-kowalska/#life)
2. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-faustina-kowalska/#calendar)

In the app

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