September 23
Bernardina Jabłońska (1878–1940)
Founding religious
Practical advice
Do good today to someone who cannot repay you and be careful that your help does not humiliate them.
Biography
Polish nun and co-founder of the Albertine Sisters Servants of the Poor, Bernardina Jabłońska made the suffering of those who lived abandoned her own. At the age of eighteen he joined the work of Saint Albert Chmielowski and soon received government responsibilities. She gave stability to the congregation and trained the sisters to serve in shelters, kitchens and foster homes with respect and tenderness. His interior life, marked by trials and great trust in God, nourished a charity without exclusions. When he died he left as a spiritual testament: "Do good to all."
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