August 29
Maria Sancja Szymkowiak (1910–1942)
Religious
Polish nun, Maria Sancja Szymkowiak lived total dedication to God through the most humble services and charity during the Nazi occupation.
Biography
Baptized Janina, she studied languages and literature, participated in the university Marian apostolate and helped the poor. She entered the Seraphic Sisters in 1936. During the war she decided to remain in her convent and worked under harsh conditions; Because she knew languages, she served as a translator to French and English prisoners, who called her "angel of kindness." The fatigue aggravated tuberculosis. He professed his final vows shortly before he died, at the age of thirty-two.
Practical advice
Use a language or knowledge you have today to facilitate communication for someone who feels foreign or disoriented.