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The Queen Jadwiga
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Queen Jadwiga’s Treasure
of Faith
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ST.
QUEEN JADWIGA’S Treasure
of Faith
From the homily of St. Pope John Paul II “ …. And we today, listening to the
words of the Apostles, wish to tell you, our holy Queen, that you, as few
others, had grasped this teaching of Christ and the Apostles. Often you would
kneel at the feet of the Crucified One at Wawel to learn this generous love
from Christ himself. And learn it you did. You showed by your life that the
greatest thing is love. … … It is from him, the Christ of Wawel, the black Crucifix to which the
people of Krakow come every year on pilgrimage on Good Friday, that you
learned, Queen Hedwig, to give your life for the brethren. Your deep wisdom
and your intense activity flowed from contemplation, from your personal bond
with the Crucified One. Here contemplatio
et vita activa found the right balance. Thus you never lost the
"better part", the presence of Christ. Today we wish to kneel with
you, Hedwig, at the feet of the Crucified One of Wawel, to hear the echo of
that lesson of love which you listened to.”” The Treasure of Faith, the cross with
the precious stone, is established as the symbol of our faith that would be
given to the representative of the young generation of students to remind
them, in the time of the confusion and distress, what is the most important
and what the most precious treasure they can receive from our generation of
Solidarity, St. Jadwiga Queen and St. Pope John-Paul II. This cross is also a
symbol of our care for the young generation and will be given to ensure that
we will do everything to keep our faith alive especially within the
educational program of schools at every level of education. Every year, the Treasure of Faith will be handed to
the Queen of the Year. Last updated: 20 July 2019 Copyright the Queen Jadwiga Foundation |
St. Queen Jadwiga’s Treasure of
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