The nun will be beatified alongside Cardinal Wyszyński, who is known as the “Primate of the Millennium” because as Primate of Poland he oversaw a nine-year program of preparation culminating in a nationwide celebration of the millennium of Poland’s baptism in 1966.
Wyszyński’s relics will be carried to the altar in the Temple of Divine Providence by Sr. Nulla, a member of the Community of Sisters Disciples of the Cross.
In 1988, two years after she joined the congregation, she underwent surgery for thyroid cancer. The disease continued to spread and she had further treatment at an oncological center in Gliwice, southern Poland. But an almost two-inch tumor developed in her throat, making breaking, swallowing, and sleeping difficult.
“When the doctor informed me of the diagnosis, he said I had a maximum of three months to live. Operating is possible, but it is connected with a high risk of irreversible complications,” Sr. Nulla recalled at the press conference.
She decided not to go ahead with the operation because of the risk to her life.
Sr. Helena Christiana Mickiewicz, who founded Sr. Nulla’s community in 1982, asked the sisters to pray for a miraculous healing through Wyszyński’s intercession. They prayed nine times a day for the intention for several weeks.
On the night of March 14-15, 1989, Sr. Nulla experienced severe pain, but the tumor began to shrink. She left hospital on March 21, completed her novitiate, and has been serving within the community ever since.
In November 2018, a medical board appointed by the Vatican Congregation for the Causes of Saints declared that Sr. Nulla’s recovery was medically inexplicable.
On Oct. 3, 2019, Pope Francis approved the promulgation of a decree recognizing the event as a miracle attributed to Wyszyński’s intercession.
“The doctors told me many times that they only had accepted me in the unit because I was young, so that I would not break down mentally, because the treatment they were giving me could not help me,” Sr. Nulla said.
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“I have seen miracles happen, and believers don’t need much explaining.”
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