DIVINE MERCY - CALENDAR OF EVENTS IN RECENT YEARS

2000	Vatican	April 30, Pope John Paul II proclaimed sister Faustina saint and established the Feast of the Divine Mercy for the whole Church.
2001	Vilnius	Having celebrated - as agreed with Father Jan Kasiukiewicz, parish priest in the Holy Spirit church in Vilnius - the great nine-month Novena in front of the Image of Merciful Jesus (August 1999- April 2000), the Congregation of the Sisters of Merciful Jesus, supported by the Contemplative Convents prayers, received the grace of a return to Vilnius.
2002	Cracow	Pope John Paul II performed the act of entrusting the world’s fate.
2003	Vilnius	The first Icon of Merciful Jesus was thoroughly renovated.
2004	Vatican	Congregation for Canonization promulgated a decree acknowledging the heroism of God’s Servant Father Michael Sopocko’s virtues.
	Mysliborz	The new convent with the chapel of Jesus the King of Mercy, donated to the Congregation of the Sisters of Merciful Jesus, was consecrated.
2005	Vilnius	The convent with the chapel of Saint Faustina, donated to the Congregation of the Sisters of Merciful Jesus (the house in which the first image of Merciful Jesus was painted in 1934) was consecrated.
	Vilnius	Cardinal Audrys Juozas Backis officially authorised a new monastic community of the Brothers of Merciful Jesus which started its community life in Italy in 2000.
	Vilnius	On August 25, 2005, the second thanksgiving nine-month Novena for the Divine Mercy started, conducted by the Congregation of the Sisters of Merciful Jesus. Thanking God for the grace of the return to Vilnius, the Congregation wished to venerate with its prayers:

The centenary of saint Faustina’s birth
Fiftieth anniversary of the authorisation of the Congregation of the Sisters of Merciful Jesus
Seventieth anniversary of the first public veneration of the Image of Merciful Jesus

2006	Vilnius	April 23, on the Feast of the Divine Mercy the thanksgiving Novena was solemnly completed.
2007	Vilnius	The monastery with the chapel of Merciful Jesus, donated to the Community of the Brothers of Merciful Jesus, was consecrated. The Brothers’ first holy orders were held.
2008	Vatican	On 13th May 2008, the Congregation of the Sisters of Merciful Jesus was approved as a monastic institute under papal laws.
	Bialystok	28 September 2008 in the Divine Mercy Church in Bialystok (Polonia) took place the beatification of the Servant of God Fr. Michael Sopocko (70 years after death of the Saint sister Faustyna).