Throughout his pontificate, Pope John Paul II preached how Divine Mercy can lead the world away from brokenness and sin and bring it back to God and true happiness.
Several hundred people made a pilgrimage to the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy on the feast day of St. Maria Faustina Kowalska, the "Apostle of Divine Mercy."
"We were illegal in this country, and my husband was working under a different name.... But one day, after we learned about Divine Mercy, he told me: 'I feel like I need to tell my boss the truth.' "
With fellow Marians in attendance and with the National Shrine packed with friends, family members, and Marian Helpers, Br. Jim was invested with the clerical collar and the Blue Scapular