Sister Klara Staszczak (1905-1991) as an example heroic realization of religious consecration

Abstract

Klementyna Staszczak – sister Maria Klara was born in Zdzarach in wlodzimierski county on November 6th 1905. In 1922 she joined the Congregation of the Sisters of Benedictine Missionaries. She took her initial vows of chastity on August 15, 1924 in Kowal and her everlasting vows on August 15, 1931 in Luck. From 1924 to 1943, from 1971 to 1986, and from 1989 to 1991 she lived in Ukraine. Sister Klara Staszczak particularly loved the region of Estern Boderlands to which she was wholeheartedly devoted. Her faith, life in her everyday prayer, as well as her commitment to overcoming the hardships required when walking according to the Gospel and God’s commandments, shaped her heroism in realization of the covenant’s consecration. Her ability to heroically overcome the difficulties arising on the way of the renewing of the Congregation on the Estern Boderlands, show how strongly sister Klara was unified with Christ. Thanks to her absolute devotion to Jesus as her Lord and Savior and her bona fide work, rooted in the spirit of the rules of St. Benedict, sister Klara was successful in initiating and developing the activity of the Congregation of the Sisters of Benedictine Missionaries in Ukraine. Her whole life was devoted to serve God, Church, Congregation, and to other men, especially those who were in most need of the Gospel care. She died on June 6th 1991 in Bar in Podole region and was buried there.
To this day sisters in Ukraine are continuing the spiritual heritage of the Founding Mother, which sister Klara, after 60 years of nun’s absence, was able to re-establish in the Estern Boderlands region.