Komiks

Wanda Błenska is an incredible figure who has inspired new generations of doctors to bring help to those who are most deprived of hope, who suffer from pain and live in great poverty in remote corners of the world. Having recognized her evangelistic radicalism, the Holy See approved of opening her beatification cause in autumn, 2020. The ‘Mother of Lepers’ was born on 30 October, 1911, in Poznan. For many years she was closely connected with Torun and with what is now the Kujawsko-Pomorskie region. In 1920, her father was transferred to Torun to work in local education. Eight years later, in June, 1928, she graduated from a girls' secondary school there (Miejskie Gimnazjum Żenskie). Since her early childhood, she had dreamt of becoming a doctor and serving on missions in Africa. That was why she chose medical studies in Poznan that she started in 1928 and completed in 1934. During that time she was an active member of the Academic Missionary Circle.