When a student admits that he hasn’t gone to confession since his first reconciliation, he fears the reaction he’ll get from Father, and from Jesus, while his classmates wait for their turns in the confessional. But Sister Justine is there to ease his worries, by sharing the story of St. Maria Faustina Kowalska, who received and shared the message of His Divine Mercy.
St. Maria Faustina’s story is featured in the latest episode of “Sister Justine’s Saint Tales,” an original podcast audio play series created and produced by the Diocese of Buffalo. This episode features the voice talents of real students from St. Stephen School in Grand Island, who play the roles of counterparts in the fictional Holy Family School. The lead character is inspired by the late Sister Justine Yanics, who taught within the diocese until the late 1980s. She passed away in 1992. The third season of …