Józefa Hałacińska (Joanna Ewa Hałat)
Polish foundress of the Sisters of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Who they were
Born at Bulowice and professed with the Seraphic Sisters, where she spent thirty years and held senior office, she moved to Płock in 1919 and with the approval of Archbishop Antoni Nowowiejski founded the Congregation of the Sisters of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ; during the war she refused German citizenship and had to hide from the Gestapo. The diocese gives her family name at birth as Hałat.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
Her diocesan process closed in Płock cathedral in 2002 and the cause continues; the diocese of Bielsko-Żywiec calls her a Servant of God.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.