Blessed Celine Chludzińska Borzęcka

The Church commemorates Blessed Celine Chludzińska Borzęcka on 26 October. Born on 29 October 1833 in Antowil, she was the youngest of two siblings in a wealthy Polish family.

Although she felt called to religious life, she married Józef Borzęcki at the Vilnius Cathedral at age 21 following the wishes of her parents and a prelate. While living in Obremszczyzna, she maintained a life of prayer and asceticism. During her marriage, she experienced the deaths of two children, Casimiro and Maria. Her third daughter, Hedwig, was born in 1863 and later joined her in religious life.