Saint Anna Kokołowicz

Maria Rajmunda of Jesus and Mary, CSFN, born Anna Kokołowicz (Kukołowicz) (August 24, 1892, in Barwaniszki, Vilnius region – August 1, 1943, near Nowogródek), was a Polish religious sister of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth and a blessed of the Catholic Church. She entered the congregation on November 1, 1918. She completed her novitiate in Grodno, where she made her perpetual vows. In 1934, she arrived in Nowogródek. Lacking formal education, she worked in cleaning, laundry, the kitchen, and the garden, assisted with farm work, and managed the buffet. She first faced repression from the Soviet occupiers immediately after the outbreak of World War II. After the German occupation began, she offered her life for the residents of the city and was executed by firing squad along with 10 other religious sisters. She was beatified by Pope John Paul II on March 5, 2000, as one of the 11 Martyrs of Nowogródek.