Saint Weronika Narmontowicz

Weronika Narmontowicz, CSFN, known as Sister Maria Boromea (born December 5/18, 1916, in Wiercieliszki; died 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 novitiate in Grodno on December 24, 1936, and took her religious vows three years later. She began her service in Nowogródek, where she remained during the Soviet occupation. After the arrival of the Germans, she offered her life for the residents of the town 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.