Józef Andrasz

Józef Andrasz was a Polish Roman Catholic priest, writer, translator and editor. A member of the Society of Jesus, he was a confessor of Faustina Kowalska. On November 12, 2024, Archbishop Marek Jędraszewski of Krakow announced the initiation of Fr. Andrasz' beatification process, granting him the title of Servant of God.

Career

Andrasz worked in the Apostleship of Prayer publishing house in Poland. He was responsible for the publication of 41 volumes in the series The Library of the Internal Life. They were mostly translations of great works on asceticism that he had worked on himself. He was also the editor-in-chief of the popular Catholic paper "The Messenger of the Heart of Jesus". He was also national manager of the Apostleship of Prayer and of Catholic Action for Family Consecration -.
While Faustina Kowalska stayed with her order in Kraków, he became her confessor. She mentioned Andrasz many times in her Diary in terms such as follow:

Initiation of Divine Mercy

In 1943 Andrasz initiated public devotion to the Divine Mercy in the Divine Mercy Sanctuary in Kraków. The same year, under his direction, a popular version of the Image of Divine Mercy since exhibited in the sanctuary, was painted by Adolf Hyła.