Wanda Blenska, missionary doctor and "Mother of Lepers". She established a leprosy treatment center in Uganda in 1951 where she treated lepers for 43 years.

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Wanda Blenska, missionary doctor and "Mother of Lepers". She established a leprosy treatment center in Uganda in 1951 where she treated lepers for 43 years.

Following the opening of her cause, Bishop Bryl preached at a Mass in the cathedral, describing Błeńska as a woman of faith whose actions were rooted in prayer.