Marija Petković
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Marija Petković, also known as The Blessed Mary of Jesus Crucified Petković;, was the founder of the Catholic Congregation of the Daughters of Mercy. She was recognized by the Catholic Church as Vener
Marija Petkovic
Petković's statue at the Varaždin Cathedral
Prižba
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Prižba is a small village on the island of Korčula in Croatia. Korcula is part of the Dalmatian coast and it belongs to the Dubrovnik-Neretva county. Prizba is part of the Municipality of Blato.
Marija Petković
…and, in the winter of 1919, opened three institutions in Blato: a day-recovery centre, a child-care facility, and an orphanage. On 25 August 1920, in Prižba (on the island of Korčula), Petković wrote the first Constitutions of the Order of Daughters of Mercy, the Third Independent Order of St. Francis…
Coast of the island of Korcula.