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The tomb of St. Faustina Kowalska (1905-1938) in Lagiewniki, Poland. / Mazur/catholicnews.org.ukWashington D.C., Apr 16, 2023 / 04:00 am (CNA).Forty-two years ago, a family of three from Massachusetts packed their bags and headed to Poland seeking a miracle. Bob and Maureen Digan, along with their 8-year-old son, Bobby, arrived at Sister Faustina Kowlaska s tomb at the Shrine of Divine Mercy near Krakow on March 23, 1981. Maureen had been in a wheelchair since she was a teenager, after a diagnosis of Milroy s lymphedema and the subsequent amputation of her leg. Their son Bobby was born with a seizure disorder and multiple disabilities.The Digans brought along their friend Father Seraphim Michalenko, who was at the time the vice postulator for Faustina s cause. He was there to witness the miracle Bob was convinced would take place. (Michalenko, one of the world s leading experts on divine mercy and St. Faustina, died in 2021 at the age of 90.)Bob s certainty in a miracle wa.