145 critical edition of the original Polish Diary, Divine Mercy in my Soul. The Sisters of the Our Lady of Mercy in Cracow, Poland asked the Marians in Stockbridge to prepare the original Polish text of the Diary, which they printed in 1981. The critical edition text was made available to readers not only in Poland, the United States, and Italy, but in other countries as well. After two printings, the rights to publish the Polish Diary were handed over to the Polish Province of the Marians which continues to do so unabatedly. With the critical edition of the original Diary in hand, the Marians began to work on the English, Portuguese, and Spanish translations. The endeavor required many linguistic consultations and revisions due to various usages of the English and Spanish languages spanning across many countries. The offi cial text of the Diary in English was published in 1987 and the offi cial Diary in Spanish was published in 1996. The Diary in Portuguese was published in two versions, one for Brazilian readers in 1982 and the other for Portugal in 1995. The Marians subsequently facilitated in the publishing of the Diary in Russian in 1993, and in Arabic in 1999. The Czech, Slovak and Vietnamese versions of the Diary have been published with Marian collaboration or assistance. A Chinese version is being also prepared with Marian assistance. The French, Italian, German, Hungarian and Korean versions were published by others. Current statistics on the Diary printing and promotion English large and pocket editions printed/sold - 900,000 Deluxe Leather Edition 1st edition printed/sold -10,000; 2nd -15,000 Diary in Polish printed/sold in the USA - 50,000 Diary in Polish printed/sold in the Poland – not available Diary in Spanish printed/sold -100,000 Diary in Portuguese printed/sold in Portugal – not available Diary in Portuguese printed/sold in Brazil – not available Promotion through the Association of Marian Helpers and Its Apostolic Outreach It is through the works of the Association of Marian Helpers, especially through its publishing arm, the Marian Press (formerly Mercy of God Apostolate and Marian Apostolate), and through the electronic media (video/DVD, audio/CD and the Internet), that the Marians have been able to communicate The Divine Mercy message and devotion to tens, perhaps hundreds of millions of people throughout the world in the last 25 years. The booklet entitled The Divine Mercy Message and Devotion (listed under six below) is the reason that
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