147 6. The Divine Mercy Message and Devotion booklet, popularly known by its code name M17 (Mercy 17), has been revised several times over the last 22 years. More than 5 million copies have been printed and distributed. The Spanish version has also been very popular. Data on the number of Spanish copies printed and distributed has not yet been compiled, nor have the fi gures been documented for a similar publication (in several versions) printed and sold by the Marians in Poland. 7. Leafl ets that describe various aspects of the devotion, especially the one that contains both the Divine Mercy Chaplet and the Novena Prayers, have been sold or given out free in the tens of millions. 8. Holy Cards depicting various Images of the Merciful Jesus with the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy on the reverse side have been published in English, Spanish, Polish, French, and Portuguese and have been sold or have been given out free in the tens of millions. 9. Holy Cards depicting the Divine Mercy Image on one side and on the reverse side the Lord’s words in which He states His desire for the institution of the Feast of Mercy and the promise of the extraordinary grace of forgiveness to those who worthily receive Holy Communion on that day (cf. Diary 699) have been distributed free, upon request. Over 2 million have been printed in English and Spanish. 10. The Divine Mercy Images, large formats, framed and unframed, paper prints and on canvas with an oil fi nish, have been printed and made in the tens of thousands. 11. Divine Mercy Times, a special edition of a newspaper dedicated completely to the Message of Divine Mercy and prepared by the staff members of the Marian Ministries, the John Paul II Institute of The Divine Mercy and the Eucharistic Apostles of the Divine Mercy, was been printed and distributed free in the Spring of 2005 in the amount of 400,000 copies. 12. Regarding equivalent or similar publications and printings by the Marians in other countries, e.g., Brazil, Poland, England, Portugal, the former Republics of the Soviet Union, the data has not been made available as yet. For example, the Marians in Brazil have published a series of booklets, such as Guia da Devocao a Misericordia Divina, or Catecismo Inicial Deus e Amor, which contains a substantial amount of information on The Divine Mercy Message and Devotion, yet no data is available on the scope of these publications. Many of the more popular books on The Divine Mercy message and devotion have been published by the Marians in the U.S.A. through the John Paul II Institute of The Divine Mercy or through its lay Outreach Apostolate, especially the Eucharistic Apostles of the Divine Mercy, headed by Bryan Thatcher. Con-
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