# Heart for Inka

Heart for Inka This is a campaign initiated by priest Dr. Wąsowicz to commemorate the heroic Home Army nurse, Danuta Siedzikówna "Inka". The hearts are silver from donations and contain earth from Inka's grave. The action aims to shape society's heroic, leadership and patriotic attitudes, especially among young women.

## History

The 'Heart for Inka' action properly honours Danuta Siedzikówna-Inka and remembers her story. 'Inka' is a symbolic figure called "the nurse of the elite soldiers". The idea for the commemoration originated in Gdańsk when Prof. Krzysztof Szwagrzyk 's team searched for Inka's remains as part of the Institute of National Remembrance 's activities. Rev. Wąsowicz took part in the work as a volunteer. When Inka was found, Father Wąsowicz took some soil from her grave because, for the Salesians, Inka is an icon of youth. After the earth was transported to Piła, the idea was to collect as much silver as possible, melt it down and create an urn into which the world from the place where Inka's remains were found would be poured. A collection of silver for the urn of Inka was announced at the Holy Family parish. The unveiling of the first plaque and the silver heart with Inka's ashes took place on 1 March 2016, on National Day of Remembrance in Holy Family Church in Piła.

## Commemoration - Unveiling of Hearts for Inka

* Heart for Inka in Pila
* Heart for Inka in Czarne
* 01.03.2016 Holy Family Church Piła.
* 17.06.2016 Danuta Siedzikówna pseud. ‘Inka’ Primary and Middle School Czarne.
* 05.03.2017 Church of Our Lady Queen of Families - Dziekanów Leśny (Łomianki).
* 22.10.2017 St. Zygmunt's Parish in Warsaw
* 01.03.2018 St. Faustyna Church Groszowice (Jedlnia-Letnisko).
* 16.06.2018 Danuta Siedzikówna ‘Inka’ Primary School Stare Drzewce.
* 21.07.2018 St. Michael the Archangel Church Butrymańce Lithuania
* 30.09.2018 Sanctuary of Our Lady of Victory Ossów ko Warsaw
* 24.02.2019 St. Nicholas Church Grudziądz
* 25.08.2019 St. Catherine Church Starogard Gdski.
* 03.09.2019 Salesian School Complex Ostróda
* 29.09.2019 Church of the parish of Divine Mercy Gostynin
* 13.09.2020 Church of Our Lady of Fatima Dębno.
* 28.02.2021 St. Mark's Church Bydgoszcz
* 17.09.2021 St. Martin's Church Sarnowo.
* 01.03.2022|28.08.2024 St. John Bosco Church Gdańsk Orunia.
* 07.01.2023 Sanctuary of Our Lady of Częstochowa on Jasna Góra Częstochowa.
* 01.03.2023 Basilica of St. Brigid Gdansk.
* 10.05.2023 Salesian Schools Toruń
* 03.09.2023 Museum of Cursed Soldiers and Political Prisoners of the Polish People's Republic Warsaw.
* 25.02.2024 St. Stanisław Kostka Church Plock
* 01.03.2024 Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Białystok.
* 20.09.2024 Divine Mercy Community in Šalčininkai. Gift from former activists of the Fighting Youth Federation.
* 28.02.2025 Salesian Schools Szczecin
* 02.03.2025 Church of the Holy Family Słupsk.
* 07.05.2025 Sanctuary of Blessed Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński Kobylanka

## Footnotes

* ↑ They collected 5 kilograms of silver for an urn for Inka.
* ↑ ""Inka" patronką Zespołu Szkół w Czarnem".
* ↑ "Łomianki: odsłonięcie tablicy upamiętniającej „Inkę"".
* ↑ Heart for Inka in Warsaw.
* ↑ "Serce dla Inki w Groszowicach".
* ↑ 50th anniversary of existence and naming the school in Stare Drzewce after Danuta Siedzikówna-‘INKA’.
* ↑ "W Butrymańcach na Litwie odsłonięto tablicę upamiętniającą Danutę Siedzikównę Inkę".
* ↑ "Serce dla Inki w Ossowie".
* ↑ "Serce dla Inki w Grudziądzu".
* ↑ "Starogard Gd: Koncert „Serce dla Inki" oraz uroczystość odsłonięcia tablicy".
* ↑ "Serce dla Inki w Ostródzie".
* ↑ "Serce dla Inki w Gostyninie".
* ↑ "W Dębnie upamiętnią Danutę Siedzikównę ps. „Inka"".
* ↑ "Serce dla Inki w Bydgoszczy".
* ↑ "Odrobina prochów Danuty Siedzikówny "Inki" spoczęła w kościele w Sarnowie pod Grudziądzem".
* ↑ Heart for Inka in Gdańsk Orunia.
* ↑ "Serce dla Inki w na Jasnej Górze".
* ↑ "Bursztynowe Serce dla Inki".
* ↑ "Serce dla Inki".
* ↑ "Serce dla Inki".
* ↑ "A Heart for Inki was dedicated at the Museum of Wyklêdych Soldiers and Political Prisoners of the Polish People's Republic".
* ↑ "Serce dla Inki w Płocku".
* ↑ "Serce dla Inki w Białymstoku".
* ↑ "Pielgrzymka SFMW do Ostrej bramy w 40 rocznicę powstania FMW".
* ↑ "Serce dla Inki".
* ↑ "W parafii pw sw Rodziny w Słupsku odslonieto tablicę pamiatkową poświeconą Sanucie Siedzikownie ps Inka".