Father Wyszynski Pilgrimage

the Church) from the Congregation of Marian Fathers. The Apostolic See has already issued a decree on his heroic virtues and now only the recognition of a mir- acle granted through his intercession is needed. While working for the beatification of Fr. Founder, Fr. Casimir stressed particularly the importance of pro- ducing ample information about the life of this candi- date for the altars, thus encouraging the faithful to ask his intercession before God. Therefore, this book is intended to present against the background of harsh his- torical reality the life and work of Fr. Casimir—a reli- gious priest and a man whole-heartedly dedicated to God and people. I give my thanks to Br. Andrew Mączyński, MIC, for persuading me to undertake this work and to the Association of Marian Helpers for publishing it. The Author 9 Introduction