Father Wyszynski Pilgrimage

PART TWO R ENEWAL AND G ROWTH OF THE M ARIAN O RDER Faithful to the Founder and His Work In December of 1723, Fr. Joachim, and his com- panion Br. Michael, and Casimir set out on the return journey to Poland. Already on this trip Casimir found courage to tell his superior that by putting excessive burdens on Br. Michael, he transgressed against frater- nal unity and charity. Angered, Fr. Joachim ordered his former companions to continue the trip on their own. They traveled on foot, hauling the luggage and pray- ing together. When they were passing by Casimir’s family home, his mother lay dying there. He had a chance to bid her farewell and to attend her funeral. Then he continued to the Marian hermitage in Puszcza Korabiewska (presently Puszcza Mariańska) and on March 19, 1724, the solemnity of St. Joseph, he was admitted into the Marian novitiate. “After the demise of his worthy mother he followed the salvific voice and dedicated himself to imitating the life of Mary Immaculate.” (A. Fischer). Consumed by the mission of mending the wrongs caused by his brother to the Marian Order, Casimir did his best, striving to abide strictly by the rule and con- stitutions. His zeal awoke a dislike in his brethren who