Father Wyszynski Pilgrimage

had returned after the dispersion full of rotten habits. Therefore, they tried to ridicule him. One day someone splashed red paint over the crucifix in Casimir’s cell, trying to create the appearance of a miracle. Casimir did not rise to this deception. He simply cleaned the crucifix and kept silence about this spiteful act. “He bore much oppression, hatred, and persecution. Amidst all this he preserved his peace of mind as befits a venerator of Mary and a good Marian” (A. Fischer). There was a custom of sending the novices on var- ious errands outside the monastery, which greatly interfered with their formation. Dispatched to deliver some letters, Casimir stopped at his family home and through his brother Michael’s mediation, asked the Franciscans to conduct a visitation (at that time the Marians were under the Franciscans’ jurisdiction). The visitator, Fr. Jacob Wolski, delegated two Reformed Franciscans to take over the office of Novice Master and instructor of theology at the Marians. Incidentally, he also wrote his testimony about the Marian Founder who had foretold his (Wolski’s) election to the office of Provincial several years earlier. On March 19, 1725, Casimir of St. Joseph Wyszyński made his solemn vows before Fr. Joachim Kozłowski. Then, on Holy Saturday, March 31, 1725, he received the tonsure and four minor orders at St. John’s Collegiate Church in Warsaw. On December 22 of the same year he was made a sub-deacon and was ordained a deacon on March 16 of the following year. 18 P ILGRIMAGE TO THE E ND OF THE E ARTH