Father Wyszynski Pilgrimage

he noticed that by unfaithfulness and bad example his brethren also were causing a lot of harm to the commu- nity. He bore a great many trials from them; even an attempt on his life was planned, as his brother Michal recalled later. However, Fr. Casimir persevered in his vocation and was true to his decision of restoring fidelity to the Marian way of life in the Order founded by Father Stanislaus Papczyński. His once-closest collaborator, Fr. Joachim, began ascribing to himself the role of the founder, which stirred up a dispute among the Mari- ans. In these circumstances Fr. Casimir set out on a trip to Rome, where he planned to seek a remedy for the rift within the Order as well as to settle other important matters. He arrived in the Eternal City in 1731, along with two companions and took up lodgings at the Franciscan monastery Aracoeli . During his stay in Rome, Fr. Casimir was able to secure the memory of Blessed Stanislaus as the Found- er of the Marian Order. He left the following account: “Being finally convinced that [Fr. Joachim] plans to transform our Order and appoint himself its founder, while concealing the memory of its rightful founder, I had to go to Rome to put a stop to all those novelties. Although he [Fr. Joachim] tried to interfere in all pos- sible ways, he did not attain the results he desired. I was also a hindrance to him in Rome when he tried to obtain without my knowledge certain documents for our Congregation, which would have brought about 20 P ILGRIMAGE TO THE E ND OF THE E ARTH