Father Wyszynski Pilgrimage

Father Casimir fully realized the significance of a good religious formation and fervently watched over the novices’ education. He ruled that the General Supe- rior alone was allowed to control the Novice Master. He issued appropriate regulations for the novices and separated their quarters from those of the professed members. He demanded that no one leave the monastery without the expressed permission of the superior or his substitute; the Marians who are sent out on a long journey were to be supplied with letters of recommendation. In order to gain new candidates for the Order, he dispatched Fr. Casimir Polak (a Czech by birth) to Prague several times. In 1738, six Czech candidates joined the Order; in 1739 five, and as many as 11 in 1740. These men made a valuable intellectual and spir- itual contribution to the Congregation and became a credit to the Marians and to the Czech nation. The new community members worked with great dedication in Poland, Rome, and Portugal. Father Casimir set a great example of faithfulness to his vocation and while visiting the Marian monas- teries, fortified his confreres in their zealous service to the Lord in the spirit of the Marian charism. As his let- ters show, during visitations he paid special attention to how love of God and fraternal love was practiced, how the Church’s regulations on the religious life were observed and the Marian virtues fostered as depicted in the Rule of the Ten Virtues of the B.V.M. 24 P ILGRIMAGE TO THE E ND OF THE E ARTH