Father Wyszynski Pilgrimage

visitation, asking ourselves: did anyone of us depart from the way of love, truth, and peace? Are we all fol- lowing the same course in spreading the glory of God and Most Blessed Virgin Mary, Conceived without original sin? Did we depart from abiding by our laws and Roman Statutes, as well as the approved and prac- ticed recommendations of our Chapters? I order you: prior to my arrival, make sure that your churches, sac- risties, and monasteries are orderly, neat, and adorned” (1748). “I will check to see if we are realizing all that the Holy Spirit placed in us. Shall I find the Marians truly following the example of Mary and diligently observ- ing the Rule and the Constitutions? Do they act in love and fraternal peace? Do they properly observe pover- ty, chastity,and obedience? Is praise being properly given to God day and night, as per regulations? And finally, are the principles of religious discipline strict- ly followed?” (1749). He did not spare efforts to put in order the legal status of both existing monasteries and new founda- tions. A friend of Fr. Casimir, Wojciech Magnuszews- ki, a Wojski 1 of Czersk, who presented him to the pre- sidium of the Diet, recalled that the MPs “recognized his great holiness, seriousness, and humility—values 31 Renewal and Growth of the Marian Order 1 The Wojski [pronounced “voysky”] was an officer in medieval Poland, responsible for the security of voivodships or districts at times when voivods and castellans had accompanied the szlachta (nobility) to war (info from Wikipedia).