Father Wyszynski Pilgrimage

monastery in Spain. He also said that a certain Francis- can had been healed through the intercession of Fr. Stanislaus. Out of gratitude for the healing, the Fran- ciscan translated into Portuguese Fr. Stanislaus’s biog- raphy composed by Fr. Wyszyński: “We expect a suc- cessful progress of our Reverend Founder’s process for he has many venerators here. As soon as the matter reaches the Sacred Congregation of Rites, then un- doubtedly this kingdom rich in gold will help us, being aware that it is a matter of the beatification of a holy man. Even as I am writing this letter, my great benefac- tor, having visited an artist, has commissioned a statue of our Father Founder” (August 3, 1754). By the word and example of his life, the Servant of God Fr. Casimir laid the foundations for permanent- ly establishing the Marians on Portuguese soil. How- ever, he felt the end of his laborious life approaching. It was his wish that the ties between the Marians in Portugal and the Order’s government in Poland would not end with his death. Therefore, he wrote to the Gen- eral Superior: “We have to take into serious consider- ation the fact that the Congregation here will undoubt- edly grow and ought not to separate from us after my death for lack of contact with Poland…” Indeed, Fr. Casimir’s premonition of impending death shortly came true. On Friday, September 19, 1755, an attack of malaria put him to the sickbed. With great difficulty he managed to celebrate Holy Mass that day in honor of St. Januarius, his patron saint. The time 49 Renewal and Growth of the Marian Order