Father Wyszynski Pilgrimage

of Fr. Casimir’s death to Poland through the Polish Franciscans who were attending their General Chapter in Spain in 1756. The Marians asked the General Superior to send a “second Casimir,” who would help them properly prepare for entering the Marian way of life. The Portuguese men also related that the most important documents regulating Marian religious life: the Rule of the Ten Virtues, Statutes, Horology or the Book of Ceremony, and the Marian prayer book, along with the list of indulgences attached to the holy scapu- lar, had been sent to print. They asked for details of Fr. Stanislaus’s life and information on the foundations of his Order. In addition, they requested particulars of Fr. Casimir’s life and work in Poland: in Portugal he was called a saint. In a letter to Michael Wyszyński, expressing their unity with the pain caused by his brother’s death, they emphasized that in Fr. Casimir’s person their community lost a father, a teacher, and a superior. In September of 1757, the Marian General Chap- ter decided to send Fr. Alexis Fischer and Fr. Rafael de Buffa to Portugal. They arrived in Balsam ã o on March 8, 1758. Until his death on December 31, 1783, Fr. Alexis fulfilled the duty of superior of the Marian community which counted several monasteries. In view of the many pilgrims coming in Balsam ã o to implore the “Holy Pole’s” intercession before God, 52 P ILGRIMAGE TO THE E ND OF THE E ARTH