Father Wyszynski Pilgrimage

saw, as the seventh of eight children of John Casimir and Hedwig (born Zawadzka). He was baptized on October 4 of the same year. He received the basics of religious education from his parents who were deeply ingrained in the Catholic faith. From his childhood Fr. Casimir had a great devotion to the Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God. Having received his education at the Piarist Colleges—first in Góra Kal- waria and then in Warsaw—following his father’s pressure, at the end of 1718 he went into legal appren- ticeship. However, in 1721 he resigned in order to make a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain in fulfillment of a previously made promise. While on the road, he fell ill and thus was prevented from carry- ing out his vow. Therefore, he went to Rome, where he was able to obtain dispensation from his vow. Also in Rome, he met Fr. Joachim Kozłowski, the Procurator for the Marian Order, and declared before him his readiness to join the Order. In 1723 he received from him the Marian habit. Upon his return to Poland, he began his noviceship at the Marian Fathers, and, having completed it, he made a profession of solemn vows in the Order of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary on March 19, 1725. The same year he received his minor orders and was made a sub-deacon, and finally, in 1726, he was ordained to the priesthood. Already in the novitiate he became noted for his meticulous observance of religious regulations and zeal 70 P ILGRIMAGE TO THE E ND OF THE E ARTH