Father Casimir Wyszynski

“ P reserve your Marian identity in its original freshness and remain faithful to your beautiful mission. As long as you model yourselves after the example and instruction of Our Lady, the paragon and foundation of every kind of life dedicated to God and the apostolic life, and the source of your dedication, devotion and zeal, the internal life shall not dry up in your Institute, which has already brought such abundant fruit to the Church. 143 Fidelity to the Marian charism of religious life can be meas- ured by the extent to which the Mother of God is both the model andmotivation of one’s spiritual and apostolic life. The nature of this Marian calling was expressed in the charism discerned and accepted by Saint Stanislaus Papczyński (1631-1701), the Found- er of the Marians. 144 This charism is clearly identified by the idea that imitation of the Blessed VirginMary is themost essential el- ement of Marian piety and spirituality. Themystery inspiring the Marian way of life shall be the mystery of the Immaculate Con- ception. Venerable Casimir Wyszyński (1700-1755) accepted this gift of theMarian calling and fulfilled it in the spirit of the holy Father Founder. “What is more, his entire life became a true testimony to the efficacy of this ‘Marian’ road in his striving for holiness. The Venerable Casimir stands on this road as a shining “example in speech and conduct, in love, in faith, in purity (1 Tim4:12).” 145 143 Paul VI, Address to the participants of the Marians’ General Convention on Dec. 5, 1973, Polish text in “ Immaculata” 11(1974) No 1, 41. 144 T. Rogalewski MIC, Stanislaus Papczyński (1631-1701). Founder of the Con- gregation of Marian Fathers and Inspirer of the Marian School of Spirituality, Stockbridge 2012. 145 Kongregacja do Spraw Świętych, Dekret o heroiczności cnót , in: Stróż duchowego dziedzictwa marianów …, 6. Cf. J. Kumala MIC, Pobożność maryjna jako szcz gólny rys ducho ośc Sługi Bożego ojca Kazimierza Wyszyńskiego , „Immaculata” 23(1986) No. 1, 18-28; same author, Z maryjnych doświadczeń Ojca Kazimierza , mps, 1987, 4; A. Sikorski MIC, Maria marianorum. Problem chrystotypiczności i eklezj typiczności aryjnego charyzmatu księży mari- anów , Lublin-Warszawa 2001, 29-42; K. Pek MIC, Imitatio Mariae według o. Kazimierza Wyszyńskiego (†1755) , in: Patrimoniummarianorum. Ojciec Kazi- mierz Wyszyński (1700-1755) w kontekście swej epoki , Ed. K. Pek MIC,