Father Casimir Wyszynski

170 T ADEUSZ R OGALEWSKI , MIC, P H D Father Wyszyński, who was so deeply convinced of Father Stanislaus’s sanctity, claimed that he distinctly experienced a blessing after the exhumation of Father Founder’s earthly re- mains. He believed that the lack of effort towards elevating the saintly Founder to the altars was bringing misfortune upon the members of the Marian Order. 248 One of those members was Fa- ther Joachimof Saint Ann Kozłowski. This is what Father Casimir wrote from Rome: “The late Father Joachim and our other pred- ecessors should have taken care of the beatification of our Founder. Various difficulties arose for the Congregation and for them personally because of neglecting this matter. So that God would grant His blessing on us, may the younger generation re- flect upon, ‘Let us nowpraise famousmen and the fathers in their generation’ (Sir 44:1).” 249 According to the testimonyof Father Wyszyński’s, Father Papczyński’s confrere, Father Joachim Kozłowski, who wished to be regarded as the founder of theMarian Order, adamantly im- peded efforts towards Father Stanislaus’s beatification. What is more, for the 10 years that the coffin containing Father Stanis- laus’s remains was soaking in water in the Church of Our Lord’s Cenacle, Father Joachim made no attempt to rescue the tomb. It was not until after Father Joachim drowned in the waters of the Vistula River near Warsaw that the opening of the beatification process was made possible. 250 Wishing to persuade his confreres as to the cause of Father Stanislaus’s beatification, Venerable Casimir wrote thus from Rome: “I am like a vigilant sentinel, keeping my eyes and ears open here in the Holy City. I am longing for some comforting news from Poland about our Congregation, both regarding the begin- ning of the process of our Venerable Founder and about your life. I amentreating you, Most Reverend Father, to informmewhether 248 PositioPap , 26. 249 Letter to FatherCajetanWetycki of December 18,1751, in: Stróż duchowego dziedzictwa marianów ..., 227. 250 K. Wyszyński, Żywot Czcigodnego Sługi Bożego Ojca Stanisława od Jezusa Maryi Papczyńskiego… , 135.