Father Casimir Wyszynski

174 T ADEUSZ R OGALEWSKI , MIC, P H D upon the order of Father General Wetycki, testimonies about the sanctity of Father Papczyński’s life and the miracles made through him began to be collected. On January 25, 1753, this Su- perior General issued a circular letter to the Marian Fathers, in- structing them to pray for the beatification cause of their Founder. He also ordered them to sing Veni Creator daily after matins, prime and vespers. 261 Shortly afterwards, some bishops, princes and magnates began sending petitions to Rome for the beatification of Father Papczyński. Also, the Polish Diet, gathering on the occasion of the coronation of King Stanislaus Poniatowski, showed its support in thematter by issuing the resolution of December 9, 1764. At that time, the Diet petitioned the Holy See for the beatification of var- ious Polish candidates, e.g., Andrew Bobola. The index of names included the name of Father Papczyński. Furthermore, following the recommendation of theMarians’ General Chapter celebrated on August 24, 1766, Father General HyacinthWasilewski named Father Louis Zapałkowicz as the General Postulator to conduct the beatification cause in Rome. 262 With the permission of the Bishop of Chełm, the Episcopal Of- ficial inWarsaw, Felix Turki, saw to it that Father Papczyński’s re- mainswere examined andmoved (circa 1766) to a different tomb at the Church of Our Lord’s Cenacle in Góra Kalwaria. This was done with the further consent of the Bishop of Kujawy, Anthony Ostrowski (1763-1773). As a result of further efforts, the Bishop of Poznan and Warsaw, Teodor Czartoryski, on April 9, 1767, in- structed the Bishop of Kiev, Joseph Załuski (1759-1774) to start the Informative process. Finally, on June 10, 1767, the episcopal court, on behalf of the Ordinary of Poznan, began the long- awaited Informative process in the archbishop's residence in Warsaw. Thus, themomentum towards the beatification of Father Papczynski which Father Casimir set in motion began to bear 261 G .A. Navikevičius MIC, Stanislao di Gesù Maria Papczyński (1631-1701) Scolopio e Fondatore della ongregazione dei Padri Mariani , Dissertatio ad Lau- ream in Fac. Hist. Eccl., Roma 1960, 232. 262 Ibid.