Father Casimir Wyszynski

206 W ACŁAW M AKOŚ , MIC The superior of the Balsamão monastery, Brother John of the Rosary, remembered thewinged night singer in a letter informing the Superior General in Poland of the death of Fr. Casimir. Later, Father Fischer alsomade a note about this bird in the Protocollum Balsamenense . 348 Some people claim that later on, church bells were heard at nighttime in the abandoned monastery, reminding people of Fa- ther Casimir. It is impossible to verify if this is really true or only a fable. However, it is known for certain that in 1955, when the beatification process was resumed and a commission appointed by the Bishop of Bragança arrived to open the grave to inspect the state of Father Casimir’s remains and transfer them to a new coffin in a new location, the church bells, untouched by human hands, amazingly began tolling. This is not a fable! The incident was witnessed by competent and respectable people, including priests. The doors leading to the church and the belfry were not only all closed, but theywere sealed aswell. To exclude other pos- sible external coincidences, an investigation was made as to whether or not something outside the churchmight have caused the tolling, and inquiries were made even in neighboring churcheswhether their bellsmight have been ringing at the same time. But nothing of that naturewas discovered. Father Boleslaus Jakimowicz, MIC, made a note of this occurrence in the official protocol and collected statements of individual witnesses, later included in the Positio for FatherWyszyński. 349 Furthermore, Fa- ther Ladislaus Mroczek, MIC, who was a member of the commis- sion and witnessed the incident, later provided a detailed description of the event in his circular letter of November 21, 1955, as the Superior General of the Marians. His letter was in- cluded in the Positio . 350 and at the end of the Positio additional testimonies of graces received and alleged miracles through the intercession of Father Casimir were added. 351 348 A. Fischer, Życie, cnoty i śmierć święta …, 74. 349 PositioWysz , 564-570. 350 Ibid, 550-551. 351 Ibid, 557, 571.