Father Casimir Wyszynski

called] to abandon the habit and title immediately that do not befit a foundation of St. Lazarus andwhichwere adoptedwithout the consent of the Ordinary for the purpose of collecting alms.” Reverend Turczynowicz’s lawyer appealed to the Congrega- tion for the Propagation of the Faith under the pretext that this institutionwas the only authority empowered to rule on the neo- phytes. After studying the documents, this Congregation also is- sued a final decree on July 3, 1751, forbidding their use of the title and habit as incompatible with the foundation. Earlier, Father Casimir had made a pilgrimage to Loreto and prayed for the in- tercession of the Marian Founder. It is alleged that a Marian ap- peared to Cardinal Bardi, the judge in thismatter, and talkedwith him at length. Returning from Loreto, Father Wyszyński, who knew that he himself was the only Marian in Rome, showed the Cardinal’s servants a picture of Father Stanislaus and they recog- nized the person in that picture as the Cardinal’s guest. Father Casimir fervently strove for the beatification of the Marian Founder. While still in Poland he searched for witnesses, collected their testimonies, and visited places where Father Papczyński had lived. In Rome, he wrote down all that he had heard from various people about Father Stanislaus’s life, work, and extraordinary signs of holiness. He appealed to the Marians and their powerful friends to search intensively for people who had known the Founder and urged them to raise funds for his be- atification. He also insisted on taking steps towards safeguarding the log Church of Our Lord’s Cenacle in Góra Kalwaria—the site of Father Stanislaus’s tomb. He frequently exhorted that Father Founder’s writings and memorabilia needed collecting. He encouraged the Marians in Poland to raise funds for the cost of the beatification process. He personally studied the laws regulating beatification procedures. With help from a lawyer he composed a highly de- tailed instruction on conducting the process on the diocesan level. He petitioned the Ordinary of Poznan for his support in the Mar- ian Founder’s beatification process, since Father Papczyński had worked and died in his diocese. 44 Z YGMUNT P ROCZEK , MIC, P H D