Lumen 2018

Towards the end of 1673 or at the beginning of 1674, they partially moved to Cracow where they had purchased a tenement house on Sw. Jana Street, located between the Florian Gate and the Slawkowska Gate. Soon they completed their move to Cracow and gave up their residence at Kazimierz. The present Piarist church was built in the years 1718-1728. 54 Accusations at the Provincial Chapter The Superior General of the Piarists authorized Provincial Supe- rior Opatowski to summon the provincial chapter in Poland in 1667. On September 28, 1667, Opatowski sent out a circular to the rectors of all Piarist houses in the province, in which he announced that the chapter would be held on November 7, 1667, in Podoliniec and or- dered them to hold local chapters, at which delegates representing the particular houses could be elected. In his letter, the Provincial Superior indicated that a delegate to the provincial chapter should have been professed for at least seven years and ordained to the priesthood for at least three years. Apart from the rector of the house and the delegate, no one else was to participate in the provincial chapter. Those who chose to break this order were to be punished by detention or other methods decided upon by the Provincial Su- perior (how easily punishments were meted out at that time!). 55 It was possible, however, to submit proposals to the chapter, either in writing or through the rector or the delegate of the house. 56 In his letter of August 20, 1667, the Superior General reminded Fr. Opatowski that any issues that are not provided for by their con- stitutions should not be discussed at the upcoming provincial chapter. He also warned him that should the members of the chapter discuss matters that were not for them to decide, their decisions would not be approved by the General Council. 57 The Superior General sent this admonishment to the Piarists of the Polish Province so that, by chance, they would not dare to elect their superiors at the upcoming provincial chapter according to their request presented at the last 173 At the Crossroads