Lumen 2018

S TANISLAUS P APCZYNSKI 190 gels Czechnic was staying at Kazimierz at that time, but we do not know whether he also placed himself under the jurisdiction of the Ordinary. At any rate, he was not under his jurisdiction in April of 1670. 147 Papczynski later denied Kraus’s allegation that he had per- suaded the Piarist seminarians to leave their congregation. He claimed that he did just the opposite; he tried to persuade them to take solemn vows. 148 Abduction The new year of 1670 began very dramatically for Fr. Stanislaus Papczynski. The Provincial Superior, Wenceslaus Opatowski, disre- garding the legitimacy of Fr. Papczynski’s decision to place himself under the jurisdiction of the Ordinary, decided to subordinate him to his own authority by force. He prepared the entire action very carefully, asking the civil authorities for assistance. He obtained the help of Vice-Prefect John Tworzyianski of the Lublo castle (today St. Lubovna, where only the ruins of the castle survived, 16 kilome- ters away from Podoliniec). Opatowski first wanted to offer Papczyn- ski a transfer from Kazimierz to Rzeszow, Podoliniec, or to one of the houses in the German Province. Should he refuse, he would place him in the monastery prison as punishment for disobedience. In order to carry his plan out, he retained a carriage from the castle and two guards. Around January 8, 1670, he arrived in Kazimierz (about 150 kilometers away from Podoliniec). Having left the guards at an inn, he made his way to the Piarist residence in an empty carriage, supposedly on some other matter. After a while, he asked to see Fr. Stanislaus. In a lengthy conversation, he tried to persuade him to abandon his decision and to move to Rzeszow or Podoliniec. When Papczynski said that he wanted to remain at Kazimierz, that he was no longer obliged to be obedient to the current Piarist superiors be- cause he did not take solemn vows, and that he was a subordinate of the local Ordinary, Opatowski ordered him to leave the residence at Kazimierz. When Papczynski responded that he was actually staying