Lumen 2018

throw Fr. Frankovic into monastery prison for having released Fr. Stanislaus on his own. But the Provincial Superior did not follow this order, for he had great respect for the Rector in Prievidza. 178 At the Benedictine Fathers in Tyniec As he was returning from Prievidza to Poland, Fr. Papczynski stopped for a while at the Benedictine Abbey in Tyniec, 9 kilometers away from Cracow. 179 From there, he wrote a letter to his two con- freres, seminarians from Kazimierz, announcing his prompt arrival. 180 As he handed the letter to a messenger, he told him to deliver it only to the addressees. But the messenger did not succeed and the letter was intercepted by Fr. Joseph Warzecha, President of the house at Kazimierz. Guided by prejudice, Fr. Warzecha drew a false conclu- sion that Fr. Papczynski must have escaped from the monastery prison because he arrived so suddenly, in secrecy, and proceeded with great caution. Therefore, he immediately informed Fr. Opatowski, who, in turn, sent a message to the Superior General. The Superior General, convinced that the information he received was true, or- dered that Fr. Stanislaus be locked up in prison again, threatening him with punishments that were usually imposed upon religious who tried to run away. In connection with this matter, he prepared two letters. In the first one, he ordered Papczynski, to return to the prison in Prievidza no later than within twelve days, under the penalty of excommunication ( ipso facto ) and under the threat of other penalties imposed on runaways, renegades, and rebels. 181 In his second letter, the Superior General stated: since Papczynski did not follow the pre- vious orders, “the penalty of excommunication reserved for him [for such an offence] is being imposed.” 182 Before the Church Tribunal After a four-day stay in Tyniec, Papczynski arrived in Cracow on Holy Wednesday, April 2 nd . 183 Without waiting for Fr. Stanislaus’s release, Bishop Trzebicki, Ordinary of Cracow, had earlier sum- 197 At the Crossroads