Lumen 2018

271 Foundation of a New Religious Order ever increasing numbers. Apart from the construction, it was nec- essary to set up at least a small farm and a vegetable garden, which, again, required clearing the forest. This was ordinary human labor, ordinary matters, and the troubles associated with them. But the constructor of the hermitage evoked admiration and recognition. Later, Fr. Papczynski’s spiritual sons reverently showed the places sanctified by his toil to the novices. 93 The chapel built from squared larch trunks was the first visible fruit of Fr. Papczynski’s work. Later, a monastery was added, and in 1755, due to the efforts made by the Princes Sanguszko of Guzow, an aisle was added to the church, so that the original build- ing became the presbytery of the new church. Towards the end of the 19 th century, due to Rev. J. Lagodzinski’s efforts, a church tower was built. An icon of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Vir- gin Mary from the chapel in Lubocza, donated by the Karski family, was placed above the main altar. The story of this icon, as recorded by Wyszynski, is very interesting. The icon came from Rome where it was famous for miracles and venerated by popes, cardinals, and the people of Rome. When a member of the Karski family was in the Eternal City as a delegate of the Republic of Poland, 94 Pope Urban VIII presented him with the icon of the Blessed Mother. It was later placed in the house chapel of the Karski family. It was before this icon that Fr. Stanislaus changed his black Piarist habit for the white Marian habit. In his testament, Mr. Karski instructed his heirs that after his death the icon should be transferred to Fr. Papczynski’s monastery. But, when her husband died, Anne Karska did not want to part with the icon while she herself was still alive. She set up a foundation for a solemn transfer of the icon to the Marians after her death and to make certain that a Holy Mass would be celebrated before this image each Saturday perpetuis temporibus . She also prepared a grave for her- self and her heirs by the Marian monastery, so that she might rest eternally nearby the beloved image.