Lumen 2018

281 Foundation of a New Religious Order people, including those of some brothers who did not have a true vocation, so that they would destroy the new Congregation. It seemed at a certain point that this destroyer of peace had obtained his goal. There was a period of time when all the brothers gave up their vocations and returned to the world. Father Papczynski himself claimed that he would have been offered “seventy (he meant “many”) foundations,” had it not been for all of hell conspiring against him and using the brothers who did not have a vocation to enter the monastery and then to scandalize those truly called by leav- ing the Institute of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 114 Apart from Krajewski, the following names are mentioned as Fr. Papczynski’s charges 115 : Fr. Stanislaus of St. Anne, 116 Fr. Joseph of All Saints, 117 Fr. Cyprian of St. Stanislaus, 118 Fr. Peter of St. Mary Magdalene, 119 Fr. Constantine of St. Casimir, 120 and Br. Anthony of St. Martin. 121 Those who distinguished themselves most with the sanctity of their lives were Fr. Joseph, the first priest ordained in the congregation, and Br. Anthony. Father Papczynski took great care of the first Marians as he initi- ated them into the religious life. He personally supervised the studies of those confreres who were preparing for the priesthood. In his work as a formator, he strongly emphasized obedience, knowing very well how important this virtue is in organizing a religious commu- nity. Seeing the devastation which the habit of drinking alcohol brought upon the Polish nation, he ordered the Marians to abstain from alcoholic beverages completely. Apostolate of Sobriety In the Rule of Life , in the chapter on mortification, the Founder of the Marians categorically forbade them to drink spirits ( crema- tum ), 122 which was a kind of intoxicating drink bringing about many illnesses and various disorders, and was often a cause of death. 123 In the Act of Visitation of 1673, its use was banned. 124 Later, Fr. Pa-