Lumen 2018

297 Foundation of a New Religious Order Mrs. Potkanska and her daughter did not join the Sisters returning to Kamieniec Podolski. They remained at the foundation at Mount Zion, together with a few other Sisters, under Fr. Papczynski’s spir- itual direction. Based on the bishop’s will, Fr. Papczynski had juris- diction over this monastery as the spiritual director to the Sisters till the end of his life. He trained them in the practice of religious virtues, and many of them, inspired by his example, lived happy, saintly lives till the end of their days. 169 The daughter of the foundress, Sister Columba, distinguished her- self by her great love for Jesus, the Divine Bridegroom. For a few years, she walked the path of sanctity and left a magnificent model of perfection. She was considered to be a saintly woman. After she died, her cult began to spread. Fr. Wyszynski stated that sixty years after her death, miracles happened through her intercession. 170 Her holy relics are at the Dominican church in Cracow. Both Mrs. Potkanska and her daughter always claimed that they belonged to the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, even though they wore the Dominican habit. This was confirmed by Fr. Papczynski, their confessor, in his man- uscript kept at the monastery archives. For this reason, the bishop would later appoint priests from the Congregation of Marian Fa- thers as confessors and spiritual directors to the sisters of this exem- plary monastery. 171 Service at the Cenacle Towards the end of November 1677, the Marians took possession of the Church of the Cenacle. According to Fr. Wyszynski, Fr. Pa- pczynski could have chosen another church, but he chose the Cena- cle because this holy place in Jerusalem was closely connected with the person of the Blessed Mother. Father Wyszynski also wrote that, as Bishop Wierzbowski’s confessor and theologian, Fr. Stanislaus had heard from his reverend penitent that he had often seen a bright star