Lumen 2018

of the altar would bring a calamity upon the members of the Marian Order. 99 Father Joachim of St. Anne Kozlowski was one of those members. Father Wyszynski wrote: “The late Fr. Joachim and other predecessors should have made better efforts in this matter, but since they neglected it, the Congregation was beset by various difficulties and they themselves were surprised by unpleasant adventures. There- fore, if we want God to bless us, their successors, “let us now praise famous men and our Fathers.” 100 According to Fr. Wyszynski’s testimony, Fr. Papczynski’s confrere, Joachim Kozlowski, wanted to be considered the Founder of the Congregation himself and did not want to give permission to begin efforts to obtain Fr. Papczynski’s beatification at all. Meanwhile, Fr. Papczynski’s body, buried in the tomb at the Cenacle, lay in water for ten years, but Fr. Joachim did not even try to dry the tomb out. Finally, as he was crossing the Vistula River one day near Warsaw, he drowned, and thus it became possible to continue Fr. Papczynski’s beatification process. 101 In order to be fair, we must add that Fr. Joachim did face certain obstacles before Fr. Papczynski’s beatification process could begin. And, even though he allowed himself to be driven by unhealthy am- bition, he was convinced of Fr. Stanislaus’s sanctity himself. The wit- nesses in the Information Process often mentioned that Fr. Joachim hired Fr. Leporini to write the biography of the Founder of the Mar- ians and, as an eyewitness, provided him with the necessary docu- ments and information. Even Fr. Wyszynski gives a beautiful testimony of Fr. Joachim’s devotion to Fr. Stanislaus: “Our confreres, too, can testify that Fr. Joachim, who arrived after Fr. Papczynski had already died, fell at his feet, crying: « And who did you leave us to, O holy father» etc., all of which must have been the result of his belief in Fr. Papczynski’s great sanctity.” 102 S TANISLAUS P APCZYNSKI 438