Lumen 2018

S TANISLAUS P APCZYNSKI 446 accounts of events which can be classified as miracles in the strict sense of the word. 128 Let us recall one such account. In 1964, Paulina Ciechomska, 65 years of age, a resident of Sokolow, testified that she suffered terribly because of her varicose veins. She could not ask her doctors for help, therefore, in 1953, she turned to Fr. Papczynski. As she was praying at his tomb, she was healed. From then on, the varicose veins never appeared again and she never felt any pain. 129 When Poland regained its independence in 1918, the Marians began preparatory works to continue Fr. Papczynski’s beatification cause. The necessary archival materials were gathered, especially by Fr. John Totoraitis, Fr. Stephen Sydry, and Fr. Joseph Vaisnora. Many pilgrimage groups continued to come to Fr. Papczynski’s tomb. However, it was only after almost two hundred years had passed that the General Council of the Congregation of Marian Fathers, gath- ered at a session in Rome on November 15, 1952, elected Fr. Casimir Reklaitis, MIC, to the office of Postulator General and charged him with the task of resuming the necessary efforts to obtain Fr. Papczynski’s beatification. Father Reklaitis soon prepared a cata- logue of all documents regarding the Founder of the Marians and presented it to the Historical Section of the Sacred Congregation of Rites which reopened Fr. Papczynski’s beatification process on No- vember 7, 1953, (file number 161/53) in order to make further re- search possible. 130 After the necessary documents had been gathered and presented to the Sacred Congregation for the Causes of the Saints, it became clear that the matter should be handled by the Historical Section of the Congregation. Monsignor P. A. Frutaz, Relator of the section at that time, ordered that a Historical Commission be appointed to gather the documents confirming that the renown of Fr. Papczyn- ski’s sanctity continued without interruption. Such a commission was appointed by the Ordinary of Warsaw, Cardinal Stephen Wyszynski. It made the necessary inquiries and confirmed that the renown of Fr. Papczynski’s sanctity, indeed, continued without in-