Lumen 2018

John III Sobieski, King of Poland (1674-1696), savior of Christianity at the Battle of Vienna in 1683. A great protector and benefactor of Fr. Papczynski and his community, he gave his approval for the Order on June 2, 1679. It may be surmised that during Fr. Stanislaus’s stay in Warsaw (1663-1669), Sobieski, who was a Senator at that time, consulted him in various matters and availed himself of his spiritual direction in the confessional. Later, in Nowa Jerozolima, he did the same as a king.