Lumen 2018

S TANISLAUS P APCZYNSKI 78 time, he did not join them, however, because the Holy See forbade the Piarists, who had been experiencing a serious crisis ever since 1646, to accept candidates to the novitiate. They could only be ac- cepted as associates ( aggregati ), i.e., as members of the order without the right to take religious vows. Perhaps such prospects were not at- tractive to Papczynski and that was the reason why he decided to continue his studies outside the Piarist Order and to postpone join- ing them until their rights as a religious order would be fully restored. 161 In 1653, the church authorities gave permission for the novices in Podoliniec to make their religious profession. This meant that Papczynski could at that point realize his youthful dreams of taking religious vows and dedicating himself to the service of God at the Piarist Fathers. But he was still studying in Rawa Mazowiecka and decided to finish the course of philosophy which he had started. Soon after, however, during his brief stay at the family home, he made a final decision concerning his future. 162 NOTES 1. Podegrodzie , in: SGKP, vol. VIII, Warsaw, 1887, p. 373. 2. J. Gluc, Podegrodzie. Zarys rozwoju wsi , a typewritten copy, Cra- cow, 1975, p. 6. 3. The road leading to Gostwica was mentioned already towards the end of the 13 th century as Via magna . Ibid. 4. J. Stasko, Podegrodzie — zarys monografii wsi , Cracow, 1937, p. 7. 5. E. Pawlowski, Nazwy miejscowosci Sadeczyzny , vol. I, Cracow, 1965, p. 55. 6. M. Strzemowski, Gleby woj. Krakowskiego , in: Przeglad geo- graficzny , vol. XXVI, 1954, p. 54. 7. J. Gluc, op. cit., p. 7. 8. A. Zaki, Problem starozytnych fortyfikacji w Sadeczyznie , in: Rocznik Sadecki , vol. VII, 1966.