MARIANS IN 1670-1788 42 contingent upon receiving approval from the Holy See. The bishop later pressured Fr. Stanislaus in this matter on multiple occasions. On September 15, 1671, having apprised the Apostolic Nuncio Angelo Ranuti of his intent, Stanislaus Papczyński put on the white habit before the miraculous image of the Immaculate Virgin Mary in Lubocza.62 In early September 1671, at the advice of his confessors, Fr. Papczyński moved to Lubocza to the estate of James Karski, a nobleman. He served as a chaplain there. During this time, he made efforts through a certain procurator to obtain the necessary permissions from the Apostolic See, which, as he revealed, “I unceasingly endeavored to obtain this permission for two years, and this matter cost me many difficulties, exposing me to certain expenses. But […] the Procurator — treacherous and cunning — fed me with promises while not making any effort to resolve this matter.”63 As a chaplain in the Karski family, he devoted much time to personal prayer and had already enjoyed a reputation for holiness. He also dedicated himself to theological studies and writing. In Lubocza, he authored two valuable works: Mystical Temple of God, an ascetical manual primarily intended for laypeople, and the Rule of Life, which was a monastic rule for future Marian Fathers.64 His time in Lubocza was not easy, as news of his efforts as a founder of the new religious order gathered many opponents. False accusations were thrown at him, satirical writings were penned, and slanderous rumors were fabricated. “[…] there were some who looked upon me as a crazy man. Others persecuted me, because the beginnings [of this work] must be founded upon suffering.”65 These attacks, as well as the false interpretation of his departure from the Piarists, motivated him — “in order to remove any error of human judgment” — to write his Apologia for the Departure from the Institute of Pious Schools, in which he presented actual reasons for his decision along with the circumstances of 62 Leporini, n. 36. “Thanks to the will of God and the Apostolic Nuncio, as well as the Bishop of Poznań, his great benefactor, he donned the white habit during the octave of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and went to the Korabiew Hermitage.” Cf. S. Papczyński, The Foundation of the House of Recollections, 7, in: Selected Writings, p. 904-905; Positio, Papczyński, p. 333. 63 Cf. S. Papczyński, The Foundation of the House of Recollections, 10, in: Selected Writings, p. 906. 64 Norma Vitae, Varsaviae 1687. This was the first printed version of The Rule of Life. 65 S. Papczyński, The Foundation of the House of Recollections, 8, in: Selected Writings, p. 905.
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