MARIANS IN 1670-1788 48 Most Blessed Virgin Mary conceived without stain” or “the house of recollection,” Stefan Sydry warns against using these designations to make judgments about the character of the new religious institute. The appearance of these terms in the early episcopal documents was more of a translation of the inadequate description of the life led in the Korabiew Forest by Krajewski and his companions, who called it hermit life, albeit inaccurately. Fr. Papczyński obligated Krajewski to accept Norma Vitae and adapt to the new way of life. However, Bishop Święcicki’s regulations were taken more out of obedience, considering them a temporary necessity because he never intended to establish a contemplative religious community.82 This is evident from the fact that from the beginning of his stay in the Forest, Fr. Papczyński led an active apostolic life. Just two weeks after the bishop’s visitation, on November 11, 1673, he went to Chojnata to preach sermons at the indulgence celebration.83 A few days after the canonical visitation by Bishop Święcicki, Fr. Papczyński went to the consistory in Warsaw to request the issuance of the necessary documents. After several months, on June 15, 1674, Bishop Święcicki issued a document that allowed Papczyński to expand the already initiated chapel and the House of Recollection, which was the first Marian monastery,84 and granted permission “to celebrate devotions in the chapel mentioned above or rather an oratory [...], to keep there the Holy Sacrament for the needs of the sick companions and local laborers, to administer the sacrament of penance and of the Eucharist to the companions as mentioned earlier and laborers, and generally to everyone else.”85 The phrase “and generally to everyone else,” in the document left the door open for various types of pastoral work. The document was a softened version of the bishop’s directives issued during the canonical visitation in 1673. 82 Ibid, p. 91. 83 Leporini, n. 66; Positio, Papczyński, pp. 645, 827. Chojnata was a village in Mazovia region approximately 23 kilometers (14.4 miles) away from Korabiew Forest. 84 Facultas pro extruenda capella in Eremo Korabieviensi Eremitis ibidem manentibus, Anno 1674: Veneris 15 mensis Junii, in: Positio, Papczyński, pp. 347-350. 85 Prot. Ord., pp. 31-33, transl. by S. Sydry, in: S. Sydry, O. Stanisław, p. 110; Cf. T. Rogalewski, Stanisław Papczyński, pp. 209-210.
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