The Renewal of the Order redone 2018

61 Documents This is why I finally decided to go to Rome, so that we can ulti- mately find out if we ought to implement our intentions and how to do it so as not to be unnecessarily at a loss later. I believe that in approaching Rome for this purpose we are not interfering with local Church authority nor do we in any way infringe upon anybody’s rights by receiving guidance from Rome as to how to proceed. Certainly this journey will be beneficial. We shall do best by starting the task from what is most important. I am not sure if we shall suc- ceed in obtaining all of the permissions immediately. I am not so opti- mistic. All that I want is to reach the source and find out how and where to proceed so as not to lose our way; and, so that God and the Church will be pleased with us, not to diverge even in the smallest manner from the will, requirements, and guidelines of the Church. I hope that the best place to find this out best is in Rome. By a strange coincidence, I received the letter of authorization from W. Sekowski 3 and at the same time notification that I had received a passport. Tomorrow, on July 24 at 2:25 p.m. I am setting out on my journey. Please pray ardently for the success of the journey, so that everything will be accomplished according to the will of God and the requirements of the Church. If you are leaving Gielgudyszki, 4 please send your address to Warsaw to 24 Piekna Street. Maybe I will be able to keep you abreast of things. I don’t intend to stop anywhere on my way, because that isn’t my purpose. In Rome I shall only visit a few holy sites. I shall especially pray at the graves of Sts. Peter and Paul so that, imbued with their spirit while starting a new life, we might serve God and the Church. I will pray that, committed to the spirit of these great propagators of the Gospels, we will be able to fight the enemies of God and the Church successfully and that we will be able, if it is God’s will, to propagate His faith, in the East and not 3 See Document 12. 4 See Document 10, note 1.