194 what Father Founder means to you. It’s truly inspiring sitting in the booth there, everything comes to my ears. I am quite attentive and do listen to every word not only to provide good translation: your moving and inspiring witness has nourished my heart. For me, the beatifi cation is a type of crowning or conclusion of a wonderful journey of discovering who Father Papczyński was. This journey of discovering took place almost 30 years ago. It is kind of interesting for me that fi rst I heard about Fr. Papczyński from Fr. Casimir Krzyżanowski, MIC who gave us a two week program about our Founder which was quite interesting. But then he was only a historical fi gure for me, not a real person. In the 1990s, I used to go to Rome for various reasons. I had a chance to personally see and appreciate the work of Fr. Casimir Krzyżanowski, who was then preparing Fr. Papczyński’s writings in Latin for publication. He was copying the original manuscripts and providing commentaries. He explained to me what he was doing and also informed me about the work progress. During our meetings, I copied his work from his old computer for fear that it might break down and that the fruits of Fr. Casimir’s work would be lost. To this day I keep all the fl oppy disks in my archives. Sometimes I would ask Fr. Krzyżanowski: “Father, what is the situation with our Founder’s beatifi cation process?” And he shared with me his thoughts and talked about the progress. Once he told me with sadness that the diffi culty with Father Founder was his “disobedience.” It seemed as if each serious discussion about the Founder’s possible beatifi cation sooner or later would meet with this obstacle. However, everything is in God’s hands and He can remove it. Once, during our conversation about the beatifi cation, I said to him: “Father, don’t rush the Founder’s beatifi cation. Remember Fr. Vaišnora, MIC? He was preparing Blessed George’s cause. When he fi nished the informative process, he died before the beatifi cation. And then there was Fr. Bolesław Jakimowicz, MIC. He went to the Lord, having completed his work on the Positio about Fr. Wyszyński and before the decree on his heroic virtues were proclaimed. So, please Father, do not rush, for you are needed in our community.” Father Casimir heard me with a smile, but rejected my reasoning. During my visits to Rome, I also met several times with Fr. Wacław Makoś, MIC who, along with his administrative duties, also carried out historical research in regard to our Father Founder. One day, Fr. Makoś shared with me his discovery in the matter of the Founder’s “disobedience” and a possible solution of this problem. He showed me that the problem of “disobedience” arose from the fact that Fr. Papczyński witnessed serious wrongful deeds while he was a member of the Piarists. “Father Papczyński admonished his Superior. The latter, having taken offence at his subordinate’s action and trying to defend himself,
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