Saint Stanislaus Papczynski Selected Writings

27 kalendarium of life and index of written works 1679 [April 21] Bishop of Poznań, Stefan Wierzbowski canonically established the Congregation of Marian Fathers in the Diocese of Poznań. 1684 In June, Fr. Stanislaus convoked the first General Chapter in the Korabiew Forest. 1690 Father Stanislaus published in Warsaw his Christus Patiens, Septem Discursibus Quadragesimali Paenitentiae accomodatis, Devotae Piorum considerationi Propositus per Patrem Stanislaum a Iesu Maria Sacerdotem Polonum (The Suffering Christ). 1690 Father Papczyński traveled to Rome, seeking papal approval for the Marian institute, but fell ill and returned to Poland without attaining his goal. 1692 [Dec. 9] Being seriously ill with a possibly fatal outcome, Fr. Stanislaus composed his Testamentum [primum] (First Testament). 1698 In the fall, Fr. Papczyński dispatched Fr. Joachim Kozlowski to Rome to seek papal approbation for the Marian Institute. 1699 [September 21] The Holy See approved the Marian Order which, upon accepting Regula decem beneplacitorum BVM (The Rule of the Ten Virtues of the B.V.M.) and being incorporated into the Order of the Franciscan Friars, became a religious order of solemn vows. 1699 [October 15] The Marians received a third foundation in Goźlin. 1699 Pope Innocent XII sent a letter (a brief ) to Francis Pignatelli, Apostolic Nuncio in Poland, commanding him to receive the solemn vows of the Marians. 1701 Feeling his death approaching, Fr. Stanislaus wrote his Testamentum [alterum] (Another Testament). 1701 [June 6] Fr. Stanislaus made his solemn profession of vows before the Apostolic Nuncio inWarsaw and on July 5, at the Cenacle of the Lord, he received the religious profession of his confreres. 1701 [September 17] Fr. Stanislaus died in Góra Kalwaria and was buried in the Church of Our Lord’s Cenacle.

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