historical writings 904 perfection. For having disdained everything else and being prevented from returning to the Institute of Pious Schools,232 that divine vision, which had been engraved upon my soul regarding the foundation of this Congregation of the Immaculate Conception of the Most B.V.M.,233 impelled me to this goal. 7. And so, once again, I approached the Most Distinguished Lord, Stephen Wierzbowski, Bishop of Poznań,234 in whose diocese I dwelled,235 and I easily obtained from him permission to wear a new habit. For he is an upright and virtuous man, quite zealous in promoting the glory of God. Wherefore, having given up the position [offered by] the Bishop of Płock, upon the council and recommendation of my confessors,236 I went — upon a request — to the court of a certain nobleman, James Karski, an excellent man.237 After finally settling matters with the Institute of the Pious Schools, though this was not without a certain injustice against me,238 with the knowledge of the holy Apostolic Nunciature, during the Octave of the Birth of the Most Blessed Virgin 232 Father Papczyński is probably referring here to the negative answer given to his own request to be readmitted to the Piarists. Cf. Positio, pp. 219, 329-330. 233 Cf. above, HW, pp. 871-872, n. 5 (Oblatio), § 2. 234 Bishop StephenWierzbowski was the Ordinary of Poznań from 1663-1687. 235 This meeing with Bishop Wierzbowski probably took place in Warsaw, where Bishop Wierzbowski had his permanent residence (Warsaw belonged to the Poznań diocese at the time.” Father Papczyński says “once again” because he had already had a meeting with Bishop Wierzbowski, during which he probably received a promise of help in establishing a new Congregation. It seems that this promise is what motivated him to move from the Krakow diocese (where he could not count on such help) to the Poznań diocese. 236 We do not know who these confessors were. 237 The Karski estate was located in Luboczy, a village about eighty kilometers fromWarsaw. It is not known exactly when Fr. Papczyński moved there fromWarsaw, but it was probably around mid-September 1671. In Luboczy, he received the function of court chaplain. 238 Father Papczyński is referring to the testimony he asked for from his Superiors of his good conduct in the Piarists. He was denied such testimony, and this case was even brought to the court of the Apostolic Nuncio, because Fr. Papczyński refused to take off his Piarist habit until he received this testimony (or received responses to his requests for readmission to the Piarists). It can be assumed that he finally received such testimony (which is no longer extant) in early September 1671, although with a “certain injustice” against himself, that is, an incorrect assessment of his life and work with the Piarists. Cf. SH, p. 83, n. 43.
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