historical writings 908 advised me to go to the hermitage and, with God’s help, begin something. God will do the rest.254 14. I, therefore, permitted that same hermit to wear the habit after my example (which I had accepted by divine inspiration), and I presented him at the holy Nunciature as my companion. Before that, however, I received from him his Oblatio for the Society of the Immaculate Conception of the B.V.M., with the promise of living according to its Rule and of persevering [in it] under his personal oath which he professed in my presence in Lubocza, as will be seen below [§ 15]. Having to go myself to the hermitage, I first obtained from the bishop permission to remain there for a spiritual retreat.255 I could not obtain, at that time, permission for celebrating Mass in the private chapel. Hence, I had to ask this of the Apostolic Nuncio, the most Distinguished Lord [Archbishop] Bonvisi, who had at that time recently assumed his office. He willingly granted [that permission].256 15. Now, the Oblatio of the hermit in question was as follows: I, John of the Immaculate Conception, having the secular name of Stanislaus Krajewski, according to the body the son of Bartholomew Krajewski and Regina Krasnopolski, belonging to the Diocese of Przemyśl, thirty-nine years old, offer and dedicate myself to God the Almighty Father, to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as well as to the Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, conceived without original sin: my heart, my soul, my intellect, memory, will, emotions, my mind, my entire spirit, external and internal senses, and my body, leaving absolutely nothing for 254 Judging from the context, Fr. Papczyński made this confession in Studzianna (about ten kilometers from Luboczy) on December 8, 1672, when he made a pilgrimage to the miraculous image of the Mother of God in the church of the Oratorians. Cf. Positio, p. 679 (Doc. XVIII, § 48). 255 If this permission was given in writing, it is no longer extant today. 256 Bonvisi (or Bounvisi) was appointed Nuncio to Poland on July 15, 1673, but it is not known when he actually began to hold this office (possibly in early September 1673). It is not known exactly when Fr. Papczyński received such consent from the Nuncio, because it is not included in the “liber gratiarum” given by the Nuncio. Cf. Positio, p. 363, n. 40.
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