921 a letter to the marians in the korabiew hermitage greatest rigor, to the keeping of our laws and to the exercises connected with studies, so we also exhort and, by all that is holy, we entreat all of you who are dear to me and each individually, that you be immediately, promptly, cheerfully, faithfully, humbly, continuously, and perfectly obedient to him in both of these areas. 5. And so, in the future, none of you, under the pain of excommunication, without our explicit permission, may depart from the Hermitage, even to the nearby villages or benefactors, with the exception of our Vicar296 and the Procurator of alms and of the house, for which office we declare, by this letter, our dearest brother in Christ, Andrew the Younger.297 6. Let no one withdraw himself from prayer — whether mental or verbal — or from our other common and customary practices and studies (unless he be impeded by some justified activity, with the knowledge of the Vicar or instructor). At meals during the week (with the single exception of the Vicar), let them read religious books.298 After the meals, immediately after completing one part of the Rosary, you are to dedicate time to the study of moral theology, which — according to the direction of the instructor — will be either dictated to you for being written down or read aloud from approved authors, always having examined how much progress one has made.299 7. Each Saturday, in due order, let them have short sermons about striving for virtue or about uprooting or avoiding vices, as well as about other salutary topics, which later (if this seems proper to the Vicar and instructor), on the following Sunday in the small church, standing by the altar and not by the ambo, they will fruitfully repeat to the people, if they be present. 296 Cf. Positio, p. 398 (Doc. XI, 4, n. 10), where, in the document of erection, it is said that the Superior of the whole Congregation is to have his Vicars in each house. This office was almost identical to that of local Superior. In 1687, Fr. Joseph Nowakowicz of All Saints held the office of Vicar in the Korabiew Hermitage. Cf. Positio, p. 485, n. 6. 297 The said “Procurator” is probably Andrew Deszpott of St. Matthew (d. 1750). No other companion of Fr. Papczyński had the name Andrew. Nothing is known about his life as a Marian before the death of Fr. Papczyński. 298 Cf. NV, Part I, Ch. VI, §§ 2 and 6. 299 Cf. ibid, § 3, where the Rosary and the study of moral theology are prescribed, but in a different order.
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