931 letter to fr. john foci, sp concern the glory of God, next the salvation of your souls and progress in virtues, as well as the good of the Congregation, as to the one, who had the delegated authority granted by us (with the exception of promoting [someone] to holy orders, the expelling of the incorrigible, as well as the appointment of local Superiors). 4. In conclusion, we admonish both the priests as well as the brothers, each individually and all together, that they be mindful of their religious vows [made] to God; let them particularly, however, avoid the crime of [possessing] property;327 detest discord, revolts, and murmuring against the Superiors; abstain from hurtful conversation; zealously promote the common good; be most devoted to modesty, patience, humility, obedience, sobriety, diligence, and prayer, so that dead to the world and its vices, they may live in Christ Jesus, our Lord, forever. In the Cenacle of the Lord, April 16, 1695. [place of the seal] Stanislaus, Superior [General] (handwritten) 13. Letter to Fr. John Foci, SP Superior General of the Order of Pious Schools Litterae ad P. Ioannem Foci, S.P. New Jerusalem — February 17, 1696 Introduction Father John Foci, the Superior General of the Order of Pious Schools (1692-1699), came to Poland in November 1695 to carry out a General visitation of the houses of the Order. On February 8, 1696, he came to Góra (New Jerusalem) and began the visitation of the Piarist house there. On February 16, he visited Fr. Papczyński in the Cenacle of the Lord and on that occasion he was asked to affiliate the Marian Congregation to 327 Cf. below, HW, p. 945, n. 16 (Ordinances for the Korabiew Hermitage), § 7.
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