945 ordinances for the korabiew hermitage 4. It is forbidden for all to keep food or drink in their rooms. Nor are they to eat or drink anything outside of common meals without the permission of the Superior. 5. Drinking of “burning vodka” [crematum] is forbidden both outside as well as inside the house under threat of losing the divine blessing, so as to honor Christ our Lord and Savior, [who was] thirsty upon the Cross. 6. The Superior ought not dare to depart from the house, except on rare occasion and for a serious reason. During the time of his lawful absence, let him appoint another to his place, to whom all should be obedient in the Lord. 7. Let nothing from the house, the church, or the library be given into the hands of nonmembers. It is also forbidden without our knowledge to give away any significant amount of money (with the exception of expenditures for our food and clothing). If, however, some would dare to retain money on his person or somewhere else (may God prevent them from doing so), then let them be declared as guilty of the crime of [possessing] property. 8. The Chapter of Faults ought to take place every Friday383 (in addition, those daily coming to the table for meals ought to candidly confess their faults, too).384 Common use of the discipline ought to take place on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.385 9. It is not permitted for women to [enter] the house or the arcades. In the place of the Directory, the old Rule of Life ought to be observed.386 Stanislaus of Jesus and Mary Unworthy Superior (handwritten) in a revised and supplemented edition under the title Statuta Patrum MarianorumOrdinis B.M.V. sub. Tit. Immaculatae Conceptionis was obtained only in 1723. 383 Cf. NV, Part I, Ch. IX, § 3. 384 It seems that Fr. Papczyński borrowed this custom of confessing faults in the refectory from the Piarists. Cf. SH, p. 145, n. 18 385 Cf. ibid., Ch. IV, § 6. 386 This Rule of Life is designated as “old” or "vetus", because evidently Fr. Papczyński in this way distinguished the “old” Rule of Life published in 1687 from the “new” Rule of Life, which was corrected by Card. Colloredo in 1694, but never published. Cf. Positio, Doc. XII, 1. Cf. ibid., pp. 455-456.
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