957 third petition priate Congregation’s committee. It is not known if the result of this deliberation was ultimately sent to the Pope. We only know that in 1694, Cardinal Colloredo sent a negative answer to Fr. Papczyński. This answer did not mention anything — as we must assume — about the papal approval for his Congregation, but merely stated that the approval of the Local Ordinary was a sufficient basis for his community’s legal existence in the Church.21 We do not know the exact reason why Fr. Papczyński did not obtain what he petitioned for. Also, in this case, the original of this Petition did not survive to our times and its date is unknown. Its content is known only from the resumé, i.e., the summary, in which form the Congregation presented the Petition to the Pope. It gives neither the date nor the place where it was written. The text of this Petition (in its resumé)was taken from Positio,22 while the introductory note was translated from the Polish edition of St. Stanislaus’ Pisma Zebrane [Collected Works]. [Outside:] To our Holy Father, Pope Innocent XII. [On September 13, 1692 To the Congregation of Bishops and Religious pro voto that is, to be voted on]. On behalf of Stanislaus of Jesus and Mary, the present Superior of the Congregation of Marian Clerics under the title of the [Immaculate] Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, who assist the dead. [On September 5, 1692 — [Sent] to the Apostolic Nuncio for information and a vote] 21 Cf. Norma vitae [The Rule of Life], Prefatio informatoria, § 4. 22 Cf. Positio, pp. 518-519.
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