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appointed by the Most Reverend Father Andrew of St. Matthew, the Superior General. For Januarius Francis, now to be known as Casimir of St. Joseph, the period of indecision and searching for the way of life ended with the act of investiture and accep- tance to the Marians. It will be a few years later that he writes to his brother Valerian, a priest in the Order of the Piarists : I am like a second Saul in this Congregation which had been fought against by our own, that is, by our brother Joseph. The Blessed Mother said to me : “Francis, why are you perse- cuting me ? ” Having no more courage to resist these proddings, I had to take the habit in Rome. And now, to be able to propagate this Order of the Most Holy Mother, I, her unworthy servant, must set out on such a long journey. 2. THE STEADFAST FULFILLMENT OF THE MARIAN VOCATION Having obtained the approval for the Marian statutes by the Holy See, Father Joachim Koz=owski set out on his journey back to Poland with his companion, Brother Nicholas of St. Martin. They took the candidate to the con- gregation, Casimir of St. Joseph Wyszy<ski, with them. After his return to Poland, Casimir participated in the funeral of his mother, and then, on March 19, 1724, on the Feast of St. Joseph, he entered the novitiate in the 15 THE SERVANT OF MARY IMMACULATE