St Stan Illustrated Story

89 M eanwhile, the rapidly growing New Jerusalem attracted pil- grims in ever increasing numbers. To minister to the spiri- tual needs of the faithful and to look after the many churches and shrines, Bishop Wierzbowski enlisted the help of various religious communities, including the Franciscan Fathers, the Oratorians, the Pi- arists, the Dominican Fathers, and the Dominican Nuns. In 1677, he also decided to make use of the Congregation of the Immaculate Conception. He did not hesitate to invite this newly founded community to New Jerusalem since – as he himself was to declare later – he had been so deeply impressed by the “rigorous and exemplary life” led by Fr. Papczynski at the korabiew hermitage. The bishop entrusted to Fr. Stanislaus the Chapel of the Last Supper, otherwise known as the Cenacle. The Marians, who established them- selves in an adjoining, modest monastery, were to accompany the pil- grims from the Cenacle “along the way of Our Lord’s Passion.”