Saint Stanislaus Papczynski — The Life and Writings

in need in Purgatory, especially victims of war and pestilence, as well as pastoral help for those in need. In 1667, he ob- tained a second house, called “New Jerusalem,” near the modern city of Góra kalwaria [Mount Calvary] in Poland, where he himself dwelled from that year forward, and until the end of his life, he remained in a small convent located next to the church entitled the “Lord’s Cenacle.” Here he car- ried out assiduous apostolic labor, especially for the poor of the country villages. He faithfully kept the rule [of life] and diligently governed the [new] religious institute. Gravely ill, he died in the aforementioned Góra kalwaria on September 17, 1701, leaving behind many writings on spiritual topics. The Supreme Pontiff Benedict XVI granted him the title of Blessed in 2007. The Postulator of the Cause for Canonization submitted to the examination of this Congregation for the Causes of Saints the extraordinary healing of a young woman, which happened in the diocese of ełk in 2008. Twenty years old, she had to be brought to the hospital on account of a severe dis- ease of the lungs. With her health always worsening, she was brought to intensive care, where she was given a [breathing] tube and connected to a respirator. Acute respiratory distress, as well as dysfunction of the kidneys and other pernicious consequences, compounded her illness, such that the doctors pronounced an unfavorable diagnosis. In these circum- stances, which seemed already to be irreversible, a chain of prayer to Blessed Stanislaus, so as to obtain the gift of healing of the young woman, was begun on account of her needs, in which many of the faithful participated, at the same time that novena prayers [were begun]. On March 22, when the woman had already been in the hospital for almost a month, the gen- eral condition of the woman had taken a turn for the better, and on the last day of the novena, namely, March 27, the [breathing] tube was taken out of the woman. A few days later, in generally good health, she was released from the hos- pital, and the following June, she was married. After a year S AINT S TANISLAUS P APCZYNSKI 176