Saint Stanislaus Papczynski — The Life and Writings

‘THE WITNESS OF THE NEW SAINT SPEAKS TODAY’ On June 6, 2016, Cardinal Stanislaus Dziwisz, archbishop of Krakow and former private secretary to St. John Paul II, celebrated a Mass of Thanksgiving in the Basilica of Saint Mary in Trastevere in Rome for the canonization of St. Stanislaus of Jesus andMary Papczynski. His homily follows. Dear brother bishops and priests, Dear Father General and the Marian Fathers, Dear brothers and sisters! 1. The day after the solemn canonization of Stanislaus of Jesus and Mary Papczynski, we gather in this great Roman basilica to thank God for the gift of a new saint. Looking at the outline of his earthly life, we can say that he was and still is a very patient saint. He was born in the distant past, in the year 1631, in Podegrodzie, which then belonged to the diocese of Krakow. He died in 1701. Therefore, he waited for his elevation to the altars for more than three centuries. Three successive S AINT S TANISLAUS P APCZYNSKI 190 Marie Romagnano