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9 End of postulancy
[April 29, 1926] - My superiors [probably Mother Leonard and Mother Jane [9]] sent me to the novitiate in Cracow. (Diary 20) 1-50
[9] The "superiors" could be the
superior general and the directress of the postulants, for they decided whether
the Servant of God would be admitted to the reception of the habit and so to the novitiate in Cracow.
The
superior general at the time was Mother
Leonard Cielecka, born December 24, 1850 in Paplin ziemi Siedleckiej. She came from a family of landowners, and received
a higher education in several languages and music. Entering the Congregation on
September 1, 1885, she made her
perpetual vows in Warsaw in 1893,
and was given responsible positions in the Congregation at an early age. In 1908 she became Superior of the house
in Derdy
near Warsaw. From 1912 she was superior
in Warsaw, and from 1918, in Walendow. After the Congregation separated from its General
headquarters in France in 1922 at
the First Chapter in Poland, she became the first Superior General of all the
homes in Poland. She kept this post for 6 years; i.e., until 1928, and then became assistant to the
new Superior General. She died November
1, 1933.
The directress of the postulants, Mother Jane Bartkiewicz, wits born July 31, 1858. She entered the
Congregation on December 10, 1877, and made her perpetual vows in Laval, France in 1885. While the Congregation of Our
Lady of Mercy was dependent on the General Home in France, Mother Jane us Vicar
General for the homes in Poland.
She
was a sturdy and energetic person, sometimes even despotic. She greatly loved
the Congregation and wished its good, trying to achieve this in a way repugnant
to human nature. Her relationship to candidates and the young professed Wits
peculiarly warm and affectionate. She knew how to be tenderhearted, but at the
same time her method of disciplining the sisters created an atmosphere of fear.
After
finishing her term as Vicar General, she was for a time
the Directress of Novices and of the third probation. For his reason she felt
throughout her life that she had the privilege of correcting the young sisters.
She died in Warsaw July 1, 1940 (A.
SMDM-C and D).
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