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Poland, Lichen\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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June 25, 2007<\/p>\n<\/div>

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What did Fr. Papczy\u0144ski look like?<\/h1><\/div>
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Using state-of-the-art computer technology, experts from the Department of Forensic Medicine of the Medical Academy in Pozna\u0144, Poland, have \u201creconstructed\u201d the face of Fr. Stanislaus Papczy\u0144ski, Founder of the Marians.<\/p>\n

It is not clear whether Fr. Papczy\u0144ski \u2014 who will be proclaimed Blessed on Sept. 16, 2007, at the Marian Shrine in Liche\u0144 \u2014 ever posed for a portrait or whether images of him were drawn purely from artists\u2019 imaginations.<\/p>\n

\u201cA portrait at the monastery in Sk\u00f3rzec, acknowledged as the oldest one, has been created at the turn of the 17th century,\u201d said Fr. Pawe\u0142 Naumowicz, MIC, Superior of the Polish Province. \u201cHowever, we cannot say for certain if it was made during our Founder\u2019s lifetime or if the artist merely painted Fr. Papczy\u0144ski from his imagination, after Fr. Papczy\u0144ski\u2019s death.\u201d<\/p>\n

So to be sure of his likeness, the Marians turned to science.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know that a successful reconstruction of Michael Kopernik\u2019s likeness has been achieved,\u201d said Fr. Naumowicz. \u201cOther religious communities also thought about it in regards to their founders.\u201d<\/p>\n

The reconstruction of Fr. Papczy\u0144ski\u2019s likeness was undertaken by experts in Forensic Medicine from the Medical Academy in Pozna\u0144 using the software \u201cPol-Sit Reconstruction.\u201d<\/p>\n

In order to recreate Fr. Papczy\u0144ski\u2019s image, it was necessary to do an anthropological examination of his scull. \u201cWe superimposed two pictures \u2014 of the scull and the likeness reconstructed on the basis of this scull. The degree of resemblance between the two pictures is very high, which proves that the picture of the reconstructed face is most closely resembling the original,\u201d experts wrote in their report.<\/p>\n

In the opinion of Fr. Zbigniew Krochmal, MIC, spokesman of the Marian Shrine in Liche\u0144, the image obtained through forensic reconstruction is nearly identical to the one of the existing portraits. \u201cWhen I first looked at the result of the experts\u2019 work, I was captivated by the gentleness of Fr. Papczy\u0144ski\u2019s eyes and cheerfulness of his expression. That face did not display any sign of trials that he bore during his lifetime,\u201d said Fr. Krochmal.<\/p>\n

Father Stanislaus Papczy\u0144ski<\/b>\u00a0(1631-1701) was the Founder of the Congregation of Marians. He was a zealous confessor, promoter of the holiness of laity, and advocate of praying for the Holy Souls in Purgatory.<\/p>\n

(From KAI \u2013 Catholic Information Agency<\/i>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>

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