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BOGDAN JANSKI D I A R Y 1830 – 1839 FOTO La scritta sotto la foto Servant of God, BOGDAN THEODORE JANSKI Founder of the Congregation of the Resurrection DNJC Apostle to the Polish Immigrants in France Died in Rome, July 2, 1840 Age 33 years B O G D A N J A N S K I D I A R Y 1830 – 1839 with footnotes Edited and arranged by ANDRZEJ JASTRZĘBSKI English translation by Fr. FRANCIS GRZECHOWIAK, C.R. ROME 2000 PRINTED WITH THE PERMISSION: Of the Superior General FR. SUTHERLAND MACDONALD, C.R. Rome, June 6, 2003. _____ * _____ All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording ta- ping, or any retrieval system, without the written permission of a member of the General Curia of the Congregation of the Resurrection, Via San Sebastia- nello 11, 00187 Roma, Italia. © Copyright 2003 by the Congregation of the Resurrection DNJC, Rome English translation by Fr. FRANCIS GRZECHOWIAK, C.R. The text was prepared for printing by Ms. LILIANA DRÓŻDŻ C O N T E N T S FORWARD (Fr. Sutherland MacDonald, C.R.)…………………………………………………………XI ABOUT BOGDAN JAŃSKI - THE SKETCH OF A PORTRAIT (Andrzej Jastrzębski).....................................................................................................……XIV CONCERNING BOGDAN JAŃSKI'S DIARY - EDITORIAL NOTE (Andrzej Jastrzębski) ..................................……………………………………………XXXI BOGDAN JAŃSKI, JOURNEY DIARY NOTES YEAR 1828..................................……………1 PRIVATE DIARY FOR THE YEAR 1828………………………………………….…………….13 D I A R Y 1830-1839 DIARY FOR THE YEAR 1830…………………………………………………………………….21 APPENDIX: I. FOR CLARIFICATION…………………………………………………………………..65 II. ORGANIZATION OF MY FUTURE LIFE…………………………………………….66 NOTE CONCERNING THE LIFE OF C.H. DE SAINT-SIMON HIS DOCTRINE AND HIS SCHOOL…………………………………………………………………………………67 DIARY FOR THE YEAR 1831……………………………………………………………………..72 NOTES: 1. A NOTE CONCERNING THE LIFE, AND WORK, OF F. M.-CH. FOURIER……….95 2. CONCERNING THE LIFE, WORK AND POLITICAL ACTIVITY OF M. MOCHNACKI……………………………………………………………………100 DIARY FOR THE YEAR 1832……………………………………………………………………99 APPENDIX: I. MEMORANDA………………………………………………………………………......199 II. “BRIEF MEMOIRS FROM MY PAST, FROM CHILDHOOD ACCORDING TO YEARS”………………………………………………………….….200 NOTES: 1. A NOTE DEALING WITH THE LIFE AND ACTIVITY OF FATHER F. R. DE LAMENNAIS.....................................................................................................207 2. A NOTE CONCERNING THE POLISH LITERARY SOCIETY………………………208 VI DIARY FOR THE YEAR 1833……………………………………………………………………212 DIARY FOR THE YEAR 1834………………………………………………………………….223 APPENDIX: I. WHY I RETURNED TO THE HOLY CATHOLIC FAITH……………………….….243 II. MODERN TIMES………………………………………………………………………244 III. [CONFESSION]..........................................................................................................…245 DIARY FOR THE YEAR 1835………………………………………………………………….249 APPENDIX: I. [CONFESSION, continued].......................................................................................…….328 II. [PRAYER, SELF-ACCUSATION.]………………………………………………….….331 III. [CONFESSION] FROM FEBRUARY 2, 1835…………………………………….….332 IV. [CONFESSION] JUNE 13, FEAST OF ST. ANTHONY…………………………...333 V. CONFESSION ON THE BLESSED MOTHER'S BIRTHDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1835............................................................................................…......335 VI. CONFESSION, SEPTEMBER 14, 1835 FEAST OF THE EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS…………………………………..335 VII. CONFESSION OF SEPTEMBER 21, FEAST OF ST. MATTHEW………………..336 VIII. OCTOBER 19............................................................................................................…336 IX. RESOLUTIONS..............................................................................................................337 X. NATIONAL SERVICE……………………………………………………………….…341 XI. BROTHERHOOD OF NATIONAL SERVICE………………………………….….342 XII. THE CONGREGATION OF SAINT PETER…………………………………………343 XIII. MY OBLIGATIONS AND VOCATION, A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF MY TEMPORAL WORKS………………………………….344 XIV. MY RELATIONS WITH THE EMIGRATION……………………………….345 NOTE: LIST OF EMIGRANTS FROM DECEMBER 21, 1835………………………………….347 DIARY FOR THE YEAR 1836…………………………………………………………….……351 APPENDIX: I. PATRIOTIC MISCELLANEA..........................................................................................417 II. PREPARATION FOR CONFESSION TOMORROW, JANUARY 9, 1836……….....417 III. MY CONFESSIONS AND HOLY COMMUNIONS…………………………….……419 IV. ABOUT THE PRINCIPLES, GOALS AND STATUTES VII OF THE PATRIOTIC CONFEDERATION OF CATHOLICS ETC. …………….…..420 V. FOR SUNDAY, JULY 31………………………………………………………………421 VI. FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 15 THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN.……………….………………………………………….423 VII. MY INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE BROTHERS, THE BEGINNING OF OUR RESEARCH WORK……………………………………………………….426 VIII. OUR RELATIONS WITH THE EMIGRATION…………………………………...427 IX. FOR SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9………………………………………………………428 NOTE: A LIST OF THE EMIGRANTS FROM SEPTEMBER 25, 1836………………………..430 DIARY FOR THE YEAR 1837…………………………………………………………………..437 APPENDIX: I. QUESTION OF LIFE…………………………………………………………………….479 II. RESOLUTIONS................................................................................................................480 III. RESOLUTIONS HERE IN LA TRAPPE........................................................................481 IV. MOTIVES FOR SALARIED WORK………………………………………….…….483 V. DAILY PRAYER..............................................................................................................483 VI. RESOLUTIONS TO THANK GOD……………………………………………….…..484 VII. THOUGHTS, INSPIRATIONS, AND RESOLUTIONS…………………………..….484 VIII. PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS………………………………………………..….485 IX. PRAYERS, MEDITATIONS, AND RESOLUTIONS…………………………………486 X. RESOLUTIONS, PRAYERS, AND REFLECTIONS…………………………………488 XI. THIRD CONFESSION………………………………………………………………..489 XII. CONFESSION IN SOLESMES.....................................................................................490 XIII. THE NATIONAL ISSUE……………………………………………………………..491 XIV. OUR POLITICS....………………………………………………………………..….491 XV. THE NATIONAL CAUSE………………………………………………………..493 XVI. FOURTH CONFESSION IN SOLESMES………………….........................................494 XVII. THE PILGRIM………………………………………………………………..…….494 XVIII. MY FIFTH CONFESSION IN SOLESMES………………………………….……...495 XIX. RESOLUTIONS............................................................................................................496 XX. RESOLUTIONS (AFTER ARRIVING IN PARIS)………………………………..…497 XXI. RESOLUTIONS (AFTER ARRIVAL IN PARIS)………………………………..….500 XXII. RESOLUTIONS (AFTER ARRIVING IN PARIS)……………………………..….501 XXIII. RESOLUTIONS (AFTER ARRIVING IN PARIS)……………………………..….503 XXIV. FURTHER RESOLUTIONS......................................................................................504 XXV. REASONS FOR LIMITING MY ACTIVITIES AND CONCENTRATING ON THE BEST PROJECTS………………………………………………………….………506 XXVI. HOLY COMMUNION, DECEMBER 21. THE FEAST OF ST. THOMAS..............506 XXVII. FINAL RESOLUTIONSON ON THE DAY OF MY DEPARTURE FROM SOLESMES, DECEMBER 21, THE FEAST OF ST. THOMAS……………….507 VIII XXVIII. BEFORE HOLY COMMUNION ON SUNDAY, THE 24TH, AND ON CHRISTMAS DAY, THE 25TH……………………………………………….507 XXIX. IN THE WEEK FROM CHRISTMAS TO NEW YEAR'S DAY………………..508 NOTES: 1. FRAGMENTS OF A BOGDAN JAŃSKI'S LETTER TO FRANCES GIERDOJĆ WRITTEN FROM LA TRAPPE........................................................................................509 2. A LIST DRAWN UP BY B. JAŃSKI OF POLISH EMIGRANTS LIVING IN TOULOUSE AND MONTPELLIER IN 1837……………………………………..511 3. A LIST OF POLISH EMIGRANTS LIVING MAINLY IN PARIS IN 1837, WHOM B. JAŃSKI INTENDED TO CONTACT…………………………………….513 DIARY FOR THE YEAR 1838……………………………………………………………...……516 APPENDIX: I. CONFESSION OF JANUARY 6......……………………………………………………608 II. CONFESSION OF JANUARY 13……………………………………………………..608 III. CONFESSION OF FEBRUARY 3……………………………………………………609 IV. CONFESSION OF FEBRUARY 24………………………………………………….609 V. [ORDER OF THE DAY]………………………………………………………….......609 VI. [RULES FOR BEHAVIOR IN THE HOUSE]……………………………………….610 VII. [CONFESSION] OF JULY 6………………………………………………………..612 VIII. DAILY REMINDER.....................................................................................................614 IX. THE MOST IMMEDIATE PLANS………………………………………………….614 X. WITH TUROWSKI BEFORE LEAVING FOR LA TRAPPE…………………...……..615 XI. [NOTES FOR CONFESSION]……………....................................................................616 XII. FOR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1838…………………………………………….616 XIII. VIGIL OF THE BIRTH OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. 1838……………….617 XIV. CONFESSION..............................................................................................................617 XV. SEPTEMBER 22 - WITH MIKULSKI………………………………………………618 XVI. FOR CONFESSION BEFORE SAINTS SIMON AND JUDE…………………….618 DIARY FOR THE YEAR 1839…………………………………………………………………..621 APPENDIX: I. IN THE PAST YEAR, 1838.……………………………………………………………..696 II. THE QUESTION: WHETHER WITH A NEWSPAPER.…………………………….696 III. INITIAL THOUGHTS AND INSPIRATIONS AT LA TRAPPE……………………697 IV. REFLECTIONS ON PAST SINS……………………………………………………698 V. CATEGORIES OF THE FUTURE……………………………………………………699 VI. INSPIRATIONS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ON PENTECOST SUNDAY……………700 VII. A LOOK BACK AT THE PAST…………………………………………………….702 VIII. UNTIL THE NEXT CONFESSION………………………………………………..703 IX. COUNSELS FOR THE REMAINING DAYS IN LA TRAPPE………………….....704 X. AGAINST NEGLECT IN WRITING LETTERS……………………………………..704 IX XI. WHAT IS CONVERSION?…………………………………………………………….705