St. Raphael Kalinowski and the Carmelite Secular Order 1 The ...

the Secular Order in Krakow for almost twenty years until her death. When she died on June
5, 1894 Raphael Kalinowski simply referred to her as `a great benefactor`.
The most rapid development in the story of the Secular Order took place only after the
renewal of the Priory in Czerna .There followed on this the renewal of the Carmelite friars
in other parts of Poland especially at the instigation of the General of the Order Fr.Jerome
Maria Gotti, probably during his visitation in 1885.
Kalinowski was the real restorer of the Carmel in Czerna. He became at that point spiritual
director of the Secular Order in there . The Register for the Secular Order in Czerna was begun
in 1891. The first Register had begun with the group which, as we saw, was set up in Krakow
at the convent of the Discalced Carmelite nuns in Lobozowska. The community was made
up of members who came from neighboring towns (Krzeszowice, Nowa Gora,
Paczoltowice) and later also from the Kingdom of Poland and Silesia. The first name on the
Register in Czerna was Teresa Moruzi, Kalinowski`s friend. The first one to make her
commitment to the Secular Order in Czerna was Antonina Podolecka from Krzeszowice –
which she did on December 9 th , 1894, taking the name `Teresa of Jesus.`
In 1892 the number of the Secular Order members in Czerna amounted to fifteen people.
Duchess Teresa Moruzi (from Sulina in Romania), Rafael Kalinowski's directee whom we
have met previously, and whose husband Dyrnitr was related to the Serbian Queen, was
admitted that year. Though she lived in Romania she officially belonged to the Krakow
community.
By 1911 as many as 972 people joined the Third or Secular Order, but unfortunately the
number of people making Promises was much lower.
When Kalinowski moved to Wadowice in 1893, he set up the Third or Secular Carmelite
Order community there. He personally received the first candidates.
On January 25 th , 1903 during a conference in Wadowice Raphael quoted St. Teresa of Jesus
from the first Polish edition of her `Life`, Written by herself.` He spoke about a good death,
about the need for purification and of getting rid of one`s faults . He also recommended the
custom of choosing a monthly patron saint and writing down the name as well as practising
the virtue associated with the saint. During a conference on February 22 nd , 1903 he spoke
about faith, about good works and about prayer as a necessary means for tackling wrong
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