"At the conclusion of this audience [informing him that he would become auxiliary bishop of Krakow at 38], of such great importance for my life, I realised that I could not return immediately to my canoeing friends: first I had to go to Krakow to inform Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak, my Ordinary. While waiting for the night train to Krakow, I spent many hours in prayer at the chapel of the Ursuline Sisters in Warsaw on Wislana Street. ...
"The next day I went to see Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak at 3 Franciszkanska Street and handed him a letter from the Cardinal Primate. ...
"When I said to the Archbishop that I would like to return to Masuria to join my friends who were canoeing on the Lyna River, he answered: 'I don't think that would be appropriate.'
"Somewhat troubled by this reply, I went to the Church of the Franciscans and prayed the Way of the Cross. ... Then I went back to Archbishop Baziak renewing my request. I said, 'I appreciate your concern, Excellency, but I would still ask you to allow me to return to Masuria.'
"This time he answered: 'Yes, yes, by all means. But I ask you, please,' he added with a smile, 'come back in time for the consecration.'
"So that very evening I again boarded the train for Olsztyn."
(John Paul II, Rise, Let Us Be On Our Way, pp 9-11)
