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This article aims to show the course of the funeral ceremony of prelate Szczepan Stanisław Soszyński (1918-1988), whose life and activities were set as a role model for other priests of the Płock diocese. The death of a well-known and respected presbyter in northern Mazovia became the cause of a funeral that turned into
a large religious manifestation. Prelate Soszyński was accompanied on his last journey by three bishops, two hundred and forty priests, family members and about ten
thousand lay faithful. Father Szczepan Soszyński left behind many good memories, but, above all, the novena to St. Stanisław Kostka, which is still practised among
young people today.