 To Lenkiewicz, 'quality education' was an absolute necessity if the Society was to survive in Russia.Lenkiewicz was busy preparing the Second General (Interim) Congregation called to elect a successor to Stanislaw Czerniewicz (died in 1785) when news reached him that Pope Pius VI had given a verbal approval (12 March 1783) of the existence of the Society in Russia.At the Second General Congregation of Polatsk Lenkiewicz was elected Vicar General (8 October 1785).