▁faith ▁and ▁became ▁the ▁first ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁“ J a ński ▁House ” ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 6 , ▁which ▁was ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁Cong reg ation ▁of ▁the ▁Res urre ction . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁early ▁death ▁of ▁Ja ński ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 0 ▁in ▁Rome , ▁Sem enen ko ▁was ▁elected ▁the ▁first ▁superior ▁and ▁spiritual ▁leader ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁community . ▁When ▁he ▁finished ▁his ▁the ological ▁studies ▁at ▁the ▁Colleg ium ▁Roman um ▁( 1 8 3 7 – 4 1 ), ▁he ▁was ▁ord ained ▁to ▁the ▁priest hood ▁on ▁December ▁ 5 , ▁ 1 8 4 1 . ▁ ▁Cong reg ation ▁of ▁the ▁Res urre ction ▁of ▁Our ▁Lord ▁Jesus ▁Christ ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁co - found er ▁of ▁the ▁order , ▁he ▁wrote ▁the ▁rule ▁of ▁ 1 8 4 2 ▁and ▁was ▁the ▁principal ▁editor ▁of ▁the ▁( 1 8 5 0 ▁- ▁ 1 8 8 0 ) ▁rule . ▁He ▁became ▁general ▁of ▁the ▁Cong reg ation ▁from ▁ 1 8 4 2 - 1 8 4 5 ▁and ▁ 1 8 7 3 - 1 8 8 6 . ▁ ▁Polish ▁Pont ific al ▁College ▁in ▁Rome ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 6 5 , ▁he ▁founded ▁and ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁re ctor ▁of ▁the ▁Polish ▁Pont ific al ▁College ▁in ▁Rome . ▁Between ▁ 1 8 6 5 - 1 9 3 8 , ▁many ▁al umn i ▁of ▁the ▁college ▁accepted ▁and ▁adopted