been entrusted to them — the care, first of all, for attaining the salvation of their souls, and in the second place, for the honor and advantage of the Congregation. 8. The Superior [General] will assign to each house a promoter of the Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception31 assisting the souls of the faithful departed. Let the Confraternity be erected in your churches, if not already done, on the basis of the permission granted by Pope Innocent XI on March 20, 1681, and on the basis of the admission of this document on the part of the Ordinary. He to whom this duty, full of merit, shall be entrusted will in every way apply himself to this, so that he may bring forth as many fervent and devout members, lovers of the Immaculate Virgin, and helpers of the dead as possible. Let him administer this Confraternity prudently, so that he may obtain great profit for souls. To this end, he will especially exhort and incite those who become members of this Confraternity by inspiring them to the frequent and salutary use of the Sacraments of Penance and Eucharist, as well as to works of charity and the abandonment of vices. 9. The same Superior [General] will take care to have other officials throughout the whole Congregation — Procurators, Economes, Zealots32 — who will try to fulfill their duties most diligently from a love of God, for the merit of obedience, so that they may one day receive an assured reward for their love and their labors from our Lord Jesus Christ. 31 See footnote 3 (p. 53). 32 The task of the “Zealot” was to “proclaim” or denounce the faults of others in the Chapter of the Faults (cf. Ph. Schmitz, Chapitre des Coulpes, in Diet. Theol. Cath. II/l, col. 485). It is surprising that Fr. Stanislaus does not mention “Zealot” in the paragraph dedicated to the Chapter of the Faults (see below, p. 78). Appendix 298
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