Therefore, acting in accordance with Church law (CIC, can. 8), I promulgate the Constitutions and Directory of our Congregation and encourage all of us—inspired by the example of our holy Fathers—to observe [diligently] these very few Statutes for your inner peace and security of your consciences (NV, I, 1), and to “strive to know, love, and imitate Christ more and more from day to day” (C, 5). Lat each one of us accept these renewed by-laws as “as a rule of life according to the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Preamble). May the Mother of the Lord, whose spiritual sons we are, continue to implore for us for all the favors we need on this road of life, whose path is set out in the Constitutions and Directory. Let the mystery of her Immaculate Conception be “a special sign, strength, and joy” (C, 2) for our vocation. May Saint Stanislaus intercede for us that we may recognize the challenges of the modern world and fulfill our mission in the Church faithfully and in accordance with the Marian charism. May Blessed George, our Renovator, implore for us the grace of renewing and deepening of our relationship with God—the foundation of our vocation. May the example of our Blessed Martyrs, Anthony and George, inflame us to serve the Church eagerly and courageously, even laying down our lives if necessary. Let us beseech our patron saints that we may—supported by their example and intercession—give both individual and communal witness to holiness to the contemporary world and thus contribute to its salvation. Rome, May 18, 2018, on the solemnity of our holy Father Stanislaus Papczyński. Andrzej Pakuła, MIC Superior General Letter of the Superior General 69
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