Preamble—Invocatio Dei In the name of the Triune God and for His glory, out of love and reverence for the mystery of the Immaculate Conception of the Mother of our Savior, under her protection and following her example, faithful to the Holy Church, for our sanctification and the salvation of others, We, the Marians, accept these Constitutions as a rule of life for living the Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ. PART I PATRIMONY AND SPIRITUALITY OF THE CONGREGATION CHAPTER I NATURE, PURPOSE, SPIRITUALITY, AND CHARACTER Character and Place of the Congregation in the Church 1The Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary is, in the Church, an apostolic community of clerics and religious brothers as a clerical religious institute of consecrated life of pontifical right, immediately and exclusively subject to the authority of the Apostolic See in its internal government and discipline, while preserving a just autonomy of life approved by the same authority. CIC, cann. 586 § 1; 593; VC 60; Oblatio; NV, Præfatio Informatoria; CM 1; J 23 January 1911, 12 January 1913
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