of the confreres. Daily and in the usual way, clerics may wear ecclesiastical garb according to the norms issued by the Episcopal Conference of the country where they are present. Religious brothers may wear ecclesiastical garb in the manner of the clerics according to the norms of law. In keeping with the spirit of poverty, the attire of all the confreres should be simple and modest. (D 8) CIC, cann. 284; 669 § 2; NV, IV, 4; Testamentum II; FDR CHAPTER III PATRON SAINTS AND SPECIAL DEVOTIONS (DEVOTIONES PECULIARES) Principal Patroness 18The titular Patroness of the Congregation is the Immaculately Conceived Most Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God and Mother of the Church. To her, as their Queen and Lady, very powerful Helper and most loving Mother, let them show special veneration, filial love, and devotion. Let them go to Jesus through her. Let them invoke her frequently in suppliant entreaties and run to her with the greatest confidence in all their needs. Let them contemplate her Holy and Immaculate Conception and imitate her virtues with all their strength. The titular and patronal feast of the Congregation is the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. (D 3) Oblatio; Testamentum I, 4; R; CM 14 Other Patrons 19Above all, let the confreres invoke, implore, and imitate in a special way our Father Founder St. Stanislaus, our Renovator Blessed George, our Blessed Martyrs Anthony and George, and our Servant of God Casimir. The Church has given them to us as a model of the faithful fulfillment of the Marian vocation. The Congregation also recognizes as its patrons St. Michael the Archangel, St. Joseph—the Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Protector of the Church, Patrimony and Spirituality of the Congregation 89
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