George Matulaitis Journal

102 dispensation; 4) that a dispensation also be given to P = ókarz, 1 who had been dismissed from the Seminary of Warsaw because he was suspected of secretly belonging to the Mariavite sect. 2 Monsignor Caroli further advised me to present the following additional petitions the next day: 1) that I be permitted to continue as novice master while Superior; 2) that the Sacred Congregation declare verbal assent sufficient when bishops are unwilling to give it in writing; 3) that in certain cases I be allowed to receive into the Congregation those candidates who have passed their thirty-sixth year. 4) I had previously asked whether we could have low Mass said in our Chapel instead of high Mass. He answered that I could add this request as well. At 12:30 I was invited to lunch with His Excellency Archbishop Teodorowicz at the Polish College. Monsignor Sapieha, the future Archbishop of Kraków, also came. Two Resurrectionist Fathers— Czarba 3 and later Smolikowski 4 —arrived as well. Sapieha and Teodorowicz questioned me about various matters in Russia. I was very reluctant to give my opinion about certain people. I did so, turning my attention to God and saying only as much as was strictly necessary to reply to their questions. The conversation turned to Mother Darowska 5 and her retreat manual which I had criticized. I explained why I had done so. Having written an evaluation of it, I had sent a message to Archbishop Bilczewski 6 through Ratuszny 7 that the booklet should not be published since it was not good. I waited for a year. When the second edition came out, I published my own review and now I regret having done so because I may have been too harsh and caused damage. Such a course of action is negative, at any rate. 1 Jozafat P = ókarz (b. 1888): studied at the Seminary of Warsaw (1906-1907), but was dismissed. He did get a dispensation and joined the Marians in Fribourg in 1911. 2 The Mariavites, a religious society of priests and lay people, founded in Poland in 1893; condemned by Rome in 1906, it continued as a heretical sect with a considerable number of followers in Poland and also in Lithuania. 3 Konstanty Czarba (1848-1927): Vice General of the Resurrectionists from 1911. 4 Pawel Smolikowski (1849-1926): former Superior General of the Resurrectionists; Rector of the Polish Papal College in 1911. 5 Marcelina Darowska (1827-1911): co-foundress of the Polish religious community for women, the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception. Her booklet was reprinted in Lvov in 1907, titled Four Spiritual Conferences by M.M. with her Students. 6 Józef Bilczewski (1860-1923): Archbishop of Lvov from 1910. 7 Antoni Ratuszny (b. 1877): censor of religious publications for the Archdiocese of Lvov.