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TABLE OF CONTENTS P ART I—P REPARATIONS FOR THE B EATIFICATION Introductory Letter of the Superior General........................................................ 9 Decree convoking the Committee in charge of preparing the Congregation of Marians for the beatification of our Founder, the Venerable Servant of God, Fr. Stanislaus Papczy<ski .................................. 11 Program of Preparations for the Beatification .................................................. 13 I. Principles of the Committee’s Work .................................................. 14 II. Ways of Presenting Fr. St. Papczy <ski’s Life and Work .................... 14 III. Actions within the Congregation ...................................................... 16 a. Individual and Communal Preparations for the Beatification 16 b. Post-beatification Period ........................................................ 16 IV . Promoting Fr. Papczy <s ki’s Personality and Message ...................... 19 IV. Tasks at Hand .................................................................................... 21 Conclusion ................................................................................................ 23 Program for Days of Recollection ...................................................................... 25 Designation of Vigil Day to Each Religious Community .......................... 25 Opening and Closing Prayers for the day of Recollection ...................... 26 Liturgical Outline of the Vigil .................................................................. 28 Topics for Vigil Reflection for Every Day of the Month............................ 29 Topic I: Evangelical Vocation ................................................ 29 Topic II: Religious Consecration ............................................ 32 Topic III: Evangelical Counsels ................................................ 34 Topic IV: Evangelical Purity .................................................... 39 Topic V: Evangelical Poverty .................................................. 41 Topic VI: Evangelical Obedience.............................................. 44 Topic VII: Fraternal Life ............................................................ 47 Topic VIII: Primacy of the Spiritual Life .................................... 50 Topic IX: Prayer and Ascetism.................................................. 53 Topic X: Apostolate.................................................................. 56 Topic XI: Religious Life in the Service of the Church .............. 59 Topic XII: In Following Christ with Mary.................................. 63 P ART II—L ET US GET TO KNOW OUR F OUNDER MORE CLOSELY Chronicles of the Life of the Marian Founder .................................................. 69 Strong in Faith, Spiritual Biography of Fr. Stanislaus Papczy<ski .................... 73 The Experiencing of Divine Providence .................................................... 73 Consecrated to God .................................................................................. 76