Lumen 2018

The rule was written around 1501 by Blessed Gabriel Maria for the Sisters of the Annunciation. It was approved by Pope Alexander VI in 1502. Since the rule remained under the jurisdiction of the Order of the Franciscan Friars, he did not have to chose another religious order to be incorporated into. We do not know exactly when, but it seems that it was in September of 1699, that Fr. Kozlowski submit- ted a request to the Superior General of the Franciscan Friars, Fr. Matthew of St. Stephen, to incorporate the Marians into his order. Father Matthew agreed and, on September 21, 1699, at the Aracoeli monastery, drew up the document expected by the Marian envoys, confirming the incorporation of the Congregation of Marian Fathers into the Franciscan Order. He gave the Marians the Rule of the Ten Virtues of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the right to wear a white habit with a belt. He recommended that they ask the Holy See to confirm the profession under this rule and the regular privileges at- tached to it. 77 Father Papczynski presented the original copy of the document confirming the aggregation of the Marians to the Franciscan Order to the Apostolic Nuncio in Poland in 1701. 78 He, in turn, attached it to other documents containing papal dispositions regarding the incorporation of the Marians into the Franciscan Order and the per- mission to take solemn vows on the Rule of the Ten Virtues of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Long Awaited Breve Even though the Superior General of the Franciscan Order had all the necessary permissions granted by the Holy See to incorporate the Congregation of the Immaculate Conception, i.e., the Marians to his order under the Rule of the Ten Virtues of the Blessed Virgin Mary, nonetheless, according to the document issued on September 21, 1699, the Marians had to approach the Holy See one more time in order to receive all the graces, privileges, and indulgences enjoyed by other religious institutes under that same rule. Therefore, upon 383 The End of Father Stanislaus’s Life