Ad Honorem Immaculatae Conceptionis Mariae Oblatio

5 TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Andrzej Pakuła MIC The Act of the Oblatio as a charismatic work of St. Stanislaus of Jesus and Mary Papczyński. The time of the creation, context and the meaning of the first formula of the religious vows of the Congregation of Marian Fathers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Franciszek Smagorowicz MIC The date of origin of the Congregation of Marian Fathers. . . . . . 24 Franciszek Smagorowicz MIC The Beginning of the Marian Congregation. The Birth of a New Tradition. 34 Andrzej Pakuła MIC Oblative Spirituality in the teachings of Saint Stanislaus Papczyński. . 54 Tomasz Sekulski MIC Religious consecration: its specificity and the newest theological approaches . 66 Michał Kozak MIC Sanctified in Christ Crucified (cf. 1 Cor 1:2). The Dimensions of Consecration Related to Christology and the Passion. 82 Paweł Naumowicz MIC The Oblatio as a complete self-offering (VC, 17). (“I, Stanislaus of Jesus Mary Papczyński […] offer and consecrate …”). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Dmitrijs Artjomovs MIC Oblatio : From Individualism to a Charismatic Community. . . . . 112 Bogusław Gil MIC Father Stanislaus Papczyński’s Oblatio Then and Now. An attempt at a theological interpretation. . . . . . . . . . . . 129