The Renewal of the Order redone 2018

91 Documents The Congregation of Marian Fathers spread considerably in Poland and Lithuania, and it owned 12 monasteries and houses. It has also established houses in five localities in Portugal where the religious, mostly coming from Poland, were committed to the salvation of their neighbors. In 1864, the Congregation was abolished by the Russian government. In 1909, only a single monastery in Mariampole in the diocese of Sejny remained, with only one monk, the Superior General. In the same year, 1909, with the gracious permission and consent of the Holy See and despite extremely difficult conditions, the Congregation began its Renewal. In 1909, in accordance with a Response from the Holy Congregation of the Religious, 3 the Suffragan Bishop of Warsaw admitted two candidates 4 to the Congregation and in January of 1910, by consent of the Ordinary of Sejny, the Superior General accepted three more. 5 Thus, at present, the Institute of the Marian Brothers consists of six priests; one of them has made perma- nent vows, one temporary vows, one is in the novitiate and three oth- ers will soon begin their novitiate. Moreover, there are six aspirants. The temporary novitiate is located in St. Petersburg. The Institute owns the following: in Mariampole — a monastery with its church, building, books, livestock, and other household inventory, and moreover approx. 27,000 rubles; in St. Petersburg — a library and various household items and money in the amount of 6,710 rubles. I confirm the trustworthiness of the above with my own signature. Rev. Jerzy Matulewicz ACIVCSVA, S 25, vol. 1, original, in Latin. 3 See Document 18. 4 See Document 22. 5 See Document 27, note 8.