The Renewal of the Order redone 2018

The Renewal of the Marian Order in 1909-1910 94 N O . 30. C OVER LETTER SENT BY R EV . J. M ATULEWICZ WITH THE DISPATCHED DOCUMENTS TO [U NDERSECRETARY OF THE C ONGREGATION OF THE R ELIGIOUS R. C AROLI ] 1 St. Petersburg, September 1, 1910 Reverend Prelate, Thank you very much for the letter you were kind enough to send me in May of this year. Because of the difficulties to which monastic life and contacts with the Holy See are subjected in our countries, I could not quickly send the necessary documents: the Rule and the old constitutions of the Marians of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Holy Virgin Mary as well as the petition by the Superior of the Order himself. Taking advantage of the opportunity that has presented itself, I am sending those documents while recommending the entire cause of our Order to your benevolence and generosity, Father Prelate. If necessary, I intend to come to Rome next year during the sum- mer holidays in order to provide the required explanations concern- ing the matters of our Order as well as to obtain information from the Holy Congregation for the Religious so that we don’t dare to take any significant step in such important matters without the consent of the Holy See. With all due respect to the Reverend Father Prelate, your humble servant, Jerzy Matulewicz Doctor of Theology, Member of the Congregation of Marian Brothers Professor of Dogmatic Theology in the Theological Academy in St. Petersburg ACIVCSVA, S 26, vol. 1, original, in Latin. 1 The name of Caroli is not mentioned in the letter. The contents indicate that this is a reply to his letter of April 22, 1910 (Document 29).