The Renewal of the Order redone 2018

The Renewal of the Marian Order in 1909-1910 106 N O . 41. "B RIEF M EMORANDUM CONCERNING THE M ARIAN F ATHERS " BY G ENERAL J. M ATULEWICZ TO THE B ISHOP OF K RAKOW , A DAM S APIEHA Krakow, May 29, 1914 Brief Memorandum concerning the Marian Fathers I have the honor to humbly declare to the Most Reverend Bishop of Krakow concerning the Marian Fathers as follows: 1) The Marian Fathers have never ceased to exist legally; after the death of Father General Wincenty Sekowski those Marians who were in touch with him elected as their Superior General Father Jerzy Matulewicz who was confirmed by the Holy See. 2) The Holy See has reconfirmed the Marian statutes adapted to the Standards of the Holy Congregation and to the difficult conditions in which the Marians had to work under the Russian occupation. 3) Concerning the movement initiated by Mr. J[ozef] St[anislaw] Pietrzak in order to resurrect the Marian Fathers, I declare that I would by no means desire to be an impediment to the noble strivings of good people if they are directed by the divine spirit and if their move- ment was legitimized by the Church authorities. Based on the special authority delegated by Your Holiness, the Holy Congregation of the Religious graciously grants the submitted request provided that there is consent of the local Ordinary and that all that is required by law will be preserved. 1 J.C. Cardinal Vives, Prefect A. Cherubini, Undersecretary (seal) LVA, set 1676, inv. 1, vol. 142, p. 13, origina,l in Latin, No. 6096/11. 1 This is a reply to the request contained in Document 34.