The Renewal of the Order redone 2018

The Renewal of the Marian Order in 1909-1910 110 N O . 43. R ESPONSE OF THE C ONGREGATION FOR THE R ELIGIOUS TO THE B ISHOP OF P ODLASIE H. P RZEZDZIECKI EXPLAINING THE 1910 REFORM OF THE M ARIAN B ROTHERS I NSTITUTE Rome, April 25, 1928 Most Eminent Reverend Bishop, This Holy Congregation, having seriously considered and thoroughly investigated everything, has decided to answer to the letter of Your Eminence from December 10 of last year 1 as follows: 1) Because by the decree of this Holy Congregation No. 3544/09 2 as is indicated by its contents the old Order of Marian Brothers was trans- formed into an Institute with simple vows, there can be no doubt what- soever that the Order in its old form with solemn vows as well as a Rule and constitutions ceased to exist as of the day on which the quoted Decree was promulgated, i.e. as of the 28th of November, 1910. 2) Such transformation of the aforementioned Marian Order should not be understood as if some new and quite different Institute was estab- lished by the Holy See in place of that Order as seems to be suggested by Your Excellency’s letter. The aforementioned decree does not in fact concern the creation of some new community but deals with guaranteeing the further existence and continuation of the same Marian Institute which because of evil conditions was brought almost to complete extinction. For this purpose, considering the circum- stances of place and time, by the same Decree this Holy Congregation changed solemn vows to simple ones in the Marian Institute as well as adjusted its old constitutions appropriately. Therefore, the transformed Marian Order is a legitimate continua- tion, although in a new form, of the former, legally identical Marian Order established in the seventeenth century. 1 See Document 42. 2 See Document 31.