The Renewal of the Order redone 2018

111 Documents 3) That having been said, it is obvious that: a. Said laymen, a certain Stanislaw Pietrzak and his associates, mentioned in the Reverend Bishop’s letter, were unlawfully accepted to the former Marian Order in 1913 because at that time said Order did not legally exist as such. b. Nor can they lead communal life in accordance with the old Marian constitutions which no longer have any legal power. c. They must not call themselves Marians. 4) If Your Excellency intended to create a new order from these persons with the purpose of praying for the dead, then you should proceed in accordance with the terms of the Code of Canon Law and with the Standards issued by the Holy Congregation on March 6, 1921. 3 5) However, this Holy Congregation would rather advise that those men who cherish such sentiment toward the Marian Order and feel so much sympathy toward the souls retained in Purgatory seek contact with the Marian Institute in which, as it is stated, the pious practice of prayer for the dead is continuing, although there is no strict oblig- ation of common office for the dead. Having communicated the above to Your Excellency in fulfillment of my obligation, I ask God for only joy for the Reverend Bishop, with an expression of special reverence. Sincerely, Vincenzo La Puma, Secretary 4 AGM, IG, Mariani Albi, copy notarized by the Congregation for the Religious on November 11, 1960, in Latin, No. 8290/27. 3 Normae secundem quas Sacra Congregatio de Religiosis in novis religiosis con- gregationibus approbandis procedere solet, “Acta Apostolicae Sedis” 13: 1921, pp. 312-319. 4 La Puma, Vincenzo (1874-1943), Secretary and in later years Cardinal and Prefect of the Congregation for the Religious.