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The Renewal of the Marian Order in 1909-1910 112 N O . 44. D ECREE OF THE C ONGREGATION FOR THE R ELIGIOUS CONFIRMING THE PRIVILEGE OF EXEMPTION FOR THE M ARIAN B ROTHERS I NSTITUTE Rome, April 26, 1929 The current Superior General of the Marian Brothers for the Immaculate Conception of the Most Holy Virgin Mary has recently submitted a request 1 asking that in order to remove all doubt in such an important matter, an express declaration be issued concerning exception once granted to said Institute by Pope Pius VI based on the Breve Iniuncti Nobis of March 27, 1787, of which there is no men- tion in the decree of said Holy Congregation for the Religious from November 28, 1910, No. 3544/09, 2 based on which, after the solemn vows were changed into simple ones, certain changes were intro- duced into the constitutions of the Marian Fathers Institute, more appropriate for the circumstances of place and time. After careful consideration of all this, the Holy Congregation for the Religious affirms and sets forth by form and contents of this decree that the above mentioned privilege of exemption, the transfor- mation of the Institute by the aforesaid decree of November 28, 1910, notwithstanding, remains in effect. With preservation of other regulations. Any other decrees notwith- standing. Alexis Henri M. Cardinal Lepicier OSM 3 Prefect Vincenzo La Puma, Secretary AGM, IG, Documenta renovationis, Exemptio, original, in Latin, No. 8290/26 S 26. 1 AGM. 2 See Document 31. 3 Lepicier, Alexis Henri Marie (1863-1936), in 1927 became a Cardinal and soon after the Prefect of the Congregation for the Religious.