The Renewal of the Order redone 2018

The Renewal of the Marian Order in 1909-1910 20 Rev. Matulewicz, happy and satisfied with the unexpectedly suc- cessful result of his mission to Rome, set out immediately on his return journey. He arrived in Warsaw on Thursday, August 5, and stayed at Piekna Street and then in Chyliczki. During that time he was pondering the manner of implementation of the Congregation’s decree, and he was trying to get in touch with Father General Sekowski and Rev. Buczys. The act of profession had to be prepared during the last week of the month, because Bishop Ruszkiewicz was expected to be back from his treatment on August 24, while by the beginning of September both professors needed to be back in St. Petersburg. Rev. Matulewicz had finally received a letter from Rev. Buczys and found out that Father Sekowski was undergoing treatment in the town of Druskienniki. He wrote to him immediately. Initially he believed that the three of them should meet in Mariampole and go to Warsaw from there. But as time was passing and Father Sekowski was absent from Mariampole, he changed his plan and ultimately decided that the meeting could only take place in Warsaw 49 where he summoned both men. They arrived on Friday, August 27. 50 As we can see, the deadlines had not been set up much earlier but were deter- mined by the circumstances. Also, the applicants had no opportunity to prepare themselves for the important event of admission to the Order as we would like to imagine them doing. The act of professing his first annual vows by Rev. Matulewicz and/or admitting Rev. Buczys to the novitiate of the Marian Fathers took place in the chapel of Bishop Ruszkiewicz in the former monastery of Missionary Priests which then was the residence of the Holy Cross Church in Warsaw on Sunday, August 29, 1909. There is documentary evidence that Bishop Ruszkiewicz, in accordance with the authorization received from the Congregation of the Religious, received the first monastic profession from Rev. Matulewicz and 49 See Documents 19, 20, and 21. 50 LVA, set 1674, inv. 1, vol. 99, p.72, cable of J. Matulewicz to Fr. Buczys, August 24, 1909; LVA, set 1674, inv. 2, vol. 97, p. ?, letter of W. Sekowski to J. Matulewicz, August 21, 1909.