The Renewal of the Order redone 2018

The Renewal of the Marian Order in 1909-1910 48 I wish to express again my gratitude for your caring about this poor- est of all Congregations in the world, my feelings of joy from such a sur- prise and, renewing my plea to hold fast to your conviction, I consider it to be my good fortune to sign myself as your humblest servant. Reverend W. Sekowski LVA, set 1674, inv. 2, vol. 97, original, in Polish. 1 See Document 5, note 3. 2 See Document 4, note 4. 3 Skalon, Georgiy Antonovitch (1847-1914), the Governor General of Warsaw and commander of the Warsaw military district in 1905-1914. 4 Probably a reference to Jaczewski, Leonard (1858-1916), a well-known engineer and geologist who worked on behalf of the Polish community in St. Petersburg and was interested in the school system in Poland (PSB, X, pp. 287-288). N O . 6. L ETTER OF R EV . J. M ATULEWICZ TO F ATHER W. S EKOWSKI CONCERNING THE EFFORTS TO RENEW THE M ARIAMPOLE MONASTERY St. Petersburg, October 31, 1908 Most Revered Father, We have already begun efforts to move our case forward. Last week we saw Representative Bulat; 1 we were discussing how to proceed. We arrived at the conclusion that it would be best if he didn’t get involved in the matter since he could damage it as a man who belongs to the leftist opposition in the Duma. The documents he had been holding were taken by Rev. Buczys for safekeeping to his home. Rev. Canon Chelmicki came to St. Petersburg from Warsaw on business. 2 I discussed the matter with him, invited him here for dinner tomor- row; we shall discuss the whole situation in detail. He told that me that a couple days ago he managed to obtain from Governor General Skalon 3 permission for the Salesians, who will soon move to Warsaw. Therefore I expect that his support for our cause will not be without decisive significance. He is friendly with Mr. Jaczewski 4 and he has