The Renewal of the Order redone 2018

The Renewal of the Marian Order in 1909-1910 50 N O . 7. L ETTER FROM F ATHER W. S EKOWSKI TO R EV . J. M ATULEWICZ CONCERNING THE DIFFICULTIES OF RESTORING THE M ARIAMPOLE MONASTERY Mariampole, November 6, 1908 Honorable Reverend Professor, It is only to your third letter that I am responding. How indolent and clumsy I am. Please forgive me. I hope I shall do better. Everything goes well. The cause has a taken a propitious turn since it fell into such noble and worthy hands which work strenuously with- out rest but all to no avail since I cannot do what I should. I had just risen from my previous illness and then I had to lie down again for a week and a half, bedridden by rheumatism in my legs. I was already prepared to set out to Warsaw and on the very same day one of my legs became immobilized, almost in an instant. And the timing was good, because what would I do with myself if it had happened on the road? Today, thank God, I feel a little better. I got out of bed. I can walk across the cell and maybe I’ll be able to eat a bite. Tomorrow I intend to go to the Church, maybe even perform Holy Mass. Misfortune! I have no other documents here. I sent them to Mr. St[anislaw] Gawronski when he went to the State Council because he asked for them, and he promised to promote our cause; namely, I sent the petitions of our people that had been submitted to Prime Minister Witte, and those have already been lost. I believe this is not of much importance. They have plenty of such petitions. I still don’t know if I will be able to go to Warsaw, especially in this season when rheumatism is such a big issue, but I hope that God will help me because this is not just my cause but of importance to many others. I begin to wonder myself whether I will live to see the resurrection of the Congregation which today is dead to the world, or if I will not. No matter what, I shall make every sacrifice, and I shall do whatever is