The Renewal of the Order redone 2018

59 Documents N O . 14. L ETTER OF R EV . J. M ATULEWICZ TO R EV F R . B UCZYS CONCERNING MOTIVES OF HIS JOURNEY TO R OME Warsaw, July 23, 1909 Dear Frank, I have just received your letter and I am answering it right away. I don’t know if you remember that, as we were both saying, we must by no means bypass the bishops and that the Mohylev Administrator must know about everything. I was even saying that permission from the Sejny Administrator is needed. This matter seems to be so clear that there are not any doubts. I am not going to Rome in order to bypass the local authorities, but just the opposite. The purpose of my trip, as can be principles of monastic life in general and especially those of the Congregation of Marian Fathers as well as its constitutions, to profess his first annual monastic vows in the Congregation of Marian Fathers in order that, as a result of my sudden death, said Congregation should not cease to exist; also, that other candidates that might apply may begin their novitiate or trial. I, the Superior General of the Order of Marian Priests, inasmuch as this is within my power, confer in the Lord on said Reverend Jerzy Matulewicz all authorizations and powers of attorney so that he might handle on my behalf the matter of the further existence of our Congregation and its continuity within the Holy See. With due reverence, worship, and obedience toward the Holy See. Your Humble Servant in Christ, Superior General of the Congregation of Marian Fathers, Theological Candidate, Reverend Wincenty Sekowski LVA, set 1676, inv. 1, vol. 27, p. 10, copy, in Latin.