203 Along with our individual charism, each one of us received the grace of the Marian vocation to benefi t and to enrich our Congregation. This charism was also given to Father Matulewicz who, living out the grace of the Marian vocation, enhanced the Marian way of life with his personal charism, inscribing himself into the charismatic growth of our Congregation. I see this as a great sign of hope and confi rmation for all those who don’t live out their vocation in a dynamic and joyful manner because no one, perhaps, announced the good news to them: in you, the gift of the Marian vocation has been placed, which you live out in your individual manner—that is to say—marked by your individual charism. In this way, our various commitments contribute to building unity in its diversity. I trust that our understanding of Fr. Papczyński as Father Founder will contribute to deepening the fraternal spirit of our Congregation and that it will fi nd expression in a greater harmony of thoughts and actions. It means being closer in prayer, in our concern for vocations, in our communal responsibility for our efforts. While getting closer to the Father, we must open ourselves to our brethren. What are the challenges presented to us by the Founder’s beatifi cation? First, it calls us to give thanks to God and to the many generations of Marians who believed in his holiness and did not tire in their efforts on behalf of his beatifi cation. Also, another important task is for the superiors (but not exclusively) to fi nd out how to strengthen the grace of the Marian vocation, with which we all have been endowed. They will be able to do so if they live it out and have a clear vision of the Congregation’s charismatic path. The best way for our personal and communal growth is to demonstrate how we realize (or can realize) the Congregation’s charism today. It’s not so much a question of seeking the Marian path, as it is of becoming convinced that this path has already been found and that we are following it. This way of strengthening our vocation will foster greater fi delity to its requirements. Also, we ought to think about providing a better defi nition in our Constitutions of the Congregation’s mission in the context of the charism of the Immaculate Conception. It seems that both discovering Father Founder and taking a closer look at Father Renovator on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of Renewal and Reform of our Congregation encourage us to revise our Constitutions to better express our present understanding of the Congregation’s charism. I think that the person who rejoices most from the Fr. Founder’s beatifi cation is Fr. Wyszyński. Thus, it is only proper to put more effort towards his beatifi cation.
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