227 fact of being closely related to the mystery of The Divine Mercy. Those are good works: among the poor, establishing hospices, selecting the missionary posts in a manner indicating that they haven’t been chosen for commercially-material reasons. However, I would like to warn against an exceedingly narrow understanding of the tasks that we are to carry out in the Church. Even the Salesians or the Divine Word Fathers have scholars—I beg your pardon for promoting my own fi eld—who do not participate in the missions or work with the youth, but who nevertheless have a sense of their work being needed for the completion of the main task and attaining specifi c goals. Even more so, in our own midst, we must have a wide outlook on matters and know how to accept the variety of tasks that we undertake; however, it must be always done with a conscious emphasis on our character more than on our concrete works that are supposed to defi ne us or by which we are supposed to be identifi ed. 5. We are still feeling this pain—and I, in Lublin, may be feeling it even more than others—of the lack of vocations, of the crisis of vocations, which is also a sign for us, a warning sign. I never believed that the number of vocations depended only on skillfully conducted actions of a gifted Vocations Director. It is a question of our witness. Thus, we are going back to the point that I started from: on the one hand, this is a sign of the Church who wants us to be here; on the other, it is a warning sign saying that we need a certain youthfulness. This youthfulness, however, is born out of our dedication to Christ. Therefore, our focus must be fi rst on what kind of the Religious we are. If we are convincing, true witnesses to Jesus Christ, than there will be people who will follow us and go along. Ryszard Wojciechowski, MIC Czech Republic, Brumov-Bylnice, Vicariate Superior I belong to the generation of the Marians-orphans raised without a father, as Fr. Paweł Naumowicz said. We all got to know Fr. Stanislaus to a certain obligatory extent, but his person remained distant and unattractive. I began to discover the depth and importance of Father Founder’s person before and after the beatifi cation. We read various books, materials, and conferences for the days of recollection which had been prepared for this occasion. I am grateful to the Lord God for all of these discoveries. They let us note and experience a father in the person of our Founder. Learning about Fr. Stanislaus, and striving to lead a life like his doesn’t end with the beatifi cation. For me, the beatifi cation is just the beginning. Everyday, I learn how to be a son of Fr. Stanislaus, although this does not come easily either in my personal or in my communal life.
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