230 in Licheń to see with our own eyes, our Father Founder elevated to the glory of the altars and to hear for ourselves the Holy Father’s Legate announcing that our Founder was given the title of Blessed. Now we talk a lot in our parishes about Fr. Stanislaus Papczyński. His relics are surrounded with great devotion. Many people come to light a candle for the deceased. And God granted us another great joy through the intercession of Blessed Stanislaus Papczyński, as we all believe. Our house in Chicago has been closed because our mission for the Latvians there was fulfi lled. We needed another house in Latvia, for we had to leave the post in Riga. We believe that thanks to the intercession of Blessed Stanislaus, the Bishop of Rēzekne offered us a beautiful post in Daugavpils: a new parish and an unfi nished church. We extend our gratitude to Father General for installing a house under the title of Blessed Stanislaus Papczyński there. There is a large fi eld of work, many young people and schools. We hope that Blessed Stanislaus will help us to fi nd vocations in our new parish in Daugavpils. Jan Mikołaj Rokosz, MIC General Superior, Italy While participating in the preparations for the beatifi cation, I witnessed Divine Providence fulfi lling its plan to make a marvelous event out of the solemnity of the elevation to the honors of the altar of its faithful Servant, who had suffered a great deal of humiliation and adversity for the greater glory of God during his lifetime. We’ve been asking ourselves this question: why is this grace of the beatifi cation being granted to our generation, while so many previous generations had been anxiously awaiting it? What is it that God wants to tell us through this gift? I was convinced that it was a particular kairos for the Congregation, according to the standard of our history. The way that we have been living it out seems to confi rm this idea. The commitment of the people in charge of organizing the beatifi cation—both the Marians and our lay friends and associates—as well as the unity and the understanding among us have become an exceptional fraternal and spiritual experience. For probably the fi rst time in the history of our renewed Congregation, the worldwide Marian community has united around Father Founder who had remained in the shadows since 1909 as a little-known and controversial fi gure. The beatifi cation was a moment of communion with our Father Founder and with all of the Marians, both living and deceased, beginning with Blessed George Matulaitis-Matulewicz and with the Blessed Martyrs of Rosica.
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