St Stan Illustrated Story

“In the name of Our Lord Jesus Christ Crucified. Amen. I, Stanislaus of Jesus and Mary Papczynski, in the flesh, son of Thomas of Podegrodzie, of the Diocese of Cracow, being 40 years of age, offer and consecrate to god the Father Almighty, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and in like manner to the Mother of God, the ever-Virgin Mary, conceived without sin, my heart, my soul, intellect, memory, will, feelings, whole mind, whole soul, interior and exterior senses, and my body, leaving absolutely nothing for myself, so that henceforth I may be the servant of the Almighty and the Most Blessed Virgin Mary. Therefore, I promise Them that I will serve to the end of my life in chastity and in zeal, this Company of Marian Clerics of the Immaculate Conception (which, by the grace of God, I intend to found). Further, I will accommodate my manner of life to its laws, decrees, and rites (…).” From the Act of Oblation made by St. Stanislaus Papczynski in Kazimierz near Krakow, on December 11, 1670.