The Blue Scapular Prayer Book

13 H istory of the C ongregation of M arian F athers of the I mmaculate C onception of the M ost B.V.M. and of the C onfraternity of the I mmaculate C onception of the M ost B.V.M. Brief History of the Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most B.V.M. The Congregation of Marian Fathers was founded in 1670. It is the first native male religious Order established in Poland. Its founder was a Pole – Saint Stanislaus of Jesus and Mary Papczyński (1631-1701), who was born in Podegrodzie, near Stary Sącz, in southern Poland. The Order’s cradle is the Marian Forest, near Skierniewice in the Mazovia district. In 1699, the Holy See approved the Order of Marian Fathers upon the Rule of the Ten Evangelical Virtues of the Blessed Virgin Mary . The holy Father Founder set three goals to his new community: • spreading devotion to the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary,