1172 scripta historica By researching the oldest source materials, we rediscover, on the one hand, matters and things that have been forgotten or neglected in the past, and on the other hand, we sharpen our awareness of the present and future generations of the Congregation of Marian Fathers. The Oblatio is of particular importance here as the point of our Congregation’s origin, deliberately planned and carried out by St. Stanislaus Papczyński. This new cognizance, as it were, has found its reflection in the newest Constitutions. Andrzej Pakuła, MIC [Oblatio] In Nomine Domini Nostri Iesu Christi Crucifixi Amen. 1. – Ego Stanislaus a Iesu Maria Papczyński Filius secundum carnem Thomae de Podgrodzie Diaecesis Cracoviensis, annorum quadraginta77, offero, ac dedico Omnipotenti Deo Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto, ac Deiparae semper Virgini Mariae, sine macula originali Conceptae, cor meum, animam meam, intellectum, memoriam, voluntatem, affectus, mentem totam, animum totum, sensus interiores et exteriores, et corpus meum, nihil mihi penitus relinquendo, ut sic deinceps sim totus eiusdem Omnipotentis ac B.V. Mariae Servus78. 2. – Quapropter Iisdem promitto me in finem vitae meae caste ac ferventer famulaturum in hac (quam condere Dei gratia volo) Societate79 Clericorum80 Marianorum Immaculatae Conceptionis, atque huius legibus, statutis, ac ritibus mores meos accomoda77 Cf. Positio, pp. 4-9: Doc. I, intr. 1,a. 2, a-b. Revera P. Papczyński, die 18 Maii 1631 natus, tunc (11.XII.1669) annum 40-mum suae vitae adhuc non complevit. 78 Talis expressio habet aliquam affinitatem cum devotione Mariana inspirationem ex idea “servitutis” spiritualis erga B.V. Mariam trahente. Ista devotio ab an. 1632 diffundi in Polonia incoepit. Cf. Positio, p. 211, no. 2. 79 Solummodo in initio Institutum a P. Papczyński fundatum denotatur uti “Societas” (cf. FDR, §§ 9.14), quamvis tunc id etiam uti “Congregatio” denotatur (cf. ibid., § 1). 80 Ab initio ergo Congregatio Marianorum uti Institutum clericale a P. Fundatore concepta est. Attamen inter eius membra etiam “Fratres Coadiutores” quasi ab initio erant. Cf. Norma Vitae (NV), c. VI, 1.
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