A banner day for the Marians, for the Church
Marian Founder is beatified on Sept. 16 in Lichen, Poland.
Father Stanislaus of Jesus Mary Papczynski (1631-1701). He's the man the Marians of the Immaculate Conception refer to as "Father Founder." ...»
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Marian Founder: A Great Apostle of Mercy
Blessed Stanislaus Highlight of Marian Helper Magazine Special Issue
After the Beatification of Blessed Stanislaus Papczynski, artist Laurel A. Tewes adds a halo to his painting at the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy.
A great apostle of mercy is now front and center in the life of the Church and on the world stage. His name is Blessed Stanislaus Papczynski (1631-1701), and he is the Founder of the Marians of the Immaculate Conception. ...»
Pope Benedict XVI
In a taped statement played over two huge screens displayed in Lichen during the beatification ceremony, Pope Benedict XVI congratulated the Marian Congregation, which had waited for this day for more than 300 years.
This morning in Poland, at the Shrine of Lichen, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, my Secretary of State, in my name proclaimed as blessed Father [Stanislaus] Papczyński, founder of the Congregation of Marian Fathers. I address a cordial greeting to the faithful gathered together for this happy occasion and to the many people who are devoted to this newly beatified son of the Church in whom they venerate a priest who was exemplary in preaching, in the formation of the laity, a father of the poor and an apostle of intercessory prayer for the dead. Translation by ZENIT
The Words of the Holy Father
Superior General thanks the Holy Father for the beatification of the Marian Founder
Listen to the Holy Father's words to the Marians during the general audience on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 (in Polish) ...»
Meet the man behind the miracle
This isn't something that he does — sitting down and discussing miracles with a reporter. — He has spoken about these things with friends and family, with Marians, and with investigators from the Vatican. But never before to a reporter. ...»
Let us draw from the grace of the Founder’s beatification
Message of the Superior General on the beatification of Fr. Stanislaus Papczyński to the Associates of the Congregation of Marian Fathers and the faithful entrusted to its pastoral care ...»
Listen to Vatican Radio's interview, in Polish, with the Postulator General given on the 16th of December 2006
