{"id":5298,"date":"2019-02-25T15:03:33","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T14:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/?page_id=5298"},"modified":"2025-02-14T14:05:02","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T13:05:02","slug":"marian-coat-of-arms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/marian-coat-of-arms\/","title":{"rendered":"Marian Coat of Arms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:1px;--awb-padding-right:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:1px;--awb-padding-left:0px;--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-background-color:#0093dd;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:20px;--awb-padding-bottom:20px;--awb-bg-color:#ffffff;--awb-bg-color-hover:#ffffff;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-center\" style=\"margin:0;\">The Coat of Arms of the Marians<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:6%;--awb-padding-right:10%;--awb-padding-bottom:0%;--awb-padding-left:10%;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:50%;width:calc(50% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.5 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-aligncenter\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wallpaper\/\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">DOWNLOAD THE COAT OF ARMS AS A WALLPAPER<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Password protected.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:50%;width:calc(50% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.5 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-aligncenter\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-2 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/printing\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">DOWNLOAD THE COAT OF ARMS SUITABLE FOR PRINTING<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Password protected.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:6%;--awb-padding-right:10%;--awb-padding-bottom:0%;--awb-padding-left:10%;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:0%;--awb-padding-right:10%;--awb-padding-bottom:0%;--awb-padding-left:10%;--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"347\" title=\"coatofarms_display\" src=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/coatofarms_display.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-5309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/coatofarms_display-200x198.jpg 200w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/coatofarms_display.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 6px;\">Copyright 2021 Marians of the Immaculate Conception<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The new rendition of the Coat of Arms designed for the Congregation of Marian Fathers for the 100th Anniversary of its Rebirth and Reform.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 10px;\">Read the Heraldic Commentary:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/images.marianweb.net\/archives\/pdfs\/misc\/multi\/HeraldicCommentary.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Polish, English, and Portuguese PDF<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/images.marianweb.net\/archives\/flip\/multi\/Heraldic_Commentary_Update_2\/18\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Polish, English, and Portuguese Flipbook<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><p><strong>AT THE BEGINNING<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For many centuries, there was a need for a sign that could be used as identification of an individual community as well as its representation in the external communications. This function was successfully fulfilled by an imprinted image of a seal. After all, a seal is a hallmark not only of individuals but also of various groups, communities, and associations. An imprint of a seal can be compared to some degree to a coat of arms, because they both perform similar functions: They are symbols of ownership and identification of an individual or a community. At the same time, they testify to that community\u2019s spiritual life, in which has been strongly imprinted the group\u2019s individuality, message, and charism. A\u00a0seal produced by applying a hard die to an appropriate plastic mass or paint plays the role of a testimonial of trustworthiness and legal validity. It is also an expression of its owner\u2019s will and a controlling agent protecting the integrity of a document or an item on which it has been placed.<\/p>\n<p>From the inception of the Marian Order its Founder and first General Superior, Saint Stanislaus Papczy\u0144ski, recognized the need to have a seal. It was necessary to guarantee the legality of documents presented to the religious and civil authorities for approval of the Institute and its rules, as well as for its new foundations.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-two-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-padding-left:10%;--awb-bg-size:cover;width:66.666666666667%;width:calc(66.666666666667% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.66666666666667 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"><p>The details regarding the origin of the Order\u2019s first seal and its subsequent changes are described in the biography of Saint Stanislaus Papczy\u0144ski, written in the first half of the 17th\u00a0century by the Venerable Servant of God, Fr.\u00a0Casimir Wyszy\u0144ski. We are giving here the entire excerpt, especially because the extant imprinted image of the first Marian crest is difficult to read.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>It would appear as if the Venerable Servant of God Father Stanislaus of Jesus and Mary could foresee all these [persecutions] when founding the Congregation and laying its first basis at that location. The place was named \u2018Noah\u2019s Ark\u2019 as if to protect it from the deluge of infernal persecutions. Although the Congregation has been founded under the title of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, the Founder wanted first to protect his Order with a seal with a dove carrying a green branch, [thus] expressing his hope for outlasting all dangers. And just like there were only eight survivors in the Noah\u2019s Ark, the eight monks remaining in the Congregation saved it from drowning. Thanks to the protection and kindness of the Highest Shepherd Innocent\u00a0XIII, who approved this Institute anew, the flood of persecutions ceased. The seal with a dove was replaced by a seal with the image of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, which is being used until present.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">(Str\u00f3\u017c duchowego dziedzictwa marian\u00f3w[Guardian of the Marians\u2019 Spiritual Heritage]\nWarszawa-Stockbridge 2004, p.134, nr\u00a0109)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-max-width:300px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-zoomin\"><a href=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/12\/coa-new.jpg\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[6530cd3219dc2a960d6]\" data-title=\"coa-new\" title=\"coa-new\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1430\" height=\"1766\" src=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/12\/coa-new.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-8669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/12\/coa-new-200x247.jpg 200w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/12\/coa-new-400x494.jpg 400w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/12\/coa-new-600x741.jpg 600w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/12\/coa-new-800x988.jpg 800w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/12\/coa-new-1200x1482.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/12\/coa-new.jpg 1430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-5 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-padding-right:10%;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-3 hover-type-zoomin\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"350\" title=\"OldestMarianSeal_lg\" src=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/OldestMarianSeal_lg.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-4692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/OldestMarianSeal_lg-200x219.jpg 200w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/OldestMarianSeal_lg.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\" style=\"--awb-margin-right:10%;--awb-margin-left:10%;\"><p style=\"font-size: 10px; text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin-top: 5px;\">A dove holding an olive branch on the holy Father Founder\u2019s seal.\u00a0The imprint comes from\u00a0<i>Protocollum Ordinis Beat\u00e6 Mari\u00e6 Virginis Immaculat\u00e6 Conceptionis<\/i>\u00a0of 1705. The surrounding inscription reads:\u00a0<i>Congregatio Immaculat\u00e6 Conceptionis Beatissim\u00e6 Virginis Mari\u00e6 Clericorum Marianorum Defunctis Suffragantium<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-4 hover-type-zoomin\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" title=\"graphicreconstruct1stseal\" src=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/graphicreconstruct1stseal.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-4695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/graphicreconstruct1stseal-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/graphicreconstruct1stseal.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8\" style=\"--awb-margin-right:10%;--awb-margin-left:10%;\"><p style=\"font-size: 10px; text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin-top: 5px;\">Graphic reconstruction of the first seal of the Congregation designed by the holy Father Founder.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-6 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"><p>From the historical accounts and surviving seal imprints, we know that in\u00a01731 the Order had two seals: one larger and one smaller (both were oval in shape and measured respectively 35x30mm and 28x25mm. [cf.\u00a0J.\u00a0Bukowicz,\u00a0MIC, \u201cWprowadzenie [Introduction]\u201d, in: <i>Album zmar\u0142ych ojc\u00f3w i braci Zgromadzenia Ksi\u0119\u017cy Marian\u00f3w [Album of the Deceased Fathers and Brothers from the Congregation of Marian Fathers]<\/i>, Warszawa\u00a01990, p.\u00a01]) Along with their signatures, all letters of the General Superiors also bore the Order\u2019s seal. The larger seal had on its rim the inscription: <i>SIGILLUM MAIUS ORDINIS IMMACULAT\u00c6 CONCEPTIONIS B.V. MARI\u00c6<\/i>, while the following inscription was engraved on the smaller seal: <i>SIGILLUM ORDINIS IMMAC. CONCEPT. B.V. MARI\u00c6<\/i>. In addition, every monastery was obliged to obtain a seal bearing the names of the monastery and of the church\u2019s titular saint (por.\u00a0S.M.\u00a0Sydry\u00a0MIC, <i>Organizacja Zgromadzenia Ksi\u0119\u017cy Marian\u00f3w w XVIII wieku<\/i>, Stockbridge\u00a02002, s.\u00a0109 [<i>Organizational Structure of the Congregation of Marian Fathers in the 18th\u00a0century<\/i>]). Therefore, as it transpires from the above, shortly after its inception, the Congregation of Marian Fathers took as its sign the image of the Blessed Virgin Mary Immaculate. From the moment of taking the authority over the Order by Fr.\u00a0Andrew of St.\u00a0Matthew Deszpot in\u00a01722 and the ratification of the Marian laws in\u00a01723 by Pope Innocent\u00a0XIII, this image has been and continues to be the Order\u2019s crest.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-7 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-one-fourth fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:25%;width:calc(25% - ( ( 4% + 4% + 4% ) * 0.25 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-5 hover-type-none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/seal_gray1-600x671.jpg\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[38e85a406fcbc41a1ac]\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/seal_gray1-150x150.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/seal_gray1-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/seal_gray1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/seal_gray1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-10\" style=\"--awb-margin-right:20%;--awb-margin-left:20%;\"><p style=\"font-size: 10px; text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin-top: 5px;\">The Great Seal of the Marian Order from the first half of the 18th century.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-8 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-one-fourth\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:25%;width:calc(25% - ( ( 4% + 4% + 4% ) * 0.25 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-6 hover-type-none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/seal_gold1b_lg-600x706.jpg\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[f97825aaa48d329c0e4]\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/seal_gold1b_lg-150x150.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/seal_gold1b_lg-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/seal_gold1b_lg-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/seal_gold1b_lg.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-11\" style=\"--awb-margin-right:20%;--awb-margin-left:20%;\"><p style=\"font-size: 10px; text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin-top: 5px;\">The\u00a0 Small Seal of the Marian Order from the first half of the 18th century.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-9 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-one-fourth\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:25%;width:calc(25% - ( ( 4% + 4% + 4% ) * 0.25 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-7 hover-type-none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/mh_SEAL18C_v2_lg-400x442.jpg\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[a8a494fb9f20663c889]\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/mh_SEAL18C_v2_lg-150x150.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/mh_SEAL18C_v2_lg-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/mh_SEAL18C_v2_lg-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/mh_SEAL18C_v2_lg.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-12\" style=\"--awb-margin-right:20%;--awb-margin-left:20%;\"><p style=\"font-size: 10px; text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin-top: 5px;\">This seal was carried by Fr. Wyszy\u0144ski on his journey to Portugal. Around 1754.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-10 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-one-fourth fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:25%;width:calc(25% - ( ( 4% + 4% + 4% ) * 0.25 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-8 hover-type-none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/01\/Pieczec-przelozonego-klasztoru-w-Rasnie-AD-1815-75-600x632.jpg\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[e93b92ba1597bb7e24c]\" data-title=\"Pieczec-przelozonego-klasztoru-w-Rasnie-AD-1815-75\" title=\"Pieczec-przelozonego-klasztoru-w-Rasnie-AD-1815-75\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/01\/Pieczec-przelozonego-klasztoru-w-Rasnie-AD-1815-75-150x150.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-4953\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/01\/Pieczec-przelozonego-klasztoru-w-Rasnie-AD-1815-75-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/01\/Pieczec-przelozonego-klasztoru-w-Rasnie-AD-1815-75-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/01\/Pieczec-przelozonego-klasztoru-w-Rasnie-AD-1815-75.jpg 757w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-13\" style=\"--awb-margin-right:20%;--awb-margin-left:20%;\"><p style=\"font-size: 10px; text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin-top: 5px;\">Seal of the Superior of the Marian Father&#8217;s monastery in Ra\u015bna, from 1815.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-11 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-14\"><p>The seal of the Order displayed the Immaculate Mother of God holding a lily in her right hand and crushing a snake\u2019s head with her foot. The Blessed Mother\u2019s head was crowned with\u00a010 or 12\u00a0stars (perhaps 10\u00a0stars pertained to <i>The Rule of the Ten Evangelical Virtues of the B.V.M.<\/i>, upon which the Marians made their religious vows at the time). A radiant aureole embraced Mary\u2019s entire figure. It is worth noting that the Order\u2019s seal symbolized to the olden Marians the power of the General Superior. In a public act, the outgoing Superior General passed on to his successor the seal of the institute, which proudly bore the inscription in its rim <i>sigillum maius ordinis<\/i>, meaning the great seal of the Order.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from several minor differences, the above description accurately reflects the imprints (known as \u201cwafer\u201d imprints) of four 18th-century Marian seals that survived to our times. The Order used this seal up until the beginning of the 20th\u00a0century or the time of its renewal and reformation performed by Blessed Archbishop George Matulaitis-Matulewicz. This is corroborated by the imprint of the Order\u2019s seal placed on the Fr.\u00a0Vincent S\u0119kowski\u2019s letter to the Holy See of August\u00a07,\u00a01910, in which he asked for the re-approval of the Congregation and its renewed Constitutions.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-12 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-9 hover-type-none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/seal_Sekowskisig1-800x293.jpg\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[1bdc9fa54f352cb6985]\" data-caption=\"Imprint of the seal that appears on the letter of August 7, 1910, sent by Fr. Wincenty S\u0119kowski to the Holy See.\" data-title=\"seal_Sekowskisig1\" title=\"seal_Sekowskisig1\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/seal_Sekowskisig1-150x150.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-4697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/seal_Sekowskisig1-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/seal_Sekowskisig1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/seal_Sekowskisig1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-15\" style=\"--awb-margin-right:20%;--awb-margin-left:20%;\"><p style=\"font-size: 10px; text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin-top: 5px;\">Imprint of the seal that appears on the letter of August 7, 1910, sent by Fr. Wincenty S\u0119kowski to the Holy See.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-13 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-10 hover-type-none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/Kaunas2-600x600.jpg\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[1c6de2007fa07fb417d]\" data-title=\"Kaunas2\" title=\"Kaunas2\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/Kaunas2-150x150.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-4699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/Kaunas2-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/Kaunas2-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/Kaunas2.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-16\" style=\"--awb-margin-right:20%;--awb-margin-left:20%;\"><p style=\"font-size: 10px; text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin-top: 5px;\">The &#8220;wafer&#8221; imprint of the same seal as shown alongside in ink. This seal was embossed on the protocol of the so-called Three-year Chapter, which took place in Marijampole in September of 1838.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-14 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-11 hover-type-none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/seal_BlGeorgesig3-800x263.jpg\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[355c41fdb40ee75fa58]\" data-title=\"seal_BlGeorgesig3\" title=\"seal_BlGeorgesig_200\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/seal_BlGeorgesig_200-150x150.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-4702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/seal_BlGeorgesig_200-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/seal_BlGeorgesig_200-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/seal_BlGeorgesig_200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-17\" style=\"--awb-margin-right:20%;--awb-margin-left:20%;\"><p style=\"font-size: 10px; text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin-top: 5px;\">The same seal appears on the protocol dated July 14, 1911, recording the election of Blessed George Matulaitis-Matulewicz to the Office of the General Superior.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-15 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-one-fourth fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:25%;width:calc(25% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.25 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-12 hover-type-none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/seal_PieczecOdnowa-400x426.jpg\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[c9c62bc9fcb41e3a44d]\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/seal_PieczecOdnowa-150x150.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/seal_PieczecOdnowa-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/seal_PieczecOdnowa-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/seal_PieczecOdnowa.jpg 579w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-18\" style=\"--awb-margin-right:20%;--awb-margin-left:20%;\"><p style=\"font-size: 10px; text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin-top: 5px;\">The imprint of the first seal used in the renewed Congregation; this imprint is shown on the protocol of the Congregation\u2019s General Chapter celebrated in Gda\u0144sk in 1923<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-13 hover-type-none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/seal_1948-600x598.jpg\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[951541ad764d0d36f29]\" data-title=\"seal_1948\" title=\"seal_1948\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/seal_1948-150x150.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-4737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/seal_1948-200x199.jpg 200w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/seal_1948-400x399.jpg 400w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/seal_1948.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-19\" style=\"--awb-margin-right:20%;--awb-margin-left:20%;\"><p style=\"font-size: 10px; text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin-top: 5px;\">Great Seal of the Congregation affixed on the official document issued by Superior General &#8211; Francis Buczys,\u00a0MIC on May\u00a018,\u00a01948.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-14 hover-type-none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/seal_Bielany-200x228.jpg\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[f643caf2b320db8aa61]\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/seal_Bielany-150x150.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/seal_Bielany-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/seal_Bielany-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/seal_Bielany.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-20\" style=\"--awb-margin-right:20%;--awb-margin-left:20%;\"><p style=\"font-size: 10px; text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin-top: 5px;\">Seal of the Marian House at Bielany-Warsaw, Poland, affixed on a document dated November 1923.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-16 fusion_builder_column_3_4 3_4 fusion-three-fourth fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:75%;width:calc(75% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.75 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-21\"><p><strong>IN THE RENOVATED CONGREGATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first official document of the renovated Congregation bears the seal that was used by the General Superior Fr.\u00a0S\u0119kowski. This document is a short protocol, prepared after the election of Fr.\u00a0George Matulewicz to the General Superior\u2019s office by the first General Chapter of the renovated Marian community (the original document is presently located in the Archives of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life in Rome). This Chapter took place in Gelgaudi\u0161kis, Lithuania, on July\u00a014,\u00a01911 \u2013 three months after Fr.\u00a0S\u0119kowski\u2019s demise. Its participants were: Frs.\u00a0G.\u00a0Matulewicz, F.\u00a0Bu\u010dys, and J.\u00a0Totoraitis. Therefore, it seems highly probable that the seal might have been among a few things left behind by the General Superior of the olden Marians. Probably, the seal was made out of brass, which seems to be confirmed by a closer scrutiny of its round impression of 5\u00a0cm in diameter. The imprint is an inverted image of the die normally used for making impressions in wax; in case of the above-mentioned protocol, the die was used to make an impression in blue ink (probably, for the want of wax).<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, there is another surviving imprint of the same seal \u2013 made earlier with the use of \u201cwafer\u201d method. We find it in the acts of the called Three-year Chapter, which took place in Marijampole in September\u00a01838. On the rim that seal bears the Latin inscription: <i>SIG: MAIUS: ORD: CC\u2022REGL: MARIANORUM\u2022SUB\u2022TIT: IMMT\u00c6\u2022CONCEPT: B.V. MARI\u00c6:<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Analyzing the contents of the inscription, one can easily conclude that the seal was created shortly after\u00a01786, when the Holy See renewed its approval for the Marians, while the Constitutions of the Order displayed in its title for the first time the slightly altered Institute\u2019s name that was faithfully repeated in the inscription on the seal\u2019s rim.<\/p>\n<p>We don\u2019t know what has happened to that seal, which is also missing from the Congregation\u2019s archives. However, noteworthy is the fact that the next important legal document of our Community \u2013 the protocol of the General Chapter celebrated in Gda\u0144sk on July 16-19, 1923, and presided over by the Blessed Renovator, bears a seal whose general appearance and the inscription of the rim clearly refers to the one left by Fr. Wincenty S\u0119kowski to the renovated Community. It is similar in case of the image of the Immaculate Mary placed in the Congregation\u2019s Constitutions, released in 1930, and the seals used by General Superiors \u2013 direct successors of our Blessed Renovator.<\/p>\n<p>Also, it ought to be mentioned that \u2013 right from the day of their arrival in the\u00a0U.S. in\u00a01913, \u2013 the Marians used the seals created in the image of Fr.\u00a0S\u0119kowski\u2019s seal (cf.\u00a0pictures in the text).<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-17 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-22\"><p>All these facts confirm the clear will of the renovated Congregation to preserve the model of the imprinted crest, used by the last General Superiors in times preceding the renovation of the Institute.<\/p>\n<p>The following generations of the renovated Marians continued to use the old model of seal. Except for a brief period of certain liberty in presenting the Immaculate Mary on the Congregation\u2019s seal (especially in Poland), its basic graphic concept still closely reflects the model from the bygone centuries. In modern renditions, Mary\u2019s person is surrounded with a radiant halo. In her right hand she holds a lily, and she crushes a snake with her foot. A\u00a0crown of 12\u00a0stars encircles Mary\u2019s head. The law of the renovated Congregation thus defines the symbolism of the Marian Crest:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The seal of the Congregation used by the Superiors, as well as by other officials of the Congregation, bears the image of the Most Blessed Immaculate Virgin Mary holding a lily in her right hand and crushing the head of the serpent with her foot. An inscription that is proper to each respective Superior encircles it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"source\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>(From the Directory of the Congregation, \u00a7181)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-15 hover-type-none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/seal_BlG_1922_lg-600x244.jpg\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[1b8398df4f98888fcee]\" data-title=\"seal_BlG_1922_lg\" title=\"seal_BlG_1922_lg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"122\" src=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/seal_BlG_1922_lg-300x122.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-5316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/seal_BlG_1922_lg-200x81.jpg 200w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/seal_BlG_1922_lg-400x163.jpg 400w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/seal_BlG_1922_lg.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-23\" style=\"--awb-margin-right:40%;--awb-margin-left:40%;\"><p style=\"font-size: 10px; text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin-top: 5px;\">Seal of the Congregation of Marian Fathers affixed on the document signed by Bl. George Matulitis-Matulewicz, on April 14, 1922 in Vilnius.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-18 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-one-fourth fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:25%;width:calc(25% - ( ( 4% + 4% + 4% ) * 0.25 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-16 hover-type-none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/seal_BVM1930-200x243.jpg\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[9e1b15bf800d7b62b0a]\" data-title=\"seal_BVM1930\" title=\"seal_BVM1930\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/seal_BVM1930-150x150.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-4706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/seal_BVM1930-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/seal_BVM1930-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/seal_BVM1930.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-24\" style=\"--awb-margin-right:20%;--awb-margin-left:20%;\"><p style=\"font-size: 10px; text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin-top: 5px;\">The Symbol of the Marians &#8211; an image of the Immaculate Conception that appears in the Constitution of the renovated Congregation, printed in 1930.0<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-19 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-one-fourth\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:25%;width:calc(25% - ( ( 4% + 4% + 4% ) * 0.25 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-17 hover-type-none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/PrzelozonyProwincjiPolskiejIII-400x407.jpg\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[a27fa3f9013e7191c1e]\" data-title=\"PrzelozonyProwincjiPolskiejIII\" title=\"PrzelozonyProwincjiPolskiejIII\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/PrzelozonyProwincjiPolskiejIII-150x150.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-5317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/PrzelozonyProwincjiPolskiejIII-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/PrzelozonyProwincjiPolskiejIII-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/PrzelozonyProwincjiPolskiejIII.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-25\" style=\"--awb-margin-right:20%;--awb-margin-left:20%;\"><p style=\"font-size: 10px; text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin-top: 5px;\">The seal that was used by the Provincial Administration of the Polish Province in the 1960&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-20 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-one-fourth\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:25%;width:calc(25% - ( ( 4% + 4% + 4% ) * 0.25 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-18 hover-type-none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/SealSupProvStStanKostka-600x649.jpg\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[4bafdf41f1c37a5db70]\" data-title=\"SealSupProvStStanKostka\" title=\"SealSupProvStStanKostka\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/SealSupProvStStanKostka-150x150.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-5318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/SealSupProvStStanKostka-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/SealSupProvStStanKostka-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/SealSupProvStStanKostka.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-26\" style=\"--awb-margin-right:20%;--awb-margin-left:20%;\"><p style=\"font-size: 10px; text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin-top: 5px;\">One of the seals used by the Superior of the former St. Stanislaus Kostka Province in the U.S.A.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-21 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-one-fourth fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:25%;width:calc(25% - ( ( 4% + 4% + 4% ) * 0.25 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-19 hover-type-none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/seal_1stAMH-200x265.jpg\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[0fa531a41fe61c47f17]\" data-title=\"seal_1stAMH\" title=\"seal_1stAMH\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/seal_1stAMH-150x150.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-4707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/seal_1stAMH-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/seal_1stAMH-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/seal_1stAMH.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-27\" style=\"--awb-margin-right:20%;--awb-margin-left:20%;\"><p style=\"font-size: 10px; text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin-top: 5px;\">An image of the Immaculate Conception that appeared on the cover of one of the first editions of the Statutes of the Association of Marian Helpers, printed in the U.S.A.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-22 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-20 hover-type-none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/01\/seal_Buczys-no-shadow-200x196.jpg\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[2e5504b61b6f0d236be]\" data-title=\"seal_Buczys-no-shadow\" title=\"seal_Buczys-no-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"seal_Buczys-no-shadow\" src=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/01\/seal_Buczys-no-shadow-150x150.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-4906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/01\/seal_Buczys-no-shadow-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/01\/seal_Buczys-no-shadow-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/01\/seal_Buczys-no-shadow.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-28\" style=\"--awb-margin-right:20%;--awb-margin-left:20%;\"><p style=\"font-size: 10px; text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin-top: 5px;\">Seal of the Superior General, Fr. Francis Buczys, MIC, from 1931.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-23 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-21 hover-type-none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/seal_AmerProv-200x188.jpg\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[084f970677c19d49cb7]\" data-title=\"seal_AmerProv\" title=\"seal_AmerProv\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/seal_AmerProv-150x150.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-5320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/seal_AmerProv-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/seal_AmerProv-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/seal_AmerProv.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-29\" style=\"--awb-margin-right:20%;--awb-margin-left:20%;\"><p style=\"font-size: 10px; text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin-top: 5px;\">Seal of the Superior of the American Province from 1943.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-24 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-22 hover-type-none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/ChicagoIII-400x404.jpg\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[5460e8f02168e17d684]\" data-title=\"ChicagoIII\" title=\"ChicagoIII\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/ChicagoIII-150x150.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-5321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/ChicagoIII-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/ChicagoIII-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/ChicagoIII.jpg 495w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-30\" style=\"--awb-margin-right:20%;--awb-margin-left:20%;\"><p style=\"font-size: 10px; text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin-top: 5px;\">Seal of the Latvian House Superior of the Congregation of Marian Fathers in Chicago, used in the second half of the 20th century.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-25 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-23 hover-type-none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/USAcorporate1944-600x607.jpg\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[beaf5f34bc2996467ab]\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/USAcorporate1944-150x150.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/USAcorporate1944-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/USAcorporate1944-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/USAcorporate1944.jpg 642w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-31\" style=\"--awb-margin-right:20%;--awb-margin-left:20%;\"><p style=\"font-size: 10px; text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin-top: 5px;\">Sigillum Maius &#8211; Great Seal of the Congregation of Marian Fathers impressed on the document issued by the Secretary of the American Province of the Marians on July 12, 1944.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-26 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-24 hover-type-none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/161205MarianSealColor-800x772.jpg\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[810a78dfa96f77e70f4]\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/161205MarianSealColor-150x150.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-936\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/161205MarianSealColor-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/161205MarianSealColor-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/161205MarianSealColor.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-32\" style=\"--awb-margin-right:20%;--awb-margin-left:20%;\"><p style=\"font-size: 10px; text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin-top: 5px;\"><i>Sigillum Maius<\/i> of the renovated Congregation. The seal was patterned after the missing late 18th-century original seal of the Order of Marians, left behind by Fr.\u00a0Vincent S\u0119kowski. The embosser, whose imprint appears above, is preserved in the archives of the American Province of the Congregation.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-27 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-25 hover-type-none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/CorporateSealForWebII-600x600.jpg\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[5e742f66a1493d0c0cc]\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/CorporateSealForWebII-150x150.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/CorporateSealForWebII-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/CorporateSealForWebII-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/CorporateSealForWebII.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-33\" style=\"--awb-margin-right:20%;--awb-margin-left:20%;\"><p style=\"font-size: 10px; text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin-top: 5px;\">Corporate Seal of the Marian Fathers in U.S.A.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-28 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-one-fourth fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:25%;width:calc(25% - ( ( 4% + 4% + 4% ) * 0.25 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-26 hover-type-none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/embossed_marianhills-600x600.jpg\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[1e15f6c7150a1941861]\" data-title=\"embossed_marianhills\" title=\"embossed_marianhills\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/embossed_marianhills-150x150.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-5324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/embossed_marianhills-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/embossed_marianhills-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/embossed_marianhills-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/embossed_marianhills.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-29 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-one-fourth\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:25%;width:calc(25% - ( ( 4% + 4% + 4% ) * 0.25 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-27 hover-type-none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/embossed_polish-600x590.jpg\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[4da74ce3405a084a2e5]\" data-title=\"embossed_polish\" title=\"embossed_polish\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/embossed_polish-150x150.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-5325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/embossed_polish-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/embossed_polish-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/embossed_polish.jpg 648w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-30 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-one-fourth\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:25%;width:calc(25% - ( ( 4% + 4% + 4% ) * 0.25 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-28 hover-type-none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/embossed_english-400x611.jpg\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[c03d3b211f8515d7b1f]\" data-title=\"embossed_english\" title=\"embossed_english\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/embossed_english-150x150.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-5338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/embossed_english-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/embossed_english-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/embossed_english.jpg 407w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-31 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-one-fourth fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:25%;width:calc(25% - ( ( 4% + 4% + 4% ) * 0.25 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-29 hover-type-none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/embossed_latin-400x377.jpg\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[b3fc7f46af87c7efea7]\" data-title=\"embossed_latin\" title=\"embossed_latin\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/embossed_latin-150x150.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-5337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/embossed_latin-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/embossed_latin-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/embossed_latin.jpg 574w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-32 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-34\"><p>In today\u2019s reality, which demands the Congregation\u2019s presence in various mass media, a necessity arose for creating a uniform emblem \u2013 a Coat of Arms, as it were \u2013 that would become our Congregation\u2019s clear and concise iconographic symbol for use inside and outside the community. Thus motivated, the General Chapter of\u00a01999 issued the following declaration:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The General Chapter, led by a concern for attaining greater unity in the Congregation and following the example of other religious communities, sees a need to establish a uniform graphic symbol for the whole community, which would serve to more easily identify the Congregation. Such a symbol already exists and has been used effectively for several years in almost all Provinces of the Congregation. It unites within itself the spirit of Vatican II, the old symbol of the Marian Community (the image of the Most Blessed Immaculate Virgin Mary) and the motto of the Congregation given by Blessed Renovator. This Coat of Arms expresses in a concise iconographic\/verbal form the character of our Congregation: its charism, mission, and key elements.<\/p>\n<p>The Marian trait of this Coat of Arms is expressed by the image of the Immaculate Mary on the shield. The inscription on a banner (below the shield) <i>Pro Christo et Ecclesia<\/i> refers, on the one hand, to the activity of Blessed George and, on the other hand, to the Chapter\u00a0VIII of the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church entitled: \u201cMary, the Virgin Mother of God in the Mystery of Christ and the Church.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, the General Chapter, wishing to legalize the existing practice, decided to introduce a symbol\/crest modeled after the above-given description for the use by the entire Congregation. The Chapter also gave consent for all the confreres to use this symbol on the letterheads, publications, etc., thus representing and identifying the Congregation on the outside (C\u00a013, D\u00a0194).<\/p>\n<p class=\"source\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>(Declaration No. 1 of the General Chapter of the Congregation of Marians of\u00a01999)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-30 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"303\" height=\"200\" title=\"coatofarms2008_300w_12stars\" src=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/coatofarms2008_300w_12stars.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-5336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/coatofarms2008_300w_12stars-200x132.jpg 200w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/coatofarms2008_300w_12stars.jpg 303w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 303px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-35\"><p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 10px;\">\u00a9 Ms. Rosita Bartoszewska from Warsaw designed the contemporary image of the Blessed Mother for the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the Marians, while the concept of the entire Coat of Arms \u2014 shield and ribbon \u2014 was created by Fr. Leszek Czelusniak, MIC, and Mr. William Sosa.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-36\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The creation of a unified Marian Coat of Arms provided a perfect opportunity to \u201cintroduce to the world\u201d the Congregation\u2019s motto \u2013 <i>Pro Christo et Ecclesia<\/i> (\u201cFor Christ and the Church\u201d) given to it by Archbishop George Matulaitis. The motto proclaims the program of apostolic endeavors undertaken by the Marians during the past hundred years.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-33 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-31 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"192\" title=\"seal_redstamp\" src=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/seal_redstamp-200x192.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-5335\"\/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-37\" style=\"--awb-margin-right:20%;--awb-margin-left:20%;\"><p style=\"font-size: 10px; text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin-top: 5px;\">\u00a9 A contemporary rendition of the seal used by the Congregation.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-34 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-32 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"196\" title=\"seal_wood225\" src=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/seal_wood225-200x196.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-5334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/seal_wood225-200x196.jpg 200w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/seal_wood225.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-38\" style=\"--awb-margin-right:20%;--awb-margin-left:20%;\"><p style=\"font-size: 10px; text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin-top: 5px;\">A wooden carving of the Marian Coat of Arms, on display at the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, MA, USA.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-35 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-33 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"192\" title=\"seal_relief\" src=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/seal_relief-200x192.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-5333\"\/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-39\" style=\"--awb-margin-right:20%;--awb-margin-left:20%;\"><p style=\"font-size: 10px; text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin-top: 5px;\">\u00a9 A contemporary rendition of the seal used by the Congregation.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-36 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-40\"><p>One of the fruits the Jubilee of the 100th\u00a0Anniversary of Renewal and Reform of the Congregation celebrated in\u00a02009 was to create a new version of the coat of arms. This task was commissioned to a Gda\u0144sk artist \u2013 Mr.\u00a0Tomasz Steifer (1955-2015) \u2013 who is also an art historian and a founding member of the Polish Heraldic Society. \u2028\u2028One of the main motives behind this initiative was a wish for a graphic symbol of the community that would unite more expressively the old Marian crest from the first centuries of the Order\u2019s life with the motto given to the renewed Congregation by Blessed Archbishop George Matulaitis-Matulewicz. \u2028\u2028The coat of arms was designed in accordance with commonly recognized principles of heraldry. The image of Mary, whose graphic representation symbolically indicates that she is with child, is a reproduction of the imagery used on one of the 18th-century Marian seals. The coat of arms itself is reminiscent of the Baroque style, which is reflective of the period of the Congregation\u2019s founding. \u2028\u2028The new version of the Marian coat of arms was approved for the use in the entire Congregation by the decree of the Superior General Fr.\u00a0Jan\u00a0M. Rokosz,\u00a0MIC, issued on November\u00a03,\u00a02009, in which we read: (\u2026) \u201cAfter consulting with many of our confreres and having obtained the consent of the General Council in its session on October\u00a02,\u00a02009, I\u00a0ratify the coat of arms as the official and legally binding graphic sign of the Congregation of Marian Fathers. Furthermore, I\u00a0direct that from now on this coat of arms be used on seals, letterheads, and our publications in accordance with proper law.\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/decree2009-210.pdf\"><b>See the text of the entire decree in pdf format<\/b><b>.<\/b><\/a>)<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The General Chapter of 2017 included in a detailed description of the Marian coat-of-arms in \u00a715 of the Constitutions of our Congregation:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>According to the tradition, the coat-of-arms of our Congregation consists of a baroque shield with the image of Mary, Immaculately Conceived, standing on a crescent moon and holding in her right hand the stem of a lily; Mary\u2019s foot crushes the serpent\u2019s head. Mary\u2019s head is encircled by twelve stars, while Mary\u2019s entire figure is surrounded by rays in the shape of a mandorla. A ribbon bearing the motto of the Congregation is placed under the shield.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Capitular Fathers and Brothers reserved for the General Chapters the right to make every possible future changes to the coat-of-arms:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The pattern and the description of the Coat-of-Arms is kept in the Archives of the General Curia and is protected by law. Modification to the Coat-of-Arms belongs to the General Chapter with a qualified or two-thirds majority.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>(Directory of the Congregation, \u00a72)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><i>Compiled by Andrew\u00a0R. M\u0105czy\u0144ski,\u00a0MIC<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-37 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:50%;width:calc(50% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.5 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-34 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"220\" title=\"Sigillum\" src=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/Sigillum-200x220.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-5332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/Sigillum-200x220.jpg 200w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/Sigillum.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-41\" style=\"--awb-margin-right:20%;--awb-margin-left:20%;\"><p style=\"font-size: 10px; text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin-top: 5px;\">\u00a9 A contemporary rendition of the latest seal<br \/>\nused by the Congregation.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-38 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:50%;width:calc(50% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.5 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-35 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"215\" title=\"seal_sgred\" src=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/seal_sgred-200x215.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-5331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/seal_sgred-200x215.jpg 200w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/seal_sgred.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-42\" style=\"--awb-margin-right:20%;--awb-margin-left:20%;\"><p style=\"font-size: 10px; text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin-top: 5px;\">\u00a9 A contemporary rendition of the latest seal used by the Superior General of the Congregation.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-39 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-36 hover-type-none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/embossed_superiorpolishprovseal.jpg\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[937c3a76554763fe767]\" data-title=\"embossed_superiorpolishprovseal\" title=\"embossed_superiorpolishprovseal_md\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/embossed_superiorpolishprovseal_md-150x150.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-5339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/embossed_superiorpolishprovseal_md-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/embossed_superiorpolishprovseal_md-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/embossed_superiorpolishprovseal_md.jpg 191w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-43\" style=\"--awb-margin-right:20%;--awb-margin-left:20%;\"><p style=\"font-size: 10px; text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin-top: 5px;\">\u00a9 The latest version of the embossed seal presently used by the Superior of the Polish Province.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-40 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-37 hover-type-none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/SigillumMaiusForWebII.jpg\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[87ee8c403c2082ce88d]\" data-title=\"SigillumMaiusForWebII\" title=\"SigillumMaiusForWebII_sm\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/SigillumMaiusForWebII_sm-150x150.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-5330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/SigillumMaiusForWebII_sm-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/SigillumMaiusForWebII_sm-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/SigillumMaiusForWebII_sm.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-44\" style=\"--awb-margin-right:20%;--awb-margin-left:20%;\"><p style=\"font-size: 10px; text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin-top: 5px;\">\u00a9 Sigillum Maius &#8211; The Great Seal of the Congregation of Marian Fathers from 2010.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-41 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-38 hover-type-none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/seal_bluepaper_lg.jpg\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[6abfd1a0809f7c41afb]\" data-title=\"seal_bluepaper_lg\" title=\"seal_bluepaper\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/seal_bluepaper-150x150.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-5329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/seal_bluepaper-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/seal_bluepaper-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/seal_bluepaper.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-45\" style=\"--awb-margin-right:20%;--awb-margin-left:20%;\"><p style=\"font-size: 10px; text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin-top: 5px;\">\u00a9 The latest version of the embossed seal presently used by the Congregation.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-42 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-39 hover-type-none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/wax1.jpg\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[a6cd60975e8879a91f6]\" data-title=\"wax1\" title=\"wax1_sm\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/wax1_sm-150x150.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-5328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/wax1_sm-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/wax1_sm-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/wax1_sm.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-46\" style=\"--awb-margin-right:20%;--awb-margin-left:20%;\"><p style=\"font-size: 10px; text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin-top: 5px;\">\u00a9 Wax impression of the Marian Coat of Arms.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-43 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-40 hover-type-none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/CorporateSeal2012-01.jpg\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[420508c5b692bfe5431]\" data-title=\"CorporateSeal2012-01\" title=\"CorporateSeal2012-01_sm\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/CorporateSeal2012-01_sm-150x150.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-5327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/CorporateSeal2012-01_sm-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/CorporateSeal2012-01_sm-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/CorporateSeal2012-01_sm.jpg 186w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-47\" style=\"--awb-margin-right:20%;--awb-margin-left:20%;\"><p style=\"font-size: 10px; text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin-top: 5px;\">\u00a9 Corporate Seal of the Marian Fathers in U.S.A. from 2012.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-44 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-41 hover-type-none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/wax3-600x600.jpg\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[e2aed197649ea1fdbd8]\" data-title=\"wax3\" title=\"wax3\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/wax3-150x150.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-4715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/wax3-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/wax3-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/12\/wax3.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-48\" style=\"--awb-margin-right:20%;--awb-margin-left:20%;\"><p style=\"font-size: 10px; text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin-top: 5px;\">\u00a9 Wax impression of the Marian seal.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"class_list":["post-5298","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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