{"id":1999,"date":"2009-12-08T19:04:07","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T18:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/2018\/03\/12\/antonio-dos-reis-fernandes-mic-passed-awayheartbreak-leads-to-heavenly-calling-copy-copy-79-copy-3\/"},"modified":"2019-11-25T17:53:14","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T16:53:14","slug":"superior-generals-circular-letter-portuguese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/2009\/12\/08\/superior-generals-circular-letter-portuguese\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy, Rome: Superior General\u2019s Circular Letter on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception  Closing the Jubilee of the 100th Anniversary of the Renewal and Reform of the Congregation of Marian Fathers;  December 8, 2009 &#8211; in Portuguese"},"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:40px;--awb-padding-right:20%;--awb-padding-bottom:40px;--awb-padding-left:20%;--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_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-text fusion-text-1\"><p><strong>Italy, Rome\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 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-text fusion-text-2\"><p style=\"text-align: right;\">December 8, 2009<\/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_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-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:10px;--awb-margin-bottom:10px;\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Italy, Rome: Superior General\u2019s Circular Letter on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception Closing the Jubilee of the 100th Anniversary of the Renewal and Reform of the Congregation of Marian Fathers; December 8, 2009 &#8211;\u00a0in Portuguese<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p><strong>Carta circular <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>do Superior Geral <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>para a solenidade da Imaculada Concei\u00e7\u00e3o da SVM, <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>que encerra o Jubileu do Centen\u00e1rio do Renascimento e da Reforma <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>da Congrega\u00e7\u00e3o dos Padres Marianos <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>8 de dezembro de 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/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:0%;--awb-padding-right:20%;--awb-padding-bottom:0%;--awb-padding-left:20%;--awb-background-color:#2b2b2b;--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-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><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:5%;--awb-padding-right:20%;--awb-padding-bottom:5%;--awb-padding-left:20%;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 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-4\"><p style=\"text-align: right;\">Prot. n. 213\/2009<\/p>\n<p><b>Caros Coirm\u00e3os,<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Na solenidade da Imaculada Concei\u00e7\u00e3o de Nossa Senhora, como em qualquer outro dia, n\u00f3s nos sentimos uma comunidade unida com Maria junto de Cristo. Neste dia sa\u00fado a cada um de V\u00f3s, de maneira especial os coirm\u00e3os doentes, e pe\u00e7o que vos disponhais a meditar a respeito do amor de Deus para convosco e para com a nossa Congrega\u00e7\u00e3o.<\/p>\n<p>A Imaculada Concei\u00e7\u00e3o de Nossa Senhora \u00e9 um incessante c\u00e2ntico em honra da Divina Miseric\u00f3rdia. Esse mist\u00e9rio nos \u00e9 especialmente pr\u00f3ximo hoje, quando encerramos o jubileu do centen\u00e1rio da salva\u00e7\u00e3o da nossa comunidade da extin\u00e7\u00e3o, que se transformou num novo impulso para o desenvolvimento. A lembran\u00e7a desse acontecimento ocorrido h\u00e1 cem anos tem servido de ocasi\u00e3o para exteriorizarmos a gratid\u00e3o pela miseric\u00f3rdia que nos foi demonstrada, bem como para a ora\u00e7\u00e3o, a fim de permitir que tamb\u00e9m hoje Deus realize em n\u00f3s obras semelhantes.<\/p>\n<p>No decorrer das quatro etapas do ano jubilar (<i>Gloria in excelsis Deo, Miserere, Magnificat, Duc in altum<\/i>), bem como atrav\u00e9s das celebra\u00e7\u00f5es jubilares, procuramos abrir um espa\u00e7o para a a\u00e7\u00e3o de Deus e para a nossa transforma\u00e7\u00e3o, para o aprofundamento dos conhecimentos a respeito das circunst\u00e2ncias da renova\u00e7\u00e3o e da contribui\u00e7\u00e3o do beato Jorge para o nosso carisma. Quero aqui mais uma vez recordar o in\u00edcio do jubileu em Roma, sob a dire\u00e7\u00e3o do presidente do Conselho Pontif\u00edcio para os Leigos, cardeal Estanislau Rylko (8 de dezembro), o simp\u00f3sio hist\u00f3rico-teol\u00f3gico em Lichen (24-31 de maio), as principais solenidades de a\u00e7\u00e3o de gra\u00e7as e s\u00faplica junto ao t\u00famulo do beato Jorge Matulaitis-Matulewicz em Mariampol, na Litu\u00e2nia (19 de julho), bem como na igreja da Santa Cruz em Vars\u00f3via (29 de agosto), onde o beato Jorge professou os seus primeiros votos, dando in\u00edcio ao renascimento da Congrega\u00e7\u00e3o.<\/p>\n<p>Hoje, na casa geral em Roma, sob a dire\u00e7\u00e3o do prefeito da Congrega\u00e7\u00e3o para os Institutos de Vida Consagrada e Associa\u00e7\u00f5es de Vida Apost\u00f3lica, cardeal Franc Rod\u00e9, mais uma vez glorificamos a Deus pela nossa salva\u00e7\u00e3o e pelo nosso renascimento, confiamos-Lhe o nosso futuro e ouvimos a Sua Palavra.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mensagem para o encerramento do Jubileu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A liturgia da solenidade da Imaculada Concei\u00e7\u00e3o manda-nos meditar sobre a queda dos primeiros pais (Gn 3:9-15.20), bem como sobre o mist\u00e9rio da Anuncia\u00e7\u00e3o (Lc 1:26-38).<\/p>\n<p>O pecado dos primeiros pais n\u00e3o consistiu tanto em comer o fruto proibido como em algo bem mais profundo \u2013 no afastamento do cora\u00e7\u00e3o deles de Deus. Instigado pelo tentador \u2013 \u201csereis como deuses\u201d (Gen 3:5) \u2013 o homem destrona a Deus em seu cora\u00e7\u00e3o, deixa de consider\u00e1-Lo como seu Senhor e coloca-se ele mesmo no centro da vida. Os sinais mais vis\u00edveis desse pecado, que com tanta frequ\u00eancia vemos no mundo que nos cerca, s\u00e3o a viol\u00eancia, os homic\u00eddios, a deprava\u00e7\u00e3o e as diversas formas de explora\u00e7\u00e3o do homem pelo homem. N\u00e3o pensemos, no entanto, que as consequ\u00eancias do pecado dos primeiros pais s\u00e3o vis\u00edveis apenas nos graves pecados atuais. A ess\u00eancia da primeira queda foi n\u00e3o respeitar Deus como Deus. \u00c9 poss\u00edvel levar uma vida exteriormente ordenada, sem esc\u00e2ndalos e dram\u00e1ticas quedas, e at\u00e9 de certa forma piedosa, mas na realidade distante de Deus. Podemos, tanto na dimens\u00e3o da nossa vida individual como nas nossas comunidades, por fora levar uma vida correta, e at\u00e9 empreender muito boas obras apost\u00f3licas, concentrando-nos, no entanto, n\u00e3o em Deus, mas em n\u00f3s mesmos e na busca da nossa pr\u00f3pria gl\u00f3ria. Esse tipo de idolatria \u2013 possivelmente o mais perigoso de todos \u2013 pode ocorrer tamb\u00e9m na vida das pessoas consagradas.<\/p>\n<p>Contemplando Maria Imaculada, inteiramente entregue a Deus, perguntemos a n\u00f3s mesmos: A quem realmente servimos? Por quem vivemos? Ser\u00e1 que podemos dizer que o centro e o objetivo da nossa vida e das nossas obras \u00e9 Deus e a Sua gl\u00f3ria? Ou talvez, sob as apar\u00eancias de uma vida entregue a Deus, buscamos a nossa pr\u00f3pria gl\u00f3ria e o nosso conforto, revoltando-nos quanto temos de enfrentar uma experi\u00eancia mais dif\u00edcil, uma humilha\u00e7\u00e3o ou a falta de reconhecimento?<\/p>\n<p>Na cena da Anuncia\u00e7\u00e3o vemos a oposi\u00e7\u00e3o a essa postura de buscar a pr\u00f3pria gl\u00f3ria e de colocar a si mesmo no centro. Maria, cheia de gra\u00e7a, n\u00e3o se preocupa consigo mesma, mas concentra-se toda em Deus e no cumprimento da vontade divina: \u201cEu sou a serva do Senhor; fa\u00e7a-se em mim segundo a tua palavra!\u201d (Lc 1:38). Maria n\u00e3o exp\u00f5e a Sua a\u00e7\u00e3o, n\u00e3o diz: \u201crealizarei todas as obras que Deus exige de mim\u201d, como disseram os israelitas no monte Sinai (cf. Ex 19:8), ap\u00f3s o que criaram para si um bezerro de ouro (cf Ex 32, 1ss.). A Virgem Imaculada concorda incondicionalmente com a a\u00e7\u00e3o de Deus n\u2019Ela e por Ela.<\/p>\n<p>H\u00e1 um ano eu vos convidei para que juntos permit\u00edssemos ao Esp\u00edrito Santo que nos reformasse. A verdadeira reforma significa primeiramente uma profunda\u00a0<i>metanoia<\/i>\u00a0interior, a transforma\u00e7\u00e3o dos cora\u00e7\u00f5es e das mentes pelo poder do Esp\u00edrito Santo. \u201cPara que j\u00e1 n\u00e3o vivamos para n\u00f3s mesmos, mas para Cristo, que por n\u00f3s morreu e ressuscitou\u201d, como lemos na quarta leitura eucar\u00edstica.<\/p>\n<p>Facilmente percebemos no beato Jorge uma pessoa de a\u00e7\u00e3o, um l\u00edder. Na realidade ele era um homem de ora\u00e7\u00e3o e de contempla\u00e7\u00e3o. Tudo que ele fazia resultava de uma profunda uni\u00e3o com Deus. Da mesma forma tamb\u00e9m n\u00f3s, como uma Congrega\u00e7\u00e3o renovada pelo beato Jorge, n\u00e3o devemos ser uma \u201cfor\u00e7a-tarefa\u201d dentro da Igreja, mas sobretudo pessoas de f\u00e9, que cumprem as obras divinas. O beato Jorge Matulewicz n\u00e3o deixou a esse respeito nenhuma d\u00favida. Eis uma das suas notas: \u201c\u00c9 preciso exercitar-se para a cont\u00ednua ora\u00e7\u00e3o em esp\u00edrito, seja andando, seja realizando algum trabalho [&#8230;], ou ent\u00e3o quando temos um momento de tempo livre, especialmente ao passarmos de um trabalho a outro, ou conversando com as pessoas; numa palavra \u2013 sempre e em toda a parte. [&#8230;] Principalmente na nossa vida ativa, esse santo h\u00e1bito \u00e9 indispens\u00e1vel. [&#8230;] Aprendamos a andar na presen\u00e7a de Deus, estejamos sempre prontos a cumprir o que mais agrada a Deus, e a nossa alma mergulhar\u00e1 em ora\u00e7\u00e3o\u201d (<i>Di\u00e1rio espiritual<\/i>, 24 de novembro de 1910).<\/p>\n<p>Eis a dire\u00e7\u00e3o e o sentido da renova\u00e7\u00e3o e de todas as reformas. A ora\u00e7\u00e3o n\u00e3o \u00e9 aliena\u00e7\u00e3o, n\u00e3o \u00e9 fuga do trabalho. Ao contr\u00e1rio, \u00e9 uma condi\u00e7\u00e3o indispens\u00e1vel para que a nossa vida seja proveitosa. Sem a ora\u00e7\u00e3o, o nosso trabalho e as nossas obras perdem a sua raz\u00e3o de ser e insensivelmente podem transformar-se num objetivo em si mesmo, bem como numa forma muito sutil de idolatria. Sem a ora\u00e7\u00e3o, tamb\u00e9m o nosso relacionamento m\u00fatuo permanece raso e superficial.<\/p>\n<p>Hoje, quando encerramos o Jubileu do renascimento da nossa comunidade, eu vos convido \u00e0 fidelidade \u00e0 ora\u00e7\u00e3o. Essa parece ser hoje a maior necessidade na nossa Congrega\u00e7\u00e3o. Ningu\u00e9m adquire a capacidade de ora\u00e7\u00e3o uma vez por todas. Ningu\u00e9m de n\u00f3s possui a capacidade natural de ora\u00e7\u00e3o. A ora\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e9 um dom de Deus. Esse dom deve crescer em n\u00f3s no decorrer de toda a vida. Em todos os momentos da vida existe o risco de abandonar a ora\u00e7\u00e3o. N\u00e3o cedamos a essa tenta\u00e7\u00e3o. Infelizmente, a ora\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e9 muitas vezes a primeira tarefa a que renunciamos. E deveria ocorrer justamente o contr\u00e1rio. Podemos renunciar a muitas outras tarefas menos importantes, apenas para permanecermos fi\u00e9is \u00e0 ora\u00e7\u00e3o individual e comunit\u00e1ria. Com efeito, sem a ora\u00e7\u00e3o n\u00e3o existe vida religiosa.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Delibera\u00e7\u00f5es do convento geral<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>H\u00e1 um ano (4-7 de dezembro de 2008), realizou-se em Roma o Convento Geral, cujo pensamento fundamental foi a reflex\u00e3o a respeito do beato Estanislau Papczynski como\u00a0<i>pai e guia no caminho mariano<\/i>. O convento transformou-se numa esp\u00e9cie de s\u00edntese da beatifica\u00e7\u00e3o do Fundador e numa forma de introdu\u00e7\u00e3o no Jubileu da renova\u00e7\u00e3o. Muitos coirm\u00e3os me pediram que eu apresentasse mais amplamente os principais pensamentos das delibera\u00e7\u00f5es e as conclus\u00f5es do Convento. No decorrer do Convento percebemos que a beatifica\u00e7\u00e3o do Padre Fundador foi um sinal especial da gra\u00e7a divina diante da nossa Comunidade. Ela nos tornou mais pr\u00f3xima \u00e0 figura do beato Estanislau no interior da Congrega\u00e7\u00e3o como Pai e, fora dela, como uma eminente personalidade da Igreja do s\u00e9culo XVII. Muitos coirm\u00e3os t\u00eam enfatizado que ap\u00f3s a renova\u00e7\u00e3o da Congrega\u00e7\u00e3o o Padre Fundador desceu a um plano secund\u00e1rio, o que fez com que n\u00e3o d\u00e9ssemos a necess\u00e1ria aten\u00e7\u00e3o para os elementos fundamentais da miss\u00e3o para a qual a Congrega\u00e7\u00e3o foi fundada. A beatifica\u00e7\u00e3o contribuiu para devolver ao Padre Papczynski o lugar que lhe cabe na nossa Comunidade. O fundamento de todo instituto religioso \u00e9 o carisma deixado pelo Fundador. A releitura do carisma do Fundador, no contexto dos desafios da atualidade, \u00e9 um dos crit\u00e9rios b\u00e1sicos da fidelidade \u00e0 voca\u00e7\u00e3o de todo instituto, condicionando a sua vitalidade e o seu desenvolvimento. O carisma do Fundador deve ser revisto e novamente interpretado, mas nunca modificado ou empobrecido.<\/p>\n<p>Muitos coirm\u00e3os aprofundaram a sua\u00a0<i>identitas<\/i>\u00a0em rela\u00e7\u00e3o ao mist\u00e9rio da Imaculada Concei\u00e7\u00e3o da SVM. Percebeu-se que aquilo que deve ser o mais importante objetivo espec\u00edfico da nossa Congrega\u00e7\u00e3o, isto \u00e9, a difus\u00e3o do culto da Imaculada Concei\u00e7\u00e3o da SVM, tem sido tratado por n\u00f3s de forma bastante marginal. O que n\u00e3o \u00e9 de admirar, visto que no artigo segundo das nossas Constitui\u00e7\u00f5es, onde se fala da miss\u00e3o espec\u00edfica da Congrega\u00e7\u00e3o, n\u00e3o se faz men\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e0 difus\u00e3o da honra da Imaculada Concei\u00e7\u00e3o de Nossa Senhora. Durante o convento muitos coirm\u00e3os afirmaram que o estudo e a contempla\u00e7\u00e3o desse mist\u00e9rio tornam-se para n\u00f3s uma fonte de vida. Percebemos igualmente o desejo, cada vez maior, dos coirm\u00e3os do\u00a0<i>suffragium defunctorum<\/i>, isto \u00e9, da ora\u00e7\u00e3o e do sufr\u00e1gio pelos falecidos, n\u00e3o apenas como uma das pr\u00e1ticas piedosas, mas como um elemento essencial do nosso carisma, o que era o segundo objetivo espec\u00edfico dos marianos.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c9 preciso tamb\u00e9m continuar a reflex\u00e3o j\u00e1 iniciada a respeito do mist\u00e9rio da Divina Miseric\u00f3rdia no nosso carisma. Um maravilhoso fruto desse mist\u00e9rio \u00e9 a Imaculada Concei\u00e7\u00e3o de Nossa Senhora. A ora\u00e7\u00e3o pelos falecidos \u00e9, portanto, uma demonstra\u00e7\u00e3o de miseric\u00f3rdia \u00e0queles que por si mesmos j\u00e1 n\u00e3o se podem ajudar e uma forma de mergulh\u00e1-los na Miseric\u00f3rdia de Deus.<\/p>\n<p>Os conferencistas, a quem anteriormente havia sido confiada a tarefa de analisar os principais elementos do nosso carisma, apresentaram uma s\u00e9rie de propostas que t\u00eam por objetivo uma defini\u00e7\u00e3o mais plena deste carisma nas nossas Constitui\u00e7\u00f5es. No entanto, preponderou a opini\u00e3o de que o mais importante \u00e9 a mudan\u00e7a da nossa consci\u00eancia e a vida segundo o carisma no dia a dia. Por isso houve discuss\u00f5es a respeito de diversas formas e obras, seja das j\u00e1 existentes, que devem ser animadas, seja de novas, que seria preciso empreender.<\/p>\n<p>Nesse esp\u00edrito o Convento pronunciou-se a favor de que o Superior Geral se dirigisse \u00e0 Congrega\u00e7\u00e3o do Culto Divino e da Disciplina dos Sacramentos com o pedido de obter o privil\u00e9gio especial de que num dia concreto da semana (p. ex. segunda ou ter\u00e7a) todos os marianos, independentemente das outras mem\u00f3rias obrigat\u00f3rias que ocorrem, tenham a possibilidade de recitar todo o Oficio pelos Falecidos da Liturgia das Horas e de celebrar a Santa Missa segundo o formul\u00e1rio pelos falecidos, tanto nos conventos como nas par\u00f3quias, bem como em outros n\u00facleos pastorais dirigidos pelos marianos. Isso seria um tipo de volta a uma longa tradi\u00e7\u00e3o \u2013 que durou mais de 200 anos \u2013 quando os marianos recitavam diariamente o Of\u00edcio pelos Falecidos. Existe a possibilidade de alcan\u00e7armos tal privil\u00e9gio, visto que somos a \u00fanica Congrega\u00e7\u00e3o masculina na Igreja fundada para o sufr\u00e1gio pelos falecidos.<\/p>\n<p>Durante o Convento manifestou-se a convic\u00e7\u00e3o bastante generalizada de que, no contexto da beatifica\u00e7\u00e3o do Fundador e do Centen\u00e1rio da Renova\u00e7\u00e3o, seja superada a contraposi\u00e7\u00e3o \u2013 com nada justificada, embora infelizmente presente em certo per\u00edodo da nossa hist\u00f3ria \u2013 das figuras do beato Estanislau e do beato Jorge. O Padre Matulewicz nunca se considerou o fundador da nova Congrega\u00e7\u00e3o, mas, ao contr\u00e1rio, reconheceu como a tarefa mais importante da sua vida a salva\u00e7\u00e3o da Ordem j\u00e1 existente dos marianos. O papel excepcional do beato Jorge consistiu justamente em salvar a obra do Padre Papczynski na Igreja e numa prof\u00e9tica interpreta\u00e7\u00e3o da miss\u00e3o da Congrega\u00e7\u00e3o. Quanto mais profundamente analisamos as figuras e a heran\u00e7a do Fundador e do Renovador, tanto melhor percebemos a carism\u00e1tica continuidade e unidade, e o mesmo esp\u00edrito, que faz com que o carisma do beato Estanislau resplande\u00e7a com mais for\u00e7a quando \u00e9 interpretado pelo prisma do pensamento e da obra do beato Jorge. Ambos os Beatos permanecem, para os coirm\u00e3os e para as pessoas de fora da Congrega\u00e7\u00e3o, como as testemunhas das grandes obras que neles e por eles foram realizadas por Deus. Ambos continuam incessantemente a atrair e a inspirar.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Preparativos para o cap\u00edtulo geral<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Em certo sentido, a hist\u00f3ria comum de um instituto religioso \u00e9 medida pelos cap\u00edtulos. No decorrer do pr\u00f3ximo ano ser\u00e3o realizados os cap\u00edtulos provinciais, enquanto o cap\u00edtulo geral est\u00e1 previsto para o primeiro trimestre de 2011. O cap\u00edtulo \u00e9 um per\u00edodo de especial a\u00e7\u00e3o divina; ele produzir\u00e1 frutos somente quando a comunidade permitir ser conduzida pelo Esp\u00edrito Santo, e quando os coirm\u00e3os nele se envolverem com disposi\u00e7\u00e3o de mente e de cora\u00e7\u00e3o.<\/p>\n<p>Aos pr\u00f3ximos cap\u00edtulos provinciais e ao cap\u00edtulo geral cabe a especial responsabilidade de interpretar os sinais do tempo no contexto da beatifica\u00e7\u00e3o do Fundador e do centen\u00e1rio da nossa renova\u00e7\u00e3o. Com efeito, tudo parece apontar para o fato de que Deus nos diz muita coisa atrav\u00e9s desses acontecimentos.<\/p>\n<p>Os cap\u00edtulos necessitam de prepara\u00e7\u00e3o. Com esse objetivo institu\u00ed a Comiss\u00e3o Pr\u00e9-Capitular e defini os seus objetivos. Deve ela ocupar-se, por exemplo, da avalia\u00e7\u00e3o do\u00a0<i>Instrumentum laboris<\/i>\u00a0sob o t\u00edtulo\u00a0<i>O carisma da Congrega\u00e7\u00e3o dos Padres Marianos e a sua atualidade no mundo contempor\u00e2neo<\/i>, preparado pela Comiss\u00e3o do Carisma. Ser\u00e3o tamb\u00e9m objeto dos trabalhos da Comiss\u00e3o as propostas do Convento Geral, p. ex. a an\u00e1lise das Constitui\u00e7\u00f5es e do Diret\u00f3rio no contexto de uma nova interpreta\u00e7\u00e3o do carisma ap\u00f3s a beatifica\u00e7\u00e3o do Fundador e as comemora\u00e7\u00f5es do cent\u00e9simo anivers\u00e1rio da renova\u00e7\u00e3o e reforma da Congrega\u00e7\u00e3o, bem como a proposta de prioridades para a nossa comunidade para os pr\u00f3ximos seis anos.<\/p>\n<p>De acordo com alguns membros da Congrega\u00e7\u00e3o, chegou o tempo de voltar ao h\u00e1bito branco. Tenho consci\u00eancia de quanto essa quest\u00e3o \u00e9 delicada e s\u00e9ria ao mesmo tempo. N\u00e3o podem ser menosprezadas e depreciadas as aspira\u00e7\u00f5es dos coirm\u00e3os que desejam usar o h\u00e1bito em honra da Imaculada Concei\u00e7\u00e3o de Nossa Senhora, ao que os marianos foram obrigados pelo Padre Fundador. Eles est\u00e3o convencidos de que \u00e9 da vontade divina que os marianos voltem ao h\u00e1bito branco. Esse sinal exterior \u00e9 para eles uma ocasi\u00e3o e uma forma de ajuda para a total entrega a Deus e a uma vida segundo o carisma da Congrega\u00e7\u00e3o. N\u00e3o faltam tamb\u00e9m declarados opositores da volta dos h\u00e1bitos. Na opini\u00e3o deles, com a introdu\u00e7\u00e3o do h\u00e1bito religioso existe o perigo de uma desnecess\u00e1ria divis\u00e3o dentro da Congrega\u00e7\u00e3o e de a vida religiosa ser reduzida exclusivamente a um sinal exterior.<\/p>\n<p>Esta quest\u00e3o do h\u00e1bito e outras s\u00e9rias quest\u00f5es \u2013 ainda que nem sempre despertando tantas emo\u00e7\u00f5es \u2013 com certeza ser\u00e3o objeto das delibera\u00e7\u00f5es dos cap\u00edtulos, visto que alguns coirm\u00e3os j\u00e1 escreveram as propostas correspondentes ou pretendem faz\u00ea-lo. Para que o cap\u00edtulo disponha de informa\u00e7\u00f5es mais completas, recomendei \u00e0 Comiss\u00e3o Pr\u00e9-Capitular a elabora\u00e7\u00e3o de uma adequada enquete e o seu envio a todos os membros da Congrega\u00e7\u00e3o. Esse tipo de enquete proporcionar\u00e1 a todo mariano uma ocasi\u00e3o de expressar a sua opini\u00e3o a respeito de muitas quest\u00f5es importantes relacionadas com a nossa comunidade. A nossa aspira\u00e7\u00e3o comum deve ser descobrir em tudo o prop\u00f3sito de Deus em rela\u00e7\u00e3o a n\u00f3s.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclus\u00e3o<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Que o mist\u00e9rio da Imaculada Concei\u00e7\u00e3o de Maria se torne para n\u00f3s uma fonte de for\u00e7a e de incessante renova\u00e7\u00e3o. Que o Esp\u00edrito Santo, do qual Maria ficou repleta na aurora da Sua vida, incessantemente anime e renove as nossas comunidades e a cada um de n\u00f3s. \u00c0 gra\u00e7a do Esp\u00edrito Santo e \u00e0 intercess\u00e3o de Maria confio a mim mesmo, a V\u00f3s todos e toda a nossa Congrega\u00e7\u00e3o.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Jan M. Rokosz MIC,<br \/>\nSuperior geral<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-4 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:0%;--awb-padding-right:20%;--awb-padding-bottom:5%;--awb-padding-left:20%;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-5 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-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-5 hundred-percent-fullwidth 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fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-blog-shortcode fusion-blog-shortcode-1 fusion-blog-archive fusion-blog-layout-grid-wrapper fusion-blog-no home-blog\"><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-blog-shortcode-1 .fusion-blog-layout-grid .fusion-post-grid{padding:45px;}.fusion-blog-shortcode-1 .fusion-posts-container{margin-left: -45px !important; margin-right:-45px !important;}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-posts-container fusion-posts-container-no fusion-blog-rollover fusion-blog-layout-grid fusion-blog-layout-grid-3 isotope fusion-blog-equal-heights\" data-pages=\"159\" data-grid-col-space=\"90\" style=\"margin: -45px -45px 0;min-height:500px;\"><article id=\"blog-1-post-12009\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-12009 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-35 category-frontpage category-news\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/05\/TEASER-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/05\/TEASER-1-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/05\/TEASER-1-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/05\/TEASER-1-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/05\/TEASER-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/05\/TEASER-1-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/05\/TEASER-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 784px) 307px, (min-width: 712px) 460px, (min-width: 640px) 712px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/2026\/05\/26\/poland-cieszyn-bobrek-the-blessing-of-the-painting-of-st-stanislaus-in-the-parish-of-the-most-holy-name-of-the-virgin-mary\/\">Poland, Cieszyn Bobrek: the blessing of the painting of St. Stanislaus in the Parish of the Most Holy Name of the Virgin Mary<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/2026\/05\/26\/poland-cieszyn-bobrek-the-blessing-of-the-painting-of-st-stanislaus-in-the-parish-of-the-most-holy-name-of-the-virgin-mary\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPoland, Cieszyn Bobrek: the blessing of the painting of St. Stanislaus in the Parish of the Most Holy Name of the Virgin Mary\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/category\/2026\/\" rel=\"tag\">2026<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/category\/frontpage\/\" rel=\"tag\">FrontPage<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"tag\">News<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/2026\/05\/26\/poland-cieszyn-bobrek-the-blessing-of-the-painting-of-st-stanislaus-in-the-parish-of-the-most-holy-name-of-the-virgin-mary\/\" aria-label=\"Poland, Cieszyn Bobrek: the blessing of the painting of St. Stanislaus in the Parish of the Most Holy Name of the Virgin Mary\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/2026\/05\/26\/poland-cieszyn-bobrek-the-blessing-of-the-painting-of-st-stanislaus-in-the-parish-of-the-most-holy-name-of-the-virgin-mary\/\">Poland, Cieszyn Bobrek: the blessing of the painting of St. Stanislaus in the Parish of the Most Holy Name of the Virgin Mary<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/author\/pfinley\/\" title=\"Posts by Paris\" rel=\"author\">Paris<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-05-26T17:58:48+02:00<\/span><span>May 5, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-none\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> On the evening of Monday, May 18, 2026, during Holy Mass celebrated by the local pastor, Canon Antoni Dewor, [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-11992\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-11992 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-35 category-frontpage category-news\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/05\/TEASER.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/05\/TEASER-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/05\/TEASER-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/05\/TEASER-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/05\/TEASER-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/05\/TEASER-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/05\/TEASER.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 784px) 307px, (min-width: 712px) 460px, (min-width: 640px) 712px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/2026\/05\/26\/poland-gora-kalwaria-marianki-thanksgiving-for-the-10th-anniversary-of-the-canonization-of-the-founder-of-the-marian-fathers\/\">Poland, G\u00f3ra Kalwaria &#8211; Marianki: Thanksgiving for the 10th anniversary of the canonization of the Founder of the Marian Fathers<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/2026\/05\/26\/poland-gora-kalwaria-marianki-thanksgiving-for-the-10th-anniversary-of-the-canonization-of-the-founder-of-the-marian-fathers\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPoland, G\u00f3ra Kalwaria &#8211; Marianki: Thanksgiving for the 10th anniversary of the canonization of the Founder of the Marian Fathers\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/category\/2026\/\" rel=\"tag\">2026<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/category\/frontpage\/\" rel=\"tag\">FrontPage<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"tag\">News<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/2026\/05\/26\/poland-gora-kalwaria-marianki-thanksgiving-for-the-10th-anniversary-of-the-canonization-of-the-founder-of-the-marian-fathers\/\" aria-label=\"Poland, G\u00f3ra Kalwaria &#8211; Marianki: Thanksgiving for the 10th anniversary of the canonization of the Founder of the Marian Fathers\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/2026\/05\/26\/poland-gora-kalwaria-marianki-thanksgiving-for-the-10th-anniversary-of-the-canonization-of-the-founder-of-the-marian-fathers\/\">Poland, G\u00f3ra Kalwaria &#8211; Marianki: Thanksgiving for the 10th anniversary of the canonization of the Founder of the Marian Fathers<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/author\/pfinley\/\" title=\"Posts by Paris\" rel=\"author\">Paris<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-05-26T17:52:37+02:00<\/span><span>May 5, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-none\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> On May 24, 2026, celebrations in honor of the Founder of the Congregation of Marian Fathers, a zealous priest [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-11984\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-11984 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-35 category-frontpage category-news\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/padrimariani.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/05\/Benedizione-600.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" 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