Vatican<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div> Jan.\u00a021, 2016<\/p>\n<\/div> It\u2019s official.<\/p>\n The Vatican has announced the approval of a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Stanislaus of Jesus and Mary Papczy\u0144ski\u00a0(1631-1701), the Founder of the Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary.<\/p>\n The approval opens the way for his canonization. The Consistory of the Cardinals will meet, perhaps, in March, during which the Holy Father may announce a canonization date. In all likelihood, the canonization would be held in Rome.<\/p>\n The Marians\u2019 Superior General Fr.\u00a0Andrzej Paku\u0142a,\u00a0MIC, said Blessed Stanislaus\u2019 canonization would be a \u201cgift\u201d to the Congregation\u00a0and<\/i>\u00a0to the Church.<\/p>\n \u201cHis example of total dedication to Christ and the Church, after the example of the Immaculate Mother of our Lord, would become so great that it will draw us further to a holy life.\u201d<\/p>\n Beatified in\u00a02007, Blessed Stanislaus \u2014 referred to as \u201cFather Founder\u201d by the Marians \u2014 was a prolific writer who urged the world to contemplate God\u2019s mercy and to turn to Mary Immaculate for her gracious guidance and efficacious care. The Polish native is remembered as a zealous priest who preached and practiced love of God and neighbor.<\/p>\n Living in a war-torn time period, Blessed Stanislaus witnessed thousands of casualties on battlefields and also from dreaded plagues. He, himself, accompanied Polish troops as a chaplain in battles against Turkey in Ukraine in\u00a01674. He was deeply saddened to observe how many people died with no time to prepare to meet their Maker.<\/p>\n After he experienced visions of the Holy Souls in Purgatory, he was moved to engage in, and advocate for, prayer and penance on their behalf. Offering their lives for the Holy Souls in Purgatory remains one of the Marians\u2019 charisms, in addition to spreading devotion to Mary as the Immaculate Conception, operating publishing apostolates, and assisting where the need is greatest, including in parishes, shrines, and missions.<\/p>\n Blessed Stanislaus\u2019 crowning achievement came in\u00a01670 when, after many hardships and setbacks, he founded the Marians, the Church\u2019s first men\u2019s religious order dedicated to the Immaculate Conception.<\/p>\n The Marians point to Divine Providence to explain the interesting fact that in the charism of Blessed Stanislaus so many themes reoccur later in the message of Divine Mercy, as revealed to St.\u00a0Faustina in the\u00a01930s, which the Marians have promoted since\u00a01941.<\/p>\n In words that were later to be echoed in St.\u00a0Faustina\u2019s revelations, Blessed Stanislaus wrote, \u201cThe most merciful Savior of the world cares for the salvation of all people, and not only does He have in consideration the happiness of the just, but also, or even mainly, of the sinners.\u201d As Jesus told St.\u00a0Faustina, \u201cThe greater the sinner, the greater the right he has to My mercy\u201d (Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska<\/i>,\u00a0723).<\/p>\n The Vatican announced the approval of the miracle on Jan.\u00a021. It involved the healing of a 20-year-old woman in Poland shortly after Blessed Stanislaus\u2019 beatification. The woman was suffering from a respiratory problem that resembled that of a common cold. All attempts at treatment with a variety of antibiotics ended in failure. Her condition deteriorated. She lost consciousness, and her body began to shut down. The doctor informed the family that her lungs were destroyed and her death was imminent.<\/p>\n After consultation with the family, the doctors decided to remove her from life support. This was on Wednesday of the Holy Week. The mother, filled with grief, went to her parish church to pray. There, a catechist noticed her crying, approached her, and handed her a booklet that contained instructions on praying a novena through the intercession of Blessed Stanislaus. The woman urged the mother to recite it and to place confidence in God\u2019s grace working through Blessed Stanislaus. The mother, together with her husband and other family members, began to pray the novena.<\/p>\n Even though the woman had been removed from life support, she did not die. To the contrary, she regained consciousness. Several days into the novena, the woman fully recovered. Seeing the turnaround in her condition, the doctors took an x-ray of her lungs. This was on the ninth day (the last day) of the novena. To their total disbelief, her lungs were fully healed, resembling those of a newborn infant.<\/p>\n She was discharged from the hospital during Easter week with a cure that medical science had no explanation. She proceeded with her wedding plans, as arranged before her illness. Within a few weeks, the wedding took place. She married the young man, who, though weak in faith, remained at her bedside day and night while she was in the hospital. They now have two children, and her health is in perfect order.<\/p>\n A medical team of the Holy See reviewed the case, and on Sept.\u00a017,\u00a02015 (coincidentally, the\u00a0314th anniversary of his death), the team unanimously affirmed that the woman\u2019s cure has no natural or scientific explanation. On Nov.\u00a010, a team of theologians declared the healing occurred through the intercession of Blessed Stanislaus. The Congregation for the Causes of the Saints then approved the miracle on Jan.\u00a013. Then, on Jan.\u00a021, Pope Francis authorized the promulgation of the decree from the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is a holy man, someone we can turn to in prayer and learn from,\u201d says Br.\u00a0Andrew Maczynski,\u00a0MIC, vice-postulator in North America and Asia for the Marian Causes of Canonization.<\/p>\nVatican: Marian founder\u2019s miracle approved!<\/h1><\/div>