Marians

Mariana Coat of Arms

The Congregation of the Regular Marians of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary , or Marians for short , are a Roman Catholic religious order . The abbreviation MIC is derived from the Latin name Congregatio Clericorum Marianorum sub titolo Immaculatae Conceptionis Beatissimae Virginis Mariae .

The Congregation of the Regular Marians of the Immaculate Conception (MIC) was founded in 1673 by the Pole Stanislaus Papczyński and renewed from 1909 by Jurgis Matulaitis . Today she is active in many countries around the world. The members of the Congregation of Marians say they are ready to serve the Church through various works that meet the needs of the time. Andrzej Pakuła has been the Order's Superior General since 2011 .

At the Upper Bavarian pilgrimage church To the Sorrowful Mother of God in Vilgertshofen in the Landsberg am Lech district , the Marians maintained a branch from 1988 to 1996 and worked in pastoral care in the Obermedlingen monastery near Augsburg until 2018 .

The Marians are not to be confused with the Marianists and the Marists .

See also

• List of Catholic male orders
• List of Superiors General of the Marians

Web links

• Entry on Marians on catholic-hierarchy.org
• The Marians website (English)
• Website "The Divine Mercy Message" (English)
• Website of the Marians in Poland (Polish)
• Marians in Springborn