On June 6-7, 2025, a retreat took place for candidates to be leaders in the Militia of the Immaculata (M.I.).
The retreat was held in Niepokalanów Lasek, Poland, and was led by the moderator of the School of Evangelization of the Immaculata (SEN), Friar Robert Maria STACHOWIAK.
Participants in the retreat had previously undergone three years of formation at SEN. Their program included spiritual retreats and weekly meetings in small groups. This retreat was not a time for them to ask themselves if they should become leaders. Rather, it was a time to ask Jesus, through the intercession of the Immaculata, for the grace needed to carry out future leadership and evangelization activities. The retreatants participated in adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and the Stations of the Cross. They prayed the Rosary and attended Mass―the summit of the life of every Knight of the Immaculata and of every believer.
Łukasz, Beata, Marcin, and Marta took part in the retreat. On the Solemnity of Pentecost, June 8, 2025, they became M.I. leaders and received SEN missionary crosses. Friar Wiesław CHABROS, the Vicar Provincial of the Province of the Immaculate Mother of God in Poland (Warsaw) presided over the Mass which was offered for the intentions of the new leaders and those of Friar Ryszard ŻUBER, the M.I. National President and Friar Stanisław Maria PIĘTKA, the former M.I. National President and current Vicar of the Niepokalanów Lasek Friary.
We thank the new animators for taking on the mission of evangelization, and we wish them fruitful service.
Friar Robert M. STACHOWIAK
