With Father Joe Roesch, MIC. Father Stanislaus Papczynski (1607-1701) was an esteemed theologian, philosopher, and preacher.

Watch a homily given by Very Rev. Fr. Kazimierz Chwalek, MIC on the Feast day of St. Stanislaus Papczynski, Founder of the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

On this great solemnity, Fr. Chris reflects on the mystery at the heart of the Marian Fathers’ charism: the Immaculate Conception—God’s greatest act of mercy ever given to a creature. Despite the grief of losing his father just days earlier, he reminds us that Our Lady’s purity is the blueprint for our own path to holiness. Long before the dogma was defined in 1854, the Church cherished this truth in Scripture and Sacred Tradition, seen in Gabriel’s greeting, “Hail, full of grace,” revealing Mary as wholly transformed by divine life.