Realizacja przepisów Statutów generalnych Zgromadzenia Najświętszego Odkupiciela w Statutach Prowincji Warszawskiej
Implementation of regulations of General Statutes of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer in the Statutes of the Warsaw Province

Summary/Abstract: Constitutions are fundamental codex of religious institute, they are a rule of its members. They contain a thought and intentions of Founders regarding the nature, the purpose, the spirit and the character of the institute, its healthy traditions, norms regarding management of the institute and discipline of its members, their incorporation and formation and also a subject of sacred commitments undertaken (por. KPK, kan. 578, 587 § 1). General Statutes however, contain further rules proper for particular Institute. In some institutes they are sometimes called bills. In fact they often are a practical details of the rules of the Constitution. In the Redemptorists Congregation the Constitutions and the General Statutes, according to their nature, are equal for the whole Institute. However, each province has its own statutes which take into consideration a place of living and work of members of a particular province. These statutes differ between each other in numerous issues, depending on provinces which function on each continent, hence, in different cultural environment. In the General Statutes we can find several dozen rules which can be applied in the provincial statutes. This paper shows how the legislation of the General Statutes has been implemented in the Statutes of the Warsaw Province of Redemptorists.

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