his modifications. In September 1897 Markiewicz applied to the Bishop of Przemysl and to the Holy Father Leo XIII, for permission to found a new Congregation. The following December he was removed from the list of members of the Salesian Society and henceforth remained under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Przemysl. In 1898, he founded the "Work and Temperance Society" to support these people and base their education on Salesian principles. The corresponding magazine first started to publish - with the same name as the group - on 16 July 1898. Markiewicz also opened an orphanage in Pawlikowice that soon had over 400 people enter as residents. His work received the approval and the blessing of the Bishop of Przemyśl Józef Sebastian Pelczar who encouraged Markiewicz's work. Markiewicz died from complications from his tuberculosis in 1912. Michaelites On 29 September 1921 the Archbishop of Krakow - and future cardinal - Adam Stefan Sapieha approved the order as being one of diocesan right. The male branch and female branches received approbation on 29 September 1921 for the males and on 15 August 1928 for the females. The order later received the full papal approval of Pope Paul VI on 15 June 1966. His congregation now operates in nations such as Papua New Guinea and Belarus. Beatification The diocesan process for the beatification of Markiewicz opened in 1958 and closed in 1961 - the opening of the cause in 1958 granted him the posthumous title of Servant of God. The Congregation for the Causes of Saints signed a decree recognizing the process completed its work in 1990 and assumed control of the cause in order for them to investigate the merits of it. The postulation compiled the Positio in 1990 and submitted it to the C.C.S. for further investigation. The consulting theologians met to discuss the merits of the cause and voted in the affirmative for it on 30 November 1993. The C.C.S. also approved it on 12 April 1994 and would present it to the pope for his approval. It was presented to Pope John Paul II on 2 July 1994 who conferred upon Markiewicz the title of Venerable upon acknowledging his life of heroic virtue. John Paul II approved a single miracle credited to his intercession on 20 December 2004 in a move that would allow for the beatification to take place. The beatification was celebrated on 19 June