18 years ago Fr. Karl Stehlin revived Militia Immaculatae according the spirit of St. Maximilian Kolbe.

In an eve of II Vatican Council the Knights of the Immaculata counted 4 million members both in Poland and the world.

Modifications, which occurred after the Council, changed completely the society of M.I. Main goal of M.I. — conversion of sinners, heretics and especially freemasons, has been put aside. The fighting spirit, always present in the Church combative has been gone as well. The role of the Immaculata has been lessened.

Therefore on May 6, 2000 (the First Saturday of May) the Militia Immaculatae was revived in the spirit and according to the text of its original Statutes by the superior of the Priestly Society of St. Pius X in Poland, Fr. Karl Stehlin (now he is the District Superior of Asia) with the permission of his General Superior, Bishop Bernard Fellay, in keeping with the principles of the supplementary jurisdiction.