Lumen 2018

In 1964, a ceremony to consecrate the new altar took place at the restored church with Bishop Bronislaus Dabrowski presiding. In 1965, the Year of Fidelity to Mary, the same bishop consecrated the new bells (installed in an iron belfry). The bells received the names of: The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the main Patroness of the Congregation of Marian Fathers; Stanislaus, the Founder of the Congregation; and St. Paul, the Patron Saint of apostolic work conducted by the Marians in honor of Pope Paul VI. In the park behind the church, in the square of worship, stands a crowned limestone statue of the Blessed Mother with the Infant Jesus, dating back to the second half of the 19 th century. There is also a partially reconstructed sculpture of Christ falling along the Way of the Cross there. The sculpture of Christ wearing the crown of thorns is located behind the apse of the church at Gorka. These three limestone sculptures are all that remains from the old Stations of the Cross. In the years 1980-1982, the Cenacle was thoroughly restored. The wooden boards of the ceiling were replaced, the wood shingles on the roof were replaced with copper sheeting. The entire area was surrounded by a metal fence. The Founder of the Cenacle also willed the nearby land to the Marians. The land stretched from the Cenacle to the Mount of the Holy Cross, including a “lake,” a farm, a brewery, fields, fruit trees, forests, meadows, and pastures. 183 A list from 1818 states that the Marians in Nowa Jerozolima owned 1 “Chelm wloka” 184 and 13.8 acres [i.e., 58.2 acres altogether] of land. It was very poor soil be- cause only 2.8 acres were listed as third class, 11.1 acres — fourth class, 30.4 acres — fifth class, and 24.9 acres — the poorest pastures. 185 Most of the land granted to the Marians consisted of swampy hol- lows, and what the act of donation called “the lake” was nothing more than a morass. Father Stanislaus decided to drain the morass. To this end, he and his confreres dug ponds that could be stocked 301 Foundation of a New Religious Order