MARIANS IN 1670-1788 108 Ostrybor, and Cyganka, located within the parishes of Wilga and Radwanków.170 The Marians residing in Góra, several kilometers away, were highly esteemed by the Lasocki family. The Lasockis knew Fr. Papczyński well and valued him as a saintly and fervent Marian, rightfully called the “Apostle of Mazovia,” who conducted active apostolic work in southern Mazovia. They held a particular affinity for the fervently promoted Marian idea of prayerful concern for the souls suffering in Purgatory,171 as was emphasized in various Lasocki family documents172 and Cecilia Lasocka’s testament. The benefactress recalls in it that, along with her husband, they made a commitment to the foundation in Goźlin in 1689 and handed over to the Marians “4,000 Polish zlotys, which sum had to insure the usual sustenance for them in perpetuity, […] so that they pray for the souls of that married couple after their death.”173 Her testament also contains a request for her body to be placed after her death at “the church of the Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the B.V.M., who pray for the dead.”174 In 1696, John Lasocki promised Fr. Papczyński to build a church and monastery in Goźlin. In the same year, all the necessary construction materials were delivered. On September 11, 1698, the Church authorities of the Poznań diocese accepted the foundation and the conditions of the agreement between the Marians and John Lasocki. According to this agreement, at least five religious were to reside in the monastery, and a chapel (sacellum) was to be annexed. The Church authorities directly subordinated the new foundation to the Superior General, Fr. Papczyński.175 The Church’s approval became a call to implement the plans related to this foundation. However, decisive resistance arose from Fr. Mateusz Broliński, the pastor in Wilga.176 He was a well-educated, 170 ADS, Visitatio gen. Ecclesiae Parochialis ac Monasterij Goslinensis Marianorum per Illustr. Et Excell. etReverend Dominum Adalbertum Leszczyc Skarszewski Episcopum Lublinensem. Die 16 Sept. A. d. 1818, 146/III,10. 171 Positio, Papczyński, p. 331. 172 Prot. Ord., pp. 93-94, “Fundatio Goslinensis in Arce Cernensi”; ibid, pp. 94-95, “Intromissio fundos Goslinensis in Arce Cernesi”, Anno 1699. 173 Prot. Ord., pp. 95-98, “Oblata testamenti ultimae voluntatis Generosae Rongiuszowa seu Lasocka. 174 Ibid. 175 Prot. Ord., pp. 84-85, Domus Goslinensis sub Titulo Matris Dolorsae novae Fundationis cum Iuribus et Consensu Illustrissimi etReverend Domini Loci Ordinarii. 176 Wyszyński, Stróż, pps. 102-105; Positio, Papczyński, pp. 694-696, 791.
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