MARIANS IN 1670-1788 112 resolve the dispute failed, leading the Marian Fathers to appeal to the court, where they won the case.183 Also noteworthy is the gift made to the Goźlin foundation on March 26, 1710, by Marcjanna and Marcin Brucki, a childless couple who bequeathed all their movable and immovable property and the sum of 4,000 thalers, “reckoning a thaler at six złoty,” to the Marian Fathers under the condition that “every week, one Mass be celebrated for our souls, and another for those souls without hope, for all eternity.” Additionally, Marcin Brucki stipulated “that both my and my wife’s bodies be buried in the same Goźlin church, by these revered Goźlin Fathers. [...] The parish priest of Radwanków is requested not to obstruct or hinder the aforementioned venerable Fathers of Goźlin in burying us in the Goźlin church.”184 In addition to these donations, the protocol of the diocesan visitation lists other sums donated to the Marian Fathers of Goźlin in the first half of the 18th century.185 Apart from the registered amounts, the monastery also received donations from patrons not recorded in official financial books. This suggests that while reports indicated the modesty and poverty of the Marian establishment in Goźlin, it wasn’t as impoverished as depicted. The small wooden church primarily served the liturgy and Marian devotions. Their pastoral work extended to the manor’s inhabitants, including the Lasocki family and the household staff. The monastery was cramped and uncomfortable, particularly during various monastic assemblies when the Fathers had to utilize the farm buildings. Despite these modest conditions, General Chapters were held in Goźlin in 1706, 1710, 1722, 1728, and 1743.186 For instance, in the 1728 Chapter, as many as thirteen fathers participated, accompanied by several carters, and finding accommodation for everyone over eight days was quite a challenging 183 Dokumenty mariańskie, p. 62, n. 138; Navikevicius, p. 199. 184 Prot. Ord., p. 99. The testament of Marcjanna and Marcin Brucki from March 26, 1710. Is difficult to determine if it was executed. After all, it was a significant sum of 24,000 złotys. However, there is no mention of these funds in any documents or in the income and expenditure books. 185 In 1708, B. Ostrowski donated 1,000 złotys to the Marists. In 1719, Konstanty Lasocki donated 4,000, in 1725 Izydor Grzybowski offered 3,000, and in 1741 Franciszek Magnuszewski contributed 1,000 złotys. ADS, 146/III, Visit. Gen., 1810, Goźlin. 186 Cap. Gen., passim.
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