MARIANS IN 1670-1788 64 them an obligation “whenever a need arises, to guide God’s people on the paths of the Lord’s Passion, starting from the Cenacle.”25 The modesty and simplicity of the Cenacle, often derogatorily referred to as a barn, along with its adjacent farm, were so evident, especially in comparison to the grandeur of other churches and buildings, that it is surprising that out of the entire grand Passion Sanctuary, only this humble church remained. It raises the question of whether Divine Providence preserved it despite its turbulent history to provide a sanctuary for the relics of St. Stanislaus Papczyński, the founder of the Cenacle and the Marian order. This amazing fact was noted by a contemporary researcher of the history of Góra Kalwaria: “Out of the entire complex, consisting of about 35 chapels, six churches, and five monasteries, one church — the Cenacle — has survived to this day in its original state.”26 Małgorzata Borkowska, who specializes in the history of New Jerusalem, has even proposed the hypothesis that it might have been a provisional structure to be replaced with something more substantial and beautiful.27 However, we only learn about the true appearance of this foundation from 19th-century descriptions, and even then, there isn’t much information available. A description from 1822 reports: “The Church of Our Lord’s Cenacle [...] measured 40 feet long and 36 wide; the church has brick walls, a wooden ceiling, a shingled roof with a turret in the middle holding a small bell, three humble altars and a small organ, eleven small windows, a large main door and a second small door leading to the monastery.”28 Several later renovations allowed the discovery of the foundations of the former monastery, its layout, and the remnants of walls. A description made by Fr. Eugeniusz Makulski presents them as follows: “After removing the turf, the perfectly preserved foundations of the destroyed monastery were uncovered. The foundation walls were 60 cm in width, made of fieldstones and bricks, […] inferior quality. The walls supported by such a foundation had to be very light. The excavations showed 25 “Iniungimus demum iisdem clericis, ut quoties opus fuerit per vias Passionis Domini pietatis causa deducant a Caenaculo”, Deed of Istallation, of Nov. 22 XI 1677, in: Positio, Papczyński, p. 382. 26 Andrzej Liczbiński, Góra Kalwaria — lokacja i układ przestrzenny miasta, in: Kwartalnik Architektury i Urbanistyki, t. 2 (1957), P. 3/4, p. 207. 27 Małgorzata Borkowska, Dzieje Góry Kalwarii, Kraków 2009, p. 176. 28 S. Sydry, O. Stanisław, p. 151.
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