939 second testament 15. If Fr. Joachim, by consent of the fathers, be again confirmed as coadjutor, then I oblige him, by the awful judgment of God, that he would not innovate anything in regard to the habit I have prescribed, or to the name of the Order; nor may he dare to impiously abolish the veneration of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary which we — quite unworthy — offer to Her Majesty through the recitation of the small Office of the Immaculate Conception and the entirety of the Rosary. Similarly, as to introducing the use of “burning alcohol” [vodka], let him be aware that this [drink] is forbidden to him and to all, because that drink, by the hidden mercy of God, is foreign to our Congregation.361 16. Although I can barely sign with my gravely ill hand, I nevertheless [do so] with a most healthy mind possessed by God Stanislaus of Jesus and Mary, unworthy Superior Of the Order of the Immaculate Conception (handwritten) 17. The [Korabiew] Forest I bequeath to Fr. Joseph,362 to John,363 and to all the others presently residing there364 and to their successors; the Cenacle of the Lord and the Goźliń house of the Most Holy and Sorrowful Mother,365 I entrust to Frs. Cyprian of St. Stanislaus and James of St. Ann, Paul of the Nativity of the Lord, Constantine of St. Casimir, and to the three currently living there, as well as to their successors, who nevertheless will be obedient to my successor elected in accord with the law. But, if they [my successors] should desire to introduce something new, 361 This is evident from NV (Ch. IV, § 2) and from the Ordinances for the Korabiew Hermitage (cf. below, HW, p. 945, n. 16, § 5). 362 Fr. Joseph Nowakowicz of All Saints was, at that time, the Superior of the Korabiew Hermitage. Cf. Positio, p. 552 (Doc. XIII, 10, subscriptiones in fine). 363 This was probably Fr. John of St. James, who later left the Order or was removed from it. 364 It is impossible to identify these “other” Marians then residing at the Korabiew Hermitage. 365 This was the third house of the Marian Fathers in Poland, established in 1698/1699. Cf. Positio, pp. 331-332.
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