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pious man, still had to overcome quite a lot of difficulties with their benefactor himself. Matuszewicz felt that the Marians were not fulfilling the conditions accepted by Father Wyszy<ski. Eight Marians were supposed to reside at the monastery. In accordance with this agreement, the general council sent four priests and four clerics. Matuszewicz did not want to accept clerics who were completing their studies, but demanded eight priests. Moreover, he was offended that Princess Czartoryski had been given a Marian for her chaplain while he had been refused such an honor. In time, these matters were cleared up and, following their benefactor’s death in 1754, rela- tions with the Matuszewicz family settled down. For many years to come, the monastery in Ra>na served as a house of studies for clerics and was one of the richer, thriving houses until it was liquidated in 1864. The second foundation obtained by Father Wyszy<ski was also located in the Duchy of Lithuania, in Staropol, whose name was changed in time to Mariampol, after the Marians. Due to his friendship with Theodore Czartoryski, the Bishop of Pozna<, Father Casimir became acquainted with his brother Michael, later a chancellor of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. As Prince Michael got to know Father Wyszy<ski better, he very much appreciated his intellectual abilities, and formed a very positive opinion about the Marians. He asked them to send an appropriate candidate for the office of his court chaplain and theolo- gian. Father Benedict Hönig, of Czech descent, was select- ed. He was not only an outstanding theologian, but was 31 THE SERVANT OF MARY IMMACULATE