Approval of the "Infant Jesus" Hospital in the City of Vilnius

The Congress has approved the establishment of a hospital named "Infant Jesus," dedicated to the care of poor orphans and abandoned children under the supervision of the Sisters of Mercy. Founded in our city of Vilnius beyond the Subocz Gate by the lady Jadwiga from the Załuski family, Voivode of Trakai, with her funds and further provisions. With the consent of The Union states, represented by The President and future Polish Kings, we confirm and allow for further legacies to increase the hospital's endowment up to one million złoty. This extends permission for incorporating other hospitals, under appropriate jurisdiction without interference, and a donation of a city plot with collapsed walls encompassing two morgs of land for the construction of gardens and buildings necessary for the hospital's expansion, should the Vilnius magistrate agree to it. The detailed management of the hospital is entrusted to the current and future superiors of the Vilnius missionary priests, with an obligation to annually report income and expenses to the civil-military commission of the Vilnius State.

Topics: Jesus Child Hospital in Vilnius; Hospital foundation by Lady Jadwiga Ogińska; Care for poor orphans and abandoned children; Supervision by Sisters of Mercy; Funds and legacies for the hospital; Incorporation of other hospitals; Property transfer to the Vilnius magistrate; Royal protection; Administration by the Missionary Priests; Reporting obligation to the civil-military commission;

Permission to Establish a Basilian Monastery in the Hermanowicze Estate and a Convent in Kock and Siemiatycze

In an impressive demonstration of piety, Ignacy and Marianna Szyrynowie, magnates of the Braslaw County in Latvia, have decided to illuminate their Eastern-Catholic serfs by endowing a religious foundation in their Hermanowicze estate. They've already constructed a church and begun building a monastery there. The President, with the consent of both Houses of Congress, allows this exemplary venture, underwriting it with a massive endowment of forty thousand Polish gold coins and the land necessary for building and gardening purposes, including their own Hermanowicze parish. Additionally, the noble Anna Jabłonowska, a leading figure in the Latvian state, has the President's blessing to establish a charitable convent within her hereditary estates in Kock and Siemiatycze.

Topics: foundation of the Basilian fathers; cup-bearers of Brasław county; church and monastery foundation; free allocation of land; parish of the Hermanowicz estate; foundation of the Sisters of Mercy; hereditary properties; Kock; Siemiatycze;