Z dziejów miejscowości i parafii Gaszyn

Abstract

In the Middle Ages there were a lot places near Wieluń, which have been existing to the present times. Gaszyn was one of them and it was mentioned in documents the first time in 1323. At first in the past this village was owned by the nobility and since the half of the 18th century its parts have come to the order of the Observants in Wielun. In the times of annexations this Observants’ property was impounded. At first there was a chapel in Gaszyn and later a church was built in the end of the 16th century. It has weathered till today in spite of many renovations. To 1987 priests from Wieluń parish, which Gaszyn belonged to, celebrated services there. In 17th and 18th, they were even called the parish administrators in Gaszyn and Dąbrowa. The parish in Gaszyn was established on May 6th 1987 and its first parish priest was rev. fr. Janusz Grela. The parish covers only Gaszyn itself where the number of parishioners is decreasing. 900 people lived here in 1987 and in 2014 there were only 780 residents. However, these people are lively parish community taking various pastoral initiatives. For last years they have been trying to build new presbytery and restore historic church.