Pilgrimages from the District of Wieluń to the Jasna Góra Monastery (1921-1939) Cover Image

Pilgrimages from the District of Wieluń to the Jasna Góra Monastery (1921-1939)
Pilgrimages from the District of Wieluń to the Jasna Góra Monastery (1921-1939)

Author(s): Michał Widera
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), History of Religion
Published by: Uniwersytet Opolski
Keywords: Marian piety; pilgrimages; the Jasna Góra Monastery; the Wieluń district; the Second Polish Republic;

Summary/Abstract: Deep religiousness, beside a typically agricultural character of employment, was one of the most distinguishing features of the inhabitants of the district of Wieluń. It was manifested by i.e., a huge engagement in new forms of Christian ministry, which were initiated in circumstances of unrestricted activity of the Catholic Church after 1918. Irrespectively of it, the inhabitants of the Wieluń district were characterised by deep Marian piety, which was expressed in many ways. Beside their participation in services devoted to Our Lady, engagement in the Confraternity of the Rosary, distribution of magazines devoted to this issue as well as special respect paid to images of Our Lady, they took part in numerous pilgrimages. The Jasna Góra Monastery was the main goal of pilgrims. The faithful of this area accounted for the biggest group among all the groups from the whole Diocese of Częstochowa taking part in pilgrimages to the city of Częstochowa.

  • Issue Year: 41/2021
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 191-210
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: English