Działalność Koła Misyjnego im. o. Jana Beyzyma w kieleckim Seminarium Duchownym (1927-1940)
Activities of the Missionary Circle of Father Jan Beyzym at the Seminary in Kielce (1920-1940)

Summary/Abstract: In the inter-war period (1918-1939) at the Seminary in Kielce there were many initiatives in Kielce associating seminarians, aimed at the formation of future priests. One such organisation was the Father Jan Beyzym Missionary Circle (1927-1940). The Circle was forming for several years and in 1927 it took its final organisational shape. The Circle associated seminarians of the Kielce seminary. It carried out lively and varied activities in the seminary and in the diocese. The main task of the Circle was the missionary formation of the seminarians. This took place through the presentation of papers on missionary themes, the screening of slides and films and the reading of the missionary press. The Circle also carried out works of charity for the missions. The most important activities included a prayer crusade, financial and material support for Polish missionaries in the Eastern Borderlands, Africa and Asia, and maintaining constant correspondence with missionaries. The Circle promoted missionary ideas in the Kielce diocese. The Circle organised in parishes and schools lectures and presentations on missionary themes, as well as academies and exhibitions devoted to missions; it also distributed missionary magazines and brochures. The systematic and varied activity of the seminarians for the missions found recognition in the country, however, it did not meet with a wide response in the Catholic community of the diocese; nevertheless, its activity contributed to the maintenance of Polish missionaries in missionary posts in the Eastern Borderlands, Africa and Asia.

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