THE IMAGE OF THE POLISH-SPEAKING CHAPLAINCY IN EUROPE BASED ON THE VISITATION CONDUCTED BY THE RECTOR OF THE POLISH CATHOLIC MISSION IN BELGIUM. Cover Image

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THE IMAGE OF THE POLISH-SPEAKING CHAPLAINCY IN EUROPE BASED ON THE VISITATION CONDUCTED BY THE RECTOR OF THE POLISH CATHOLIC MISSION IN BELGIUM.

Author(s): Józef Szymański
Subject(s): History
Published by: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II - Wydział Teologii
Keywords: Polish Catholic Mission; Belgium; visitation conducted

Summary/Abstract: The Catholic church in Poland undertook steps to provide optimal pastoral care for the Polish people abroad. These activities were formalized through the creation of the Polish Catholic Missions. The first Polish Catholic Mission was created in France (1922), next one in January 1926 in Belgium. This mission extended its power over Denmark, Holland (1927). The priests who successively held the office of Rector of the Polish Catholic Missions: T. Kotowski, W. Kudłacik and R. Moskwa organized pastoral, cultural, educational life among the Polish people and left, in the form of statements and reports, the descriptions of the condition and situation of the Polish emigrants abroad.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 97
  • Page Range: 361-376
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish
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