Duchowi przewodnicy niemieckich katolików w pielgrzymkach do Skrzatusza w relacjach Johannesbote
Spiritual guides of German Catholics in their pilgrimages to Skrzatusz in the Johannesbote
Author(s): Krzysztof ZadarkoSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History, History of Church(es), Local History / Microhistory, Theology and Religion, Pastoral Theology
Published by: Biblioteka Wyższego Seminarium Duchownego Diecezji Koszalińsko-Kołobrzeskiej
Keywords: Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Schneidemühl;Germany – Poland;German-Polish reconciliation;refugees;displaced;Skrzatusz;Rokitno;Diocese of Koszalin-Kolobrzeg (Kołobrzeg);pilgrimage;clergy;
Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes the memories of pilgrims coming to the Marian shrines in Skrzatusz and Rokitno and to the former Free Prelature of Pila (Piła) in the years 1983–2013. These were printed in the same time in the Prelature’s journal Johannesbote. The whole picture of pilgrimage testimonies consists of not only their personal, internal, and religious experiences. They are tightly connected with the painful war history and complicated Polish-German relations. The clergy plays an important role in shaping the attitudes of German Catholics not only in sole faith, but also in relations with Poles, in the overwork of their common history. We can read of some concrete figures of bishops and priests who were also expelled, sharing the fate of their faithful for the rest of their lives. These are testimonies of gratitude of Catholics for their faithful life, the sacraments received, and for help to build a new identity in their postwar history.
Journal: Rocznik Skrzatuski
- Issue Year: 2017
- Issue No: 5
- Page Range: 91-106
- Page Count: 16
- Language: Polish