Fr. Andrzej Koprowski SJ as a Chaplain to Students in Lublin in the 1970’s and an Object of Interest to the Security Services of the Polish People’s Republic Cover Image

O. Andrzej Koprowski SI jako duszpasterz akademicki w Lublinie w latach 70. XX w. w zainteresowaniu Służby Bezpieczeństwa Polskiej Rzeczypospolitej Ludowej
Fr. Andrzej Koprowski SJ as a Chaplain to Students in Lublin in the 1970’s and an Object of Interest to the Security Services of the Polish People’s Republic

Author(s): Mateusz Ihnatowicz
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Gdańskie Seminarium Duchowne, Kuria Metropolitalna Gdańska
Keywords: security; academic ministry; Lublin; Catholic University of Lublin; Jesuit Order; Roman Catholic Church; Polish People’s Republic

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the pastoral activity of Father Andrzej Koprowski SJ as part of the Jesuit academic pastoral presence at the Catholic University of Lublin in the 1970s. It contains information taken from the files of the Communist Security Services of the Polish People’s Republic. These documents show that the new style of pastoral care proposed by the Jesuit was not accepted. The religious authorities therefore directed Koprowski to a leadership position in Warsaw, which turned out to be a springboard to the central authorities of the Jesuits in Rome.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 41
  • Page Range: 43-51
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish