Jezuīti Latvijā: pagātne, tagadne un nākotne
The Jesuits in Latvia: Past, Present, Future

Summary/Abstract: By issuing of the bull Sollicitudo Omnium Ecclesiarum in 1814, Pope Pius VI restored the Order of Jesuits, closed by Pope Clement XIV in 1773. Yet, in the territory of Latvia, which at that time was within the Russian Empire, the Empress Catherina the Great ignored the Pope`s bull and allowed the Jesuits to continue in their educational and cultural work. 200 years have passed since the restoration, and the Jesuit Order is celebrating this occasion wherever the Jesuits are involved in the work of parishes, universities, schools and charitable organisations. In Latvia due to the efforts of the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the University of Latvia suitable commemoration is taking place. I want to express my deepest gratitude to the specialists of religious studies for the initiative to set up a conference about the Jesuit contribution to the cultural heritage of Latvia. The academic conference was dedicated to the anniversary of the restoration of the Order of Jesuits. This conference was of the utmost importance because it served to permanently re-establish the work of the Order here.

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