Obszary działalności edukacyjnej i opiekuńczej Kościoła Katolickiego wobec dzieci i młodzieży w Królestwie Polskim i na Kresach zaboru rosyjskiego na początku XX w.*
Areas of Education and Care for Children and Youth of the Catholic Church in the Kingdom of Poland and the Borderlands of the Russian Partition in the Early 20th Century

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on the role of the Catholic Church in organizing educationand care for the young generation in the conditions of laissez-faire policy of thepartitioner. The clergy’s activity in the field of education, care and upbringingimplemented the assumptions of the social teaching of the Church. Its foundationswere formulated in the encyclicals of Leo XIII. In the Kingdom ofPoland, they did not initiate a deepened theological and axiological debate, butfor some of the clergy became a determinant of practical activities. Assistanceand upbringing activities in the Kingdom of Poland and the Borderlands of theRussian Partition for children and youth included for example: homes for orphans,orphanages, classrooms, artisanal enterprises and educational facilities,as well as resocialisation institutions. This activity was particularly noticeablein secret non-habitual assemblies, founded by the Capuchin Father HonoratKoźmiński. Diocesan clergy played an important role in the development ofPolish education, including work of the Polish Educational Society (PolskaMacierz Szkolna) and other educational initiatives.

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