Duszpasterstwo polskich robotników przymusowych w Niemczech w czasie i po II wojnie światowej

Author(s): Sabina Bober / Language(s): Polish Issue: 27/2006

Pastoral care for Polish labourers developed at the outbreak of the Second World War, when there was a demand for cheap labour force in the Reich. Poland saw forced recruitment. It is impossible to estimate the exact number of Poles sent to forced labour in the Reich. We know that on 30th June 1944 the constituted 32 per cent of all foreigners and composed the strongest national group. It became a priority for the local church to solve the problem of pastoral care for Polish labourers in Germany. The Nazis made only some concessions. Itinerant priests were established of German nationality and Polish songs were sung from the booklet The Way to Heaven. Some restrictions, however, accompanied these concessions. The itinerant priests were obliged to report to the police, there was a ban on confession in Polish, and general absolution was recommended instead. Cardinal Sapieha intervened on behalf of Polish priests, but in vain. The German authorities were inflexible, therefore a decision was made to send priests as common labourers. On completion of military activities there were ca. 1.9 million deported Polish citizen on the territory under consideration. They were directed in 1944 to the so-called Displaced Persons and lived in the camps run by the British, French, and American authorities. Pastoral care was then constructed from the start. The first priests who were involved in were those liberated from the concentration camp in Dachau. On behalf of the Holy See Bishop Józef Gawlina was appointed an ordinary bishop for Poles in Germany. The priests joined actively in the work on Polonia. They organised pilgrimages, participated in establishing schools, organised libraries, and conducted charitable action. The new church organisations were important for pastoral care. It was not easy to provide pastoral ministry among Poles. Their presence was necessary and fulfilled not only a religious role, but also played the function of a psychological and social rehabilitation.

Polacy w Luksemburgu. Imigracja i duszpasterstwo w XX wieku

Author(s): Sławomir Zabraniak / Language(s): Polish Issue: 27/2006

The present paper deals with the history of Polonia in Luxembourg in the 20th century. First, the history of the Great Duchy of Luxembourg and its economic development were outlined. Then the emigrations of Polish citizens, their pastoral care, educational and organisational activities were shown.The Polish people in Luxembourg immigrated before the First World War. In the inter-war period there were, respective of the labour market, between several hundred to several thousand Polish citizens. The largest communities of Polish workers were established in the southern part of the Duchy with developed industry, mainly in Esch-sur-Alzette and the surrounding. They were employed in steelworks, mining, building, and chemical industry. Some of them worked in the northern agricultural regions. After the Second World War the Polish people in Luxembourg numbered ca. 1000-2000.Most of the Polish emigrants were Roman-Catholic. Initially, Polish priests provided pastoral care. They came to Polish communities from time to time. From the legal point of view, the territory of Luxembourg was subordinate to the Polish Catholic Mission in Belgium, the Mission established by Polish Primate Cardinal August Hlond (by virtue of the decree of 17th April 1930 in agreement with the Polish Catholic Mission in Paris. Its first rector was Rev. Hilary Majkowski who lived in Esch-sur-Alzette at St. Joseph's church. Due to a great economic crisis the Mission declined in the following year. Pastoral ministry was again provided by the priests from France. From April 1948 the Oblates from the Polish Catholic Mission in Belgium began to work, first occasionally and then regularly, among the Polish people in Luxembourg. Until 1995 they relied on the kind help of the priests from Luxembourg who made the places cult available. St. Henry's church in Luxembourg was given to the Polish community from 1995 onwards. The headquarters of the Polish Catholic Mission were transferred there. In 2005 the Poles could participate in the Polish Holy Masses in three places: Luxembourg (St. Henry's church), Esch-sur-Alzette (the chapel of the Italian Catholic Mission), and Ingeldorf near Diekirch (St. Celsius's church).

The Principle of Subsidiarity in the Code of Canon Law

Author(s): Stanislav Přibyl / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2017

While the Code of Canon Law of 1917 was promulgated at a time when the social doctrine of the Church was still in the process of formulation, the new Code of 1983 comes after Vatican II and after the publication of the major documents of the social doctrine of the Church. The Code obliges all faithful to take their share of responsibility for the social issues in the world and the Church itself to provide social benefits to its employees following the standards found in the social doctrine of the Church. The Code also reflects the principle of subsidiarity whose classical definition is given in the encyclical „Quadragesimo Anno” of Pius XI (1931). This is reflected in the attitude towards the family and the education of children, towards the role of the lay faithful and their associations or in relation to the use of media of mass communication. The Council also enriched the doctrine on the supreme authority of the Church by emphasizing the role of the College of Bishops, which is reflected in the Code of Canon Law both in the generally formulated programmatic norm, but also in the regulation of the dispensational authority, which is now performed mainly by the bishops. The Pope is reserved to deal only with the gravest matters. The specifics of the constitutional framework of the Eastern churches show that the principle of synodality, which has been so typical for them is also remarkably in accordance with the requirement to implement subsidiarity within the Church itself.

Apologetic approach on the dialogue between faith and rationality by the Oriental Fathers

Author(s): Ioniţă Apostolache / Language(s): English,Polish Issue: 1/2018

Only our Lord, Jesus Christ, the incarnated Word of the Father, made us, due to his quality as Pantocrator, to “overcome the autonomy of the natural world” and liberated us from the power of irrational forces. Therefore, the dialogue between theology and science is very important for our natural existence. Without science, modern man cannot exist within his earthly environment and without theology he is not given the possibility to enjoy eternal communion with God in the Kingdom of Heaven. This being the case, the Holy Scripture and the Holy Father also, unite the two elements; this unity being sheltered by faith, which is beyond reason and any type of autonomy.

Istotne składniki treści czynności liturgicznych sprawowanych według Justyna Męczennika i ich ewolucja

Author(s): Jarosław A. Superson SAC / Language(s): English,Polish Issue: 51/2018

In the First Apology of Justin Martyr we find information about Christians and their practice of celebrating the Eucharist. In this work, the reading of the word was also described, which consisted of: one reading, preaching, oratio universalis, and also the kiss of peace during the administration of the sacrament of initiation together with the Holy Mass. The author of the article, using sources earlier than the First Apology, as well as those dated over a dozen or several decades after it, tries to present the contemporary state of the liturgy of the word along with its elements and its development. This allowed the identification and closer approach to the essential components of the liturgical activities performed during the Eucharist celebrated in the second century.

Zastosowanie technologii cyfrowych w materialnej przestrzeni budynków sakralnych

Author(s): Adam Rosiński / Language(s): English,Polish Issue: 51/2018

The presence of digital devices at every aspect of life surely affects the contemporary culture, what may have a big impact on functioning of churches in Poland. The article’s author, aware of the disadvantages and advantages of digitization, focuses exactly on select elements of digital technology usage in churches, such as digital modelling of acoustics of sacral buildings, including the use of microphones and loudspeakers for church’s sound system, digital multicolour LED lighting, screens displaying texts of the religious songs for the church attendees.

Ekumeniczny liturgista z pogranicza polsko-czesko-słowackiego

Author(s): Stanisław Jan Rabiej / Language(s): Polish Issue: 51/2018

The Ethos of Education and the Ethos of Christianity

Author(s): Pavol Dancák / Language(s): English Issue: 5/2017

The aim of the paper is to introduce transcendental dimension as a basic part of the education of a man. Greek thinking about man reaches its peak in conviction that education strive is based in getting as close to gods as possible. If man loses the transcendent dimension, he or she also loses a part of his or her humanity. Christianity brings very important optimism into the area of education, as God is Love and in Jesus Christ man gets another chance. Education understood as imitatio Christi contains implicitly this transcendent major.

The “Globalization Era” and the Right of the Church to Preach the Gospel to All Peoples. Canonical-Juridical Considerations and Assessments

Author(s): Cătălina Mititelu / Language(s): English Issue: 5/2017

Under the divine mandate (see Mt 28, 19; Mk 16, 15), the Church received from its Founder, our Saviour Jesus Christ, the right to preach His Gospel to all nations. In the first millennium, the Church Fathers gave expression to this divine law in the first millennial canonical ecumenical legislation (see Apostolic Canon 34, Apostolic 58, Trulan Synod 19, etc.). In the Roman-Byzantine era — and especially in the Byzantine era — this right was stipulated expressis verbis by the state legislation of the Roman Empire (West and East). The international Law and the EU law, including the law of the states from the “globalization era,” that is, our era, provided in their texts for the legal justification of any recognized religious denominations to make known its faith teachings, in writing or orally; hence the right of its members to establish confessional schools, in order to teach religion in state schools, and to carry out evangelization missionary activities.

Dzieje organów w Diecezjalnym Sanktuarium Matki Bożej Bolesnej w Skrzatuszu (cz. I)

Author(s): Wiktor Z. Łyjak / Language(s): Polish Issue: 6/2018

The text presents the history of organ in Skrzatusz, starting from the cost estimate in 1866 at Wilhelm Sauer in Frankfurt (Oder). The instrument with 19 voices was created in 1874, and its construction was carried out by the said Sauer factory. The time of building the work is confirmed by both hand-written files and until now unknown company's catalog from 1882, printed on the occasion of its 25-year jubilee. In 2004, the building underwent a major renovation and this time is the final date of development. The article contains copies and abstracts of German-language messages about the preservation of the old music choir together with a dummy built-in – a positive, a remnant of a former instrument. This study is the first in a series of organ history in Skrzatusz.

Ks. Andrzej Józef Delerdt, Źródło łask Boskich nieprzebrane. Matka Boska Bolesna ze Skrzatusza i Jej historia, redakcja wydawnicza dr Agnieszka Borysowska i ks. dr Tadeusz Ceynowa, wydanie II poprawione, Szczecin 2018, ss. 59

Author(s): Grzegorz Wejman / Language(s): Polish Issue: 6/2018

XXXV Tydzień Kultury Chrześcijańskiej w Trzciance

Author(s): Edwin Klessa / Language(s): Polish Issue: 6/2018

Święta Rodzina – żywą ikoną Trójcy Świętej

Author(s): Paweł Błasiak / Language(s): Polish Issue: 25/2018

This article studies the issue of the image of God in man. It strives to find this image on the social level, meaning a person’s relationship with others. As a starting point, the author chose the Biblical Account of the Creation of Man. People are created as a man and a woman, in the image of God, who is the First in the relationship of the Persons of the Holy Trinity. Just after people sinned, they broke their relationship with the Lord God. However, the Lord God does not abandon his creatures. He sends his Son to seek people out and build a new relationship between God and man. In his wisdom and in his way, he teaches men about God. He communicates with people in the language of the Word, through signs and pictures. The Holy Family of Nazareth where our Lord Jesus Christ was born and raised and was started thanks to God’s grace in cooperation with people can also be a way for God to communicate with people according to the author. God who lives in a perfect relationship as the Trinity can also be seen in the Holy Family, which is the model of interpersonal relationships based on communio caritatis. People can imitate them in their own family lives and homes, and in this way, they come closer to getting to know God not only on the intellectual level, but experience God in their personal lives thanks to their relationships with others. The Holy Family of Nazareth can be described as the Earthly Holy Trinity, meaning that it can be understood as a living icon of the Holy Trinity. As such, it helps us to get to know God in the One Holy Trinity. Not being God itself, the Holy Family represents God thanks to its virtues.

Ks. Andrzej Józef Delerdt, Źródło łask Boskich nieprzebrane. Matka Boska Bolesna ze Skrzatusza i Jej historia, pod red. A. Borysowskiej, ks. T. Ceynowy, Szczecin 2017, ss. 59

Author(s): Jarosław Wąsowicz / Language(s): Polish Issue: 25/2018

Sprawozdanie z konferencji naukowej Liturgia i muzyka liturgiczna we współczesnej debacie teologicznej, Koszalin, 18 listopada 2017 r

Author(s): Łukasz Bilski / Language(s): Polish Issue: 25/2018

Sprawozdanie z sympozjum naukowego Wychowanie katolickie w dobie współczesnych przemian, Koszalin, 6 maja 2017 r.

Author(s): Radosław Mazur / Language(s): Polish Issue: 25/2018

Aby słowo Boże dzięki śpiewowi wśród ludzi przebywało

Author(s): Kalina Wojciechowska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 11/2017

The article presents Martin Luther, the Reformer as a musician and theologian of music. From his early age, Luther played the lute well, later on also the flute and sang. When Luther studied in Eisenach, he had music lessons. Because music was taught in a mathematical manner, Luther acquired good understanding of the theory of harmonics. He learned to distinguish between different musical genres. In the monastery, already as a monk, he could refine his skills. Later on Lutherwas able to transcribe and adapt folk melodies (contrafactum) and to harmonise them as well as to write music for psalms. The Reformer himself composed 36 hymns for German texts. As Luther reformed the liturgy, he accorded full importance to the sermon as well as to community singing. The singing was defined as an assertion of faith and spiritual commentary on biblical texts. Music was at the heart of the Lutheran Reformation. Luther’s theology of music is formed through the conviction that music is a particularly beautiful and unique offering of the divine creation. „Music is a gift from God and next to theology” – wrote Luther. Music also moves human hearts. To bring people joy and to praise the Lord is the music’s true task and service.

Biblijne wezwanie rodziców do wychowania dzieci

Author(s): Urszula Dudziak / Language(s): Polish Issue: 10/2018

One of the main tasks of the spouses is to transmit life. It is not enough to do it only in the physical dimension, but also in the mental, spiritual and social dimensions. Transmitting life is not only procreation, but also education. Christian parents should learn about bringing up children from the Holy Bible. This will help them fulfill their duty at the beginning of the path of married life. Parenting commitment is beneficial for their offspring, country, the Church and world.

Pocieszenie, nie spustoszenie

Author(s): James Hanvey / Language(s): Polish Issue: 674/2018

List do Ludu Bożego wystosowany przez papieża Franciszka 20 sierp nia 2018 r. wyznacza przełomowy moment w życiu Kościoła. Jeżeli zestawimy go z listem do episkopatu Chile, widać, że jest to przykład natchnionego przywództwa, które jest tak charakterystyczne dla obec nego pontyfikatu.

The Religious Education of Polish Youth in the Face of Changes in Religiosity

Author(s): Paweł Mąkosa / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2018

In recent years, there has been a significant change in the religiosity of Poles, especially among the youth. Religious education for the youth, however, has remained basically unchanged. Therefore, there is an urgent need to determine the causes of this change in religiosity and respond properly to it. This article first presents the results of sociological research on the religiosity of Polish youth conducted in the last few years, particularly 2013-2016. These results prove that Polish young people believe increasingly less in God, participate increasingly less frequently in the liturgy, and increasingly contest the moral teachings of the Church. The article then proceeds to explain the reasons for these changes, among which is what is broadly understood as a contemporary culture in which rationalism, pluralism, and tolerance dominate. The final part of the article presents ideas to enrich religious education with elements that will address the challenges of the present and make it possible to reach Polish youth.