Powstanie i pierwsze lata działalności ruchu „Wiara i Światło” w diecezji (zielonogórsko)-gorzowskiej do roku 1998

The article “Establishment and the first years of the activity of the Faith and Light movement in the diocese of (Zielona Góra) and Gorzów until 1998” presents the circumstances of the establishment and the first years of the movement from 1981 to 1998, i.e. from the moment it was created in the Środkowe Nadodrze up to the 1st Diocese Congress of the Catholic Movements and Associations. The research was conducted mainly on the basis of the sources kept in the private archives of the leaders of the movement in the diocese. The article was divided into three parts: 1. Circumstances of the establishment; 2. Organization of the movement and its structure, and 3. Christian formation and other forms of activity. Throughout the period under study, the movement was characterized by high vitality. In time, new groups emerged from the first communities in Zielona Góra and Gorzów, which most often implemented the formation and apostolic principles of the movement. It should be particularly emphasized that “Faith and Light” formation camps and other diocesan and regional meetings and conventions were organized each year.