- Tytuł:
- Ksiądz kanonik Kazimierz Michalski (1898-1975) – duszpasterz niezłomny
- Autorzy:
- Wojcieszyk, Elżbieta
- Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/2043397.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2020
- Wydawca:
- Agencja Wydawnicza “PDN”
- Tematy:
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Ksiądz Kazimierz Michalski
Parafia św. Jadwigi w Zielonej Górze
Konflikt o Dom Katolicki w Zielonej Górze - Opis:
- Canon Rev. Kazimierz Michalski came to Zielona Góra from the Archdiocese of Poznań on 22 October 1945. Even before the war, he was known for organizational skills and the ease of establishing contacts with young people. During World War II he was a prisoner of, among others, Dachau, a Nazi concentration camp. After returning to Poland, he was full of enthusiasm for pastoral work and devoted himself entirely to it. Not only did he administer the sacraments to the faithful, who came to Zielona Góra from all over the world with the baggage of tragic war experiences, but he also supported, helped, advised and integrated them, as well as taught them Christian culture. In December 1945, he received the consent of the State Board to take over the post-evangelical churches and the social house called the Catholic Social House. He established a parish library, a kitchen for the poor, and a kindergarten there. There were also rooms for religion lessons and an oratory for young people. The large auditorium was used for ceremonies, meetings, and amateur theatre plays. The communists who assumed power in Poland sought to create an atheistic society, in which the activities of the above-mentioned clergyman disturbed them. They forced him to leave his parishioners twice: in 1953 and 1960. The latter forced removal from Zielona Góra took place as a result of restrictions imposed on the Catholics from Zielona Góra who raised objections to plans to take over the Catholic House by the authorities. These events took place on 30 May 1960. The riots lasted from 10:00 am to 9 pm. The authorities brutally suppressed the protests with the help of the Citizens’ Militia, the Motorized Reserves of the Citizens’ Militia and a group of the Workers‘ Militia. The scale of the repression was disproportionate to the importance of the event. After the Poznań revolt in June 1956, the conflict over the Catholic House in Zielona Góra was, apart from similar incidents in Nowa Huta on 27 April 1960, the most serious clash between the authorities and society. As a result, over 500 people were detained and 157 were arrested. Courts sentenced the accused to imprisonment ranging from 6 months to 5 years. In addition, magistrates’ courts punished other participants of the incidents. Efforts were also made to show that Rev. Kazimierz Michalski had been behind the riots and that is why the priest had to leave Zielona Góra. He resigned and retired, and Bp. Wilhelm Pluta appointed him as member of the group of the diocesan consultors. He commuted to this job from Poznań, where he lived in the parish of the Holy Savior in Poznań. The communists kept him under constant surveillance. The investigative materials prepared by them, numbered 6170 / śl and 1740 / S, were destroyed on 19 February 1988. The only records that remained are those in the documents produced by the Ministry of Public Security. He died in Poznań on 11 February 1975, where he was buried. In 1985, in St Jadwiga’s church in Zielona Góra, the parishioners placed a plaque commemorating Rev. Kazimierz Michalski. On 7 June 1992, the parish church dedicated to St Jadwiga was elevated to the status of a co-cathedral. In this place, the first Polish parish priest in Zielona Góra had his second funeral on 13 March 2010. The inhabitants of Zielona Góra remember Rev. Michalski as a clergyman who uncompromisingly conducted his priestly mission and built the Polish national community.
- Źródło:
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Adhibenda; 2020, 7; 211-230
2391-6109 - Pojawia się w:
- Adhibenda
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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