CONTACTS BETWEEN REV. WAWRZYNIEC WNUK, A PRIEST WORKING IN THE POLISH COMMUNITY ABROAD, AND POLAND (Kontakty polonijnego duszpasterza ks. Wawrzynca Wnuka z Polska)

• Authors: Walkusz Jan
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The present article is an attempt at illustrating the relations of the emigration priest with his home country in the span of over 60 years. Rev. Warzyniec Wnuk, a non-compromising priest and indeed a heroic organizer of Polish emigration circles, when he was freed from a concentration camp he first worked in Germany, and then in the USA and Canada. After establishing his legal ecclesiastic status, in order to revive the social life of the Polish emigrants, brought Ursuline Sisters of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus to Windsor (Ontario, Canada). Along with them he organized yearly trips to Poland, where he met several friendly bishops, supporting financially their investment projects; he also supported Polish cultural-academic institutions (including the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, the Mikolaj Kopernik University of Torun and specialist clinics) and he established funds and stipends for Polish students and scholars; and after marshal law was imposed on Poland he established a special Fund for Aid to Poland. He also organized two official visits by Canadian bishops in Poland - Bishop Emmett Carter, the Chairman of the Episcopate of Canada in 1977, and Bishop John M. Sherlock, the Ordinary of the London Diocese in 1998. Rev. W. Wnuk spent most of his life in Canada, but still he was interested in Poland all the time; he felt Poland, thought and acted like a Pole and did it for Poland.

Keywords

EN

EMIGRANT CLERGY; POLISH COMMUNITY IN CANADA; POLISH PASTORATE ABROAD; POLISH-CANADIAN CONTACTS

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II, Wydział Teologii
• Journal: Roczniki Historii Kosciola (Annals of Church History)
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 3(58)
• Pages: 133-146
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Walkusz Jan

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

11PLAAAA103712