Pedagogika poświadczona krwią męczennika. Wychowanie do niepodległości w „szkole twórczej” ks. Józefa Roskwitalskiego

• Authors: Mróz Mirosław

Title variants

DE

Die blutgezeugte Pädagogik des Märtyrers. Erziehung zur Unabhängigkeit in Józef Roskwitalskis „kreativer Schule”.

EN

Pedagogy marked by martyr’s blood. Independence education in the „creative school” of Fr. Józef Roskwitalski

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The article present life and teaching activity of Fr. Józef Roskwitalski (1893–1939), who, working as prefect of the Secondary School of Classical Studies in Grudziądz in 1920–1935, significantly influenced the lives of its students, as well as the whole city. His academic and educational skills were appreciated: he received, i.a. the title of professor for didactic work, awarded by the Superintendent for Schools in Pomeranian District (February 2nd, 1929); by the end of the interwar period, in 1935, he became the Rector of the Higher Theological Seminary in Pelplin and the President of the prefects of Chełmno diocese, thus setting the tone of the religious education in schools in the vast area of the Vistulian Pomerania. An important turning point in the life of Roskwitalski was his studies, first at the University of Warsaw, then at the University of Lviv, where he obtained the doctoral degree (January 1st, 1932), having presented the dissertation thesis entitled „Szkoła pracy w nauczaniu religii” (published in 1932 by Wydawnictwo Kulerskiego). The thesis introduces completely original assumptions of the educational project, of great importance for the new pedagogy in independent Poland. Working as a teacher and tutor n Grudziądz, Roskwitalski developed new forms of education of the youth. He wanted his students to develop a full „Christian personality” (according to the concept of his professor from Pelplin, priest Franciszek Sawicki) and introduced the concept of „creative work” (according to new form of pedagogy from the first half of the 20th c.). He already got acquainted with these forms of work in the seminary in Pelplin (in the years 1912–1916), which he developed during further university studies. The assumptions of the educational work were both specific and simple: they were supposed to build the “most personal personality” (in accordance with the idea of personalism by F. Sawicki) and engage young people in „creative work” tailored to individual interest of each one of them. It was the respect for the personal dignity and uncovered individual skills that was at the root of his way of thinking and teaching. Roskwitalski demonstrated his pedagogical abilities as the rector of the Seminary in Pelplin, being a role model for the candidates for the priesthood. Despite the outbreak of the war and German occupation, he courageously carried on his duties at the position. He was arrested during the „Pelplin bloody autumn” of 1939 with other professors of the Seminary, and then murdered in the Tczew barracks. Thus, he expressed his faith and love for the homeland. His teachings turned into a „deed” of real martyrdom. Roskwitalski, a great educator and patriot, priest-martyr, deserved the memory of Grudziądz residents, especially students, who embody the principles of noble personalism and learn to serve the homeland.

• Publisher: Muzeum w Grudziądzu
• Journal: Rocznik Grudziądzki
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 27
• Pages: 73-90

Dates

published

2019

Contributors

author

Mróz Mirosław

• Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu, Wydział Teologiczny