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Lithuanian Activities of the Students of Seinai Theological Seminary

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Katilius A.

Studia Ełckie

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2021

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vol. 23

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issue 2

189-205

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From 1826 to 1903, about 80% of the students of Seinai Theological Seminary were ethnic Lithuanians, and Lithuanian was their or their parents’ native language. The question about Lithuanian activities of the Lithuanian students at the seminary is therefore well founded. During first decades of its existence, national consciousness of the Lithuanians was not relevant. For performing pastoral work in Lithuanian parishes, the Lithuanian brought from parental home was sufficient. Using the Lithuanian language at Seinai Theological Seminary was stimulated by the reforms of Bishop K. I. Łubieński and encouragement of Professor Stanisław Jamiołkowski. First of all, the use of Lithuanian manifested itself through the singing of Lithuanian folk songs. Singing Lithuanian songs stressed the ethnic difference between the Lithuanian and Polish students of the seminary. Officially, the Lithuanian language was not taught at the seminary until 1904. For this reason, Lithuanian students started learning Lithuanian secretly: they realised they would need it in their pastoral work. Seminary students spoke Lithuanian among themselves, thus demonstrating their national awareness, but they also learned Polish at the seminary. The students’ Lithuanian activities should be viewed in the context of Lithuanian nationalism. National revival was raising specific requirements to the Church and it was important that the seminary trained future clergymen to meet the demands of the public. The students engaged in Lithuanian activities through participation in a secret association of future Lithuanian priests. One of the forms of its activities was distribution of the banned Lithuanian press. The students not only distributed banned literature but also contributed to its printing and publishing: they produced hand-written newspapers in the seminary and wrote articles, first for illegal publications and later, after the ban on the Lithuanian press was lifted, for legally published periodicals.

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Rev. prof. Jonas Totoraitis MIC: Ideas and Conceptions

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Katilius A.

Studia Ełckie

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2020

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vol. 22

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issue 1

45-59

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The topic of this article is devoted to the discussion of the ideas of cultural and social activities propounded by Professor of History, Rev. Jonas Totoraitis (1872-1941). It also deals with a question of what conditions were present for their implementation in the early twentieth century. The first idea to establish the Society to Investigate the History of Lithuania was largely predicated on his professional background as historian. Another idea was indebted to his perception of the duty of the priest. It manifested itself in the aspiration to set up a special organization (association) of Roman Catholic clergy to tackle world-view issues of society at large. Another field of Rev. Totoraitisʼ activities was organizing youth in the countryside. His most significant contribution was theoretical: a study entitled “Catholic Youth Associations”, published in the journal “Vadovas” (Leader), and some time later republished in a separate booklet “The Guardianship of Youth and Its Associations”.

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Wychowankowie seminarium duchownego w Sejnach – twórcy niepodległej Litwy

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Katilius A.

Studia Ełckie

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2019

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vol. 21

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issue 1

39-46

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Seminary in Sejny was founded few years after the establishment of the Diocese of Sejny. This article presents the role of its students at the process of regaining independence by Lithuania. During the study at the seminary prospective priests were forming their national identity, so that they could be involved into the process of formation awareness of their parishioners. Students at the seminary were committed to the distribution of printed materials in Lithuanian language that were forbidden. They also took part in activity of Lithuanian associations. Some clergymen were committed to the process of creation of political and economic basics of Lithuania’s independence. One of the representatives of the Diocese of Sejny (Augustów) was a member of Lithuanian authorities and had signed Act of Independence. Four priests were chosen to the Lithuanian parliament.

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Lithuanian Activities of the Students of Seinai Theological Seminary

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Wychowankowie seminarium duchownego w Sejnach – twórcy niepodległej Litwy