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During the two centuries of its existence, the Seminary in Tarnów boasted many great rectors, including Fr. Roman Sitko, who was elevated to the glory of the altars. The blessed person of the rector still inspires not only priests and graduates of the Major Seminary in Tarnów or the Major Seminary in Rzeszów, but also lay people. His dedication to the question of vocations and the good formation of the new priests deserves to be taken into account. This article presents a fragment of the history of the seminary in Tarnów, during which the rector's office was held by Fr. R. Sitko – the composition of the educational and professorial staff, the number of alumni and newly ordained priests. The paternal relationship between him as the rector and the seminarians is shown, which facilitated an atmosphere of good formation. The quoted fragments of testimonies of seminarians of the time are valuable here. It also shows the situation of the seminary during the difficult time of the outbreak of World War II and the occupation of the building by the Wehrmacht. However, this did not prevent the continuation of the formation of seminarians. Rector Sitko organized a center in Błonie near Tarnów, where the process of clerical preparation for priestly ordination continued. He was soon arrested and imprisoned for that. After a year of arrest, he ended up in Auschwitz, where he confirmed his absolute devotion to the case of the Seminary and seminarians with a martyr's death.
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Seminarium Duchowne w Tarnowie w ciągu dwóch wieków istnienia szczyciło się wieloma i wielkimi postaciami rektorów, a jeden z nich, ks. Roman Sitko, został wyniesiony do chwały ołtarzy. Osoba błogosławionego Rektora wciąż inspiruje, nie tylko kapłanów i alumnów WSD w Tarnowie czy WSD w Rzeszowie, ale także osoby świeckie. Jego całkowite oddanie sprawie powołań i dobrej formacji nowych kapłanów zasługuje na opracowanie. W artykule tym został ukazany fragment historii tarnowskiego seminarium, kiedy urząd rektorski sprawował ks. Sitko – skład kadry wychowawczej i profesorskiej, liczby alumnów i nowo wyświęconych kapłanów. Nie pominięto też wręcz ojcowskich relacji pomiędzy rektorem i alumnami, co sprzyjało dobrej atmosferze formacji. Cenne są tu przywoływane fragmenty świadectw ówczesnych kleryków. Zaprezentowano także sytuację seminarium w trudnym czasie II wojny światowej, kiedy jego budynek został zajęty przez Wehrmacht. Nie przeszkodziło to jednak w kontynuowaniu formacji kleryków. Rektor Sitko zorganizował ośrodek w Błoniu koło Tarnowa, gdzie podjął się przygotowania kleryków do święceń kapłańskich. Ostatecznie został za to aresztowany i osadzony w więzieniu. Po roku aresztu trafił do obozu Auschwitz, gdzie ukoronował całkowite oddanie sprawie tarnowskiego seminarium i kleryków męczeńską śmiercią.
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Father Adam Kaźmierczyk (1920-2004), as a student of the first year of the Seminary in Tarnów, was one of the people arrested on April 22, 1941 by the Nazis in Błonie near Tarnów. He was thus an eyewitness to the beginning of martyrdom of the rector, Fr. Roman Sitko – now blessed. This article has cited the memories of Fr. Adam concerning his seminary formation, which was interrupted for 100 days due to his arrest and imprisonment in Tarnów. These facts may partly be revealed in the previously published interviews of Fr. Kaźmierczyk, or known for a certain group of people from his oral tradition. Some events can be aligned with the memories of the witnesses of Fr. Roman Sitko’s arrest, available in the publications devoted to the Blessed Father. Any such information is valuable and sheds light on the issue of repression against the Church in Tarnów by the Nazis during World War II and the heroic attitude of the priests at the time. This article contains excerpts of the archival manuscript by Fr. Adam Kaźmierczyk, confirms the already known facts and is a new voice in the matter.
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