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The Collapse Of The SVD Togo Mission (1914-1921)

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Miotk A.
Annales Missiologici Posnanienses
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2016
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issue 21
117-148
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This case-study is a study of the three stages of “The Collapse of the SVD Togo Mission (1914-1921)”: the Anglo-French Occupation (1914-1917); the Expulsion and Internment of the SVD Missionaries (1917-1918) and the Definitive Loss of the SVD Togo Mission (1918-1921). The investigation, based on archival sources of the SVD Generalate Archives in Rome (AG SVD) traced the unfolding of events within the international efforts to save the mission in the thriving Protectorate of Togo. The collapse of the SVD Togo Mission driven by rampant nationalism was brought about by the expulsion of its 53 missionaries in seven groups within three months. Even if the expelled German missionaries were pervaded by a deep spirit of patriotism, they were first and foremost religiously motivated men. In the end, they wound up as victims of the political entanglements. The Treaty of Versailles deprived the missions of significant apostolic forces. More than 1,000 German missionaries, including 130 Divine Word Missionaries, were thus excluded from mission territories as victims of political calculations. The SVD missionaries were released from internment within the year due to the urgent actions of their Superior General, Fr. Nikolaus Blum. They accepted the course of events in a truly apostolic spirit and received new assignments, mainly to the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia).
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Thomas Tien Keng-hsin, SVD: The historical greatness of the first Cardinal of China and the Far East Part one

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Miotk A.
Annales Missiologici Posnanienses
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2018
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issue 23
55-76
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That fact that Thomas Tien became the first cardinal of China and the Far East surpassed thewildest dreams of Fr. Arnold Janssen, the founder of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD),who had sent the first two missionaries to China in 1879. He was one fruit of Janssen’sdecision and subsequent concentrated involvement of the Society in evangelizing China. Thisstudy gives an insight into historical greatness of Thomas Cardinal Tien Keng-hsin for theUniversal Church, the Society of the Divine Word and local Church in China. He emergesmainly as an iconic figure reflecting the developments in the Chinese Church and played asymbolical role for the universal Church as an important link in the process ofinternationalization of the Church and her subsequent self-actualization as a World Church atVatican II. The study aims at making us aware that Tien’s figure should have an integral placein the systematic and comprehensive research on the as yet little explored mission of theSociety of the Divine Word in China.
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Review: Johann Ev. Hafner, 2022, Indigene Selbstbehauptung und katholischer Ökokommunismus. Der philippinische Rebellenpriester Conrado Balweg, Baden-Baden, Ergon Verlag, 242 pp. ISBN 978-3-95650-969-8

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Miotk A.
Nurt SVD
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2023
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issue 1
390-399
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The tragedy of Thomas Megan – the Prefect Apostolic of North Henan: apostolic or political missionary

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Miotk A.
Nurt SVD
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2022
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issue 2
48-74
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Chiny były pierwszą misją Zgromadzenia Słowa Bożego, zainicjowaną przez Założyciela o. Arnolda Janssena wysłaniem dwóch pionierów misjonarzy w 1879 roku, z których o. Jan Baptyst Anzer został pierwszym biskupem Zgromadzenia. Pomyślny rozwój tej misji uwidaczniał się przejmowaniem nowych terenów misyjnych. Po Szantungu Południowym (1882 rok) Zgromadzenie przejęło także misję w Gansu (1922 rok) oraz w Henanie Południowym (1923 rok). Potem werbiści przejęli także niezależną misję w Henanie Północnym (1936 rok), powierzoną werbistom amerykańskim. Niekwestionowanym liderem tej misji był energiczny i przebojowy Tomasz Megen (1899-1951) – prefekt apostolski Xinxiang, którego działalność i tragiczny los jest tematem niniejszego opracowania. W skomplikowanej sytuacji politycznej Chin Megan włączył się w czynną współpracę z przedstawicielami Chin narodowych i wojsk amerykańskich w czasie wojny z najeźdźcą japońskim oraz umacniającymi się komunistami Mao Zedonga. Odznaczył się zwłaszcza w zwalczaniu klęski głodu w Henanie (1942-1943). Po 22 latach nieprzerwanej pracy w Chinach udał się na zasłużony 6-miesięczny urlop do ojczyzny (1948 rok), który okazał się bezpowrotnym. Stolica Apostolska wykluczyła jego kandydaturę na biskupa w tworzonej diecezji oraz zakazała powrotu do Chin z racji współpracy z siłami politycznymi. Megan, zdruzgotany tą decyzją, podjął się trudnej misji wśród ludności afroamerykańskiej i zmarł dwa lata później w 1951 roku.
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China was the first mission of the Society of the Divine Word initiated by the Founder, Fr. Arnold Janssen with the sending of the two pioneer missionaries in 1879, one of whom, Fr. John Baptist Anzer, became the first bishop of the Society. The successful development of this mission was marked by the territorial expansion of the SVD mission. After South Shandong (1882), the Society took over the mission in Gansu (1922) and shortly after in South Henan (1923). Afterwards, the Divine Word Missionaries took over an independent mission entrusted to the American SVDs as Apostolic Prefect of Xinxiang in the North Henan (1936). The undisputed leader of this mission was its energetic pioneer Thomas Megan (1899-1951), appointed as the first Apostolic Prefect of Xinxiang. His activities and tragic fate are discussed in this study. In China’s complicated political situation, Megan became actively involved on the side of the National Government of Chiang Kai-Shek and of the American troops in the ongoing war against the Japanese invaders and Communist forces of Mao Zedong. Megan particularly distinguished himself in the fight against the Henan famine (1942-1943). After 22 years of uninterrupted work in China, Megan went on a well-deserved six-month leave of absence in his homeland USA (1948). His journey turned out to be without Return. The Holy See excluded his candidature for bishop post and forbade him to return to China because of his involvement in political activities. Devastated by this decision, Megan undertook a difficult mission among the African-American population and died two years later in 1951.
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