SZKOLNE ORGANIZACJE RELIGIJNE W DIECEZJI LUBELSKIEJ W DWUDZIESTOLECIU MIĘDZYWOJENNYM
SCHOOL-BASED RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS IN THE LUBLIN DIOCESE IN THE INTERWAR PERIOD

Summary/Abstract: Poland’s regaining of independence in 1918 entailed many challenges. In addition to the establishment of state structures, rebuilding the destroyed economy, the issue of education and upbringing was also an important element. The Polish Episcopate played an important role in this area, striving for the moral and religious revival of Polish families through the education of youth. Religious organizations of various types operating at schools were an effective tool for educational influence on young people. The most popular included: the Sodality of Our Lady, the Eucharistic Crusade or the Living Rosary Association. Unfortunately, despite the initial freedom of action enjoyed by these organizations, after the May coup, the Sanation authorities tried to significantly restrict their activities, aiming primarily at the ideal of state education. The collection of the Lublin Archdiocesan Archives contains reports from 1933–1934 showing the activities of school-based religious organizations in the Lublin Diocese. They provide much valuable information both on their activities, membership, but also on the prevailing social relations. The purpose of the article is to present, as far as possible, a picture of school-based religious organizations in the schools of the Diocese of Lublin in the interwar period, above all at a time when relations between the Church and the state were quite tense and a struggle for the spiritual leadership was taking place.

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