„LAUDARE, BENEDICERE, PRAEDICARE” – MAŁE SEMINARIUM (INTERNAT) OO. DOMINIKANÓW W ŻÓŁKWI (1923–1938)
“LAUDARE, BENEDICERE, PRAEDICARE” – THE DOMINICAN ORDER’S MINOR SEMINARY (BOARDING SCHOOL) IN ZHOVKVA (1923–1938)

Summary/Abstract: The Dominican monastery in Zhovkva was a perfect place for establishing an educational care centre: it had money, professional staff and experience in running academic institutions. The vicinity of Lviv was an additional factor in favor of situating there a boarding school for potential candidates for the Dominican Order. Chronicles and personal books provide a lot of information on everyday life and attitude of the charges of the Zhovkva institution. The analysis allows to take a look at the situation from the perspectives of both the student and the teacher. Dominican educational ideals, based on the main principles of the order – “laudare, benedicere, praedicare” were implemented by the whole boarding school community. Catechists with their assistants propagated the values of the order, themselves being role models, and instilled them in their charges. The students developed the values through religious practices, participa- tion in religious and secular organizations, as well as their own attitude in various everyday situations.

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