Marijonų sielovadinė veikla Lietuvoje pirmosios sovietinės ir nacių okupacijų metais
The activities of the Marians’ pastoral care in Lithuania during the first soviet and nazi occupations

Summary/Abstract: Straipsnyje aptariama marijonų sielovadinė veikla Lietuvoje 1940–1944/45 metais. Vienuolijos veiklą lėmė besikeičianti istorinė situacija. 1940 m. vasarą su pirmąja sovietine okupacija baigėsi sielovadai palankus laikotarpis. Marijonai išgyveno sunkius metus, kai reikėjo stengtis išlikti, skleisti tikėjimą bendruomenėje, užsiimti sielovadine veikla, esant nepalankioms aplinkybėms. The Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary is a fraternal community of priests and non-priests, the members of which are encouraged to spread God’s glory by Christian love and apostolic legation and seek evangelical perfection for themselves. The special aim of the Congregation is to earnestly strive for all the people living on the earth or the ones who are in the purgatory to achieve eternal happiness in the care of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Congregation pursues this aim especially when obtaining education and teaching others, carrying out the holy service and helping priests in dioceses. One of the most important activities which is suitable for monks is to infuse faith in people’s hearts and spread virtuousness. Missions and recollections are important means for this purpose. The first Marian monastery in Lithuania was founded in 1750, in Marijampolė. After 150 years the Marian monastery vanished due to unfavourable historic circumstances, the old monks nearly died off and there were no new callings. In 1909 the Blessed Jurgis Matulaitis reopened the Congregation.

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