Urszulanki Serca Jezusa Konającego we Wrocławiu – 50 lat służby i radości
Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus in Wrocław – 50 years of service and joy

Summary/Abstract: The article is an attempt to present a very interesting history of work and life of Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus in Wrocław. In 1686 Ursuline sisters settled there and since then their lives have become an integral part of the history of the city, both before the second world war and after it, as they ran a well recognized and appreciated school for girls. Grey Ursuline sisters - one of the youngest and specifically Polish branches of the Ursuline sisters – came to the Lower Silesia in 1959 and at the beginning of the 1960s they started to work in Wałbrzych, Gryfów Śląski and in Wrocław itself. Their first base in Wrocław was a “small house” at St. George parish at ul. Biegła 2. There three sisters worked since September 1962 till July 2010. The first superior was sister Teresa Vogt, the last one sister Jolanta Ziółkowska (the house was closed on 31 July 2010 after 48 years of work). Since 2010 the sisters have worked at St Boniface parish. Writing the house chronicle the superiors left rich material, which allows us to reconstruct the life of sisters in Brochów parish We can find there the description of events which form three layers. The fist one is the life of the universal Church, the second one – of the local Church, the third one – the perception of the religious congregation through the perspective of the mother house and small communities in the Lower Silesia which are gathered around the convent in Sieradz as the central house. The spirituality of saint Urszula Ledóchowska, which has been so transparently present in the lives of the sisters during their time of service at St George parish, has remained in the hearts and minds of the ones that the sisters educated regardless of their age, level of education and sex. For them that Ursuline perception of God which is full of joy, laughter and love remains valid. This article is a tribute and acknowledgement to all grey Ursuline sisters, who have served the Church and the faithful in Wrocław.

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