CARE AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY OF RELIGIOUS CONGREGATIONS IN PŁOCK... FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE MID-TWENTIETH CENTURY
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.19251/sej/2021.13(2)Keywords:
care, education, religious congregationsAbstract
From the very beginning of its existence, the Church took care of the poorest. It organized and ran hospitals and schools for them. In addition to helping adult people, it took care of orphaned children. The children were looked after by religious congragations because they were often abandoned in the churches. In Poland, the first hospitals that looked after abandoned children appeared in the 13th century. The first hospital of this
type was established in Sandomierz in 1222. In Płock, for several centuries, the care of poor children and youth was provided by religious congregations and priests of the Płock diocese: Norbertines, the Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy of Father Paulo (Szarytki), the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy, the Congregation of the Passionate Sisters of priest Adam Pęski, the Charity Society with priest Ignacy Lasocki, the Congregation of the Sisters Servants of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Old Catholic Mariavite Church. Thanks to the dedicated activity of Płock assemblies and diocesan priests, many children had a chance for a normal and dignified life.
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