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Vol. 74 (1990): Our Past

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Blessed Honorat Koźmiński's religious community. Capuchin monasteries in Zakroczym and Nowe Miasto nad Pilicą in the years 1864-1916

  • Roland Prejs
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52204/np.1990.74.5-33  [Google Scholar]
Published: 1990-12-30

Abstract

The revival of the Polish Capuchin province in the 1850s was achieved thanks to Provincial Beniamin Szymański (1836-1849 and 1852-1856). It was thanks to his reforms that the Capuchins in the Kingdom of Poland gained the reputation of the most zealous order. The most engaged in pastoral work and the most outstanding monks were placed in a representative house, i.e. in Warsaw. This group included Father Honorat Koźmiński. Later, after the dissolution of the Warsaw monastery in 1864, the monks were moved to Zazdrowiem. There was tension between the Warsaw group, which wanted to strictly follow the rule, and the monks from Zakrętm, who took advantage of the dispensation and relaxed it. The victory of the Warsaw group was expressed through the development of multidirectional pastoral care in Zadrożym. The pillar of this movement was Father Prokop Leszczyński, a former provincial who enjoyed great authority. The activities of the Capuchins in Zakrętym encountered strong resistance from local priests. In response to their complaints, the Płock consistory limited the activities of the Capuchins to confessions and publishing popular religious literature. After the liquidation of the Zakoczm monastery in 1892, a group of monks together with Father Honorat went to the monastery in Nowe Miasto nad Pilicą. Father Honorat always supported the lofty ideals of monastic life and stubbornly defended them. His attitude was shared by most of his brothers and it was in this environment that his holiness was developed.

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