Fundamentalne płaszczyzny wychowawcze w jezuickich szkolnych Sodalicjach Mariańskich dawnej Rzeczypospolitej i na Śląsku (XVI–XVIII w.)

Abstract

The history of Jesuit education is also a history of the Sodality (Congregation) of Our Lady, founded by the Belgian Jesuit John Leunis. The Sodality was canonically approved in 1584, that is, twenty years after its inception. The Superior General of the Society of Jesus, Claudio Aquaviva, drew up a statute binding on all congregations, thus initiating the existence of the Sodality as a public and church society. The Jesuit Sodality of Our Lady experienced a great crisis after the dissolution of the Society of Jesus in the eighteenth century. In the modern Jesuit Sodality, the religious and moral education was the most important element. On the religious ground, the important role of prayer and ascetic practices was emphasized, and on the moral ground – virtue, diligence, charitable activities, patriotism and civic formation. A member of Sodality was supposed to be an exemplar of religious, moral and civic attitude. Today, the Christian Life Community continues the traditions of this Sodality.