Salezjanie w Główczycach (1950-2010), w Stowięcinie (1950-1998) oraz w Cecenowie (1950-1998)

Abstract

The years 1950-2010 saw 11 parish priests in Główczyce, working on behalf of the Salesian Society. In 1952, a chaplaincy was formed in Stowięcino out of the Główczyce parish which in turn gave rise to the Assumption of Our Lady chaplaincy in Cecenowo in 1959. Due to the anticlerical policy of the state, a separate parish was only established in Stowięcino on 25 January 1968, and in Cecenowo on 2 October 1973. The Stowięcino parish saw 6, and the Cecenowo parish, 9 Salesians, who were first autonomous curates and then parish priests (after the establishing of the parishes). Główczyce had 35 assistant priests from the Salesian Society, Stowięcino 7, and Cecenowo 2. There were 16 seminarians doing their pedagogical and pastoral practice in Główczyce, 17 in Stowięcino, and 1 in Cecenowo. Additionally, 5 coadjutors were sent to Główczyce and 1 to Cecenowo to assist local priests. Eventually, the Salesians remained only in Główczyce, while the parishes in Cecenowo and Stowięcino were handed over to the Pelplin diocese. In all three parishes, there were groups of the Living Rosary, groups of altar servers, choirs or youth music bands, and oratories for children and young people. Moreover, the Light-Life Movement developed there rapidly.