Salezjanie w Pałowie, w Słonowicach, w Sycewicach oraz w Sławsku

Abstract

This article provides a historical overview of the presence of the Salesian priests in four towns in northern Poland. Between the years 1952-1988, the parish in Palow was served by 7 parish priests on behalf of the Salesian Society. The assistant staff consisted of 33 priests and 24 clerical students undergoing pastoral training. The area of the parish was very vast and almost reached from Słupsk to Sławno. A pastoral post in Slonowice was separated from this parish in 1963. The formal establishment of a separate parish in Slonowice did not take place until 3 May 1976. Earlier, between the years 1962-1963, Rev. Jan Romanowicz created the basis for founding a new pastoral post which at first functioned as an independent curacy. Later, 4 Salesians managed this post, but the third of them, Rev. Zdzisław Serwa, first managed it as an independent curate. After the parish was established, Rev. Serwa was nominated parish priest however his successor Rev. Andrzej Pastwa transferred the parish to the Koszalińsko-Kołobrzeska Diocese in 1991. For the last two years before the transfer, Rev. Pastwa was additionally helped by one clergyman and between the years 1988-1989 one assistant. After the parish priest from Palow, Rev. Wiesław Dąbrowski, built a new church and a presbyter in Sycewice, St. John Bosco Parish was erected on 8 December 1988. At this time, the church in Palow moved to Sycewice and the church in Palow became a filiar church. The post of parish priest was performed altogether by three Salesians and the builder of the church in the parish in Sycewice. In 1998, one of those priests, Rev. Jan Terlikowski, also transferred this parish to the Koszalińsko-Kołobrzeska Diocese. The pastoral work of the parish priests in Sycewice was supported by 8 clergymen. Between the years 1973-1982, Rev. Władysław Odziemczyk worked as a rector of the church in Sławsko. He also created the framework for a parish erected there later. During the period in which the Salesian priests managed the parishes in Palowo, Slonowice and Sycewice, the priests managed roses of the Living Rosary, altar server groups, and oratory for teenagers. In Sycewice, Rev. Czeslaw Nenikowski founded the Scouting Association of the Republic of Poland.