Wkład Franciszka Małaczyńskiego OSB w odnowę liturgii w Polsce

Abstract

Stanisław Marian Małaczyński was bom on the 18th of August 1920 in Lvov. He was ordained on the 6th of June 1946 and in 1959 entered Benedictine Order where he received the name Franciszek. In the years 1963-1965 he studied liturgy in Rome under the direction of B. Neunheuser O.S.B. and obtained a doctor’s degree. In 1953 he was enrolled in the Episcopal Commission for Liturgy, of which he was a secretary for many years. His great impact on the renewal of the liturgy is expressed mostly by translations and preparing Polish liturgical books for publication. To those belong rituals, missals, rites of paschal liturgy, the rites of the sacraments, profession of the religious, the rites of consecration of the virgins, benediction of the abbot and abbess, the liturgical calendar for the Polish dioceses, the Polish edition of the Liturgy of the Hours, the Lectionary, the book of General Intercessions. He also created several new prefaces. Beside of these, according to the initiative of Card. Karol Woytyla he organized the Course of Liturgy, of which he was responsible for two years and afterwards with full commitment he lectured in the Liturgical Institute in Kraków and in its affiliated department in Rzeszów. Apart from editorial and educational work he published a lot in “Ruch Biblijny i Liturgiczny” [Biblical and Liturgical Movement], of which he was a co-editor for a long time, and delivered a number of speeches during the meetings of the Polish liturgists. For his 70th anniversary the Primate of Poland, Card. Joseph Glemp addressed to him in the letter of gratitude for his dedication in the service of the liturgy: “The years in the Tyniec monastery you have used in many ways. I shall emphasize one aspect of your work in the area of the liturgy as an expert and a secretary of the Episcopal Commission for Liturgy for almost 30 years. The Polish translations of all liturgical books have passed through your hands [...]. You may be aware that by your work you remain constantly united with the liturgical prayer of the Church in Poland.”