Głos tygodnika „Myśl Katolicka” (1908-1914) o ewangelizacyjnej roli prasy katolickiej

Abstract

The weekly “Myśl Katolicka” (“Catholic Thought”), issued between 1908-1914 in Częstochowa by a secret religious association named “Women’s Union for Catholic Activity dedicated to Our Lady of Częstochowa, the Queen of Poland”, was a magazine which endeavoured to make real the motto of Pope Pius X: “Instaurare omnia in Christo” But first we have to remark that the magazine’s editors belonged to those who firmly acted against modernism. “Myśl Katolicka” was convinced that the press could successfully be an instrument of evangelisation. The magazine’s editors made efforts to open their readers’ eyes to the service role of the Catholic press towards the apostolic mission of the Church. They did all of this in the well-known social and religious situation, which existed then in Poland. The article is first of all an attempt at the systematisation of statements, which appeared in editorial articles. Presenting a positive vision of Catholic journalism, “Myśl Katolicka” at the same time warned against ‘bad press’, i.e. that which called into question truths of the Faith and Christian morality.