Salezjanie w Kobylnicy w latach 1950-2009 i w Kwakowie w latach 1950-1989

Abstract

The first Salesian to take up duties as vicar administrator in Kobylnica was Father Franciszek Krajewski, parish priest of the Parish of the Holy Family and St Juda Thaddeus in Słupsk. He performed his duties from 1 April 1950 till 26 May 1951. Upon his request, Father Lucjan Koźlik became parish priest and on 1 June 1951 the Parish of the Sacred Heart of Jesus was founded in Kobylnica. In 1958, a separate parish in Kwakowo was formed. It comprised 12 out of 17 places from the southern part of the Kobylnica Parish. The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish in Kwakowo was officially established only on 25 January 1974, due to the anti-church policy of the authorities. In 1989, Father Franciszek Maziarz assigned this parish to the Diocese of Koszalin – Kołobrzeg. In the years 1951 to 2009 the Parish of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Kobylnica had 10 Salesian parish priests, out of whom 7 were also heads of the religious house. Pastoral service was also carried out by 31 assistant priests. The parish in Kwakowo was run by 3 independent Salesian vicars and 2 Salesian parish priests; in the years 1966 to 1989 the parish priests were supported by 12 assistant priests. Besides, in Kobylnica there worked 20 seminarians (1952 – 1991) and 1 coadjutor (2004 – 2006), and 4 assistants in Kwakowo, doing their pedagogical and pastoral training (1959 – 1965). The Salesians from Kobylnica served in the local parish church, a branch church in Sierakowo and since January 1991, the Chapel of Our Lady Help of Christians in Łosino; since 1993 Sunday Masses were also celebrated in a day room in Bolesławice. The Salesians from Kwakowo celebrated Holy Masses in the churches in Kwakowo and Kuleszewo, and since 1974 in Objezierze and in some newly built churches: in Lubuń (since 1983), Suchorze (since 1987), and in the chapel in Płaszewo (since 1988) which had been properly adapted. In the Kobylnica Parish, there was always a large group of altar boys and choirs or teenage bands performed during the liturgy. There was also the Living Rosary Association, the Association of Salesians Cooperators and the Parish Council. Also the Charismatic Renewal and the Light–Life Movement functioned on and off in the parish.