Wąsowicz, Jarosław2026-04-082026-04-082012Seminare, 2012, Tom 31, s. 293-308.1232-8766https://theo-logos.pl/handle/123456789/43501Political changes in the 1980’s were made possible largely due to the involvement of the youth in opposition activities. One of the reasons for this was the openness of the youth towards proposals by the Polish church in the years 1945-1989. During this communist period, the Catholic Church fought constantly with the communist government to protect the spirituality of Polish youth. The last chapter of this clash took place in the 80’s. The communist government tried to restrict the influence of the churches on the young people at all costs. In this article, the author presents an analysis of the documents of the communist party of the city of Gdansk. He examines the influence on Polish youth of the movement called “Ruch Światło-Życie” (Light-Life movement). The documents report examples of school boards and teachers disobeying ‘school secularity’ by maintaining crosses in classrooms. At that time, the communist authorities ran a campaign to remove religious symbols from educational establishments in the whole country.polCC-BY-ND - Uznanie autorstwa - Bez utworów zależnychhistoria Polski XX w.Kościół w PRLduszpasterstwo młodzieżowediecezja gdańskarepresje władz wobec Kościoła w PRLhistoria Polskihistoria KościołaPRLPolska Rzeczpospolita LudowaKościół w okresie komunizmuKościół rzymskokatolickiduszpasterstwomłodzieżdokumenty KW PZPRXX w.history of Poland of the 20th centuryChurch in Polish People’s Republicyouth pastoral carediocese of Gdańskauthorities’ repressions towards the Church in the Polish People’s Republichistory of PolandChurch historyPolish People’s RepublicChurch during communismRoman Catholic Churchpastoral careyouthdocuments of the Provincial Committee of the Polish United Workers’ PartyArticle