This is how the planet passes away. This is how the greats of this planet pass by. And those who stand by the religion stay – Fr. Archbishop Marek Jędraszewski said during Mass in the parish of Our woman of Czestochowa in Krakow- Glass Houses. The Eucharist was combined with the blessing of the plaques commemorating the faithful and priests of Nowa Huta, who called for the presence of God in the lives of the inhabitants of this part of Krakow.
Nowa Huta was expected to be a model socialist town – the parish priest of Our woman of Częstochowa parish in Kraków-Zładnych Houses, Fr Augustyn Spasowicz OCist reminded at the beginning of Mass. He pointed out that the residents who came here brought with them attachment to the religion and needed not only housing, schools, or workplaces, but besides a church.
The parish priest pointed to the events of April 27, 1960, erstwhile the inhabitants stood up for the cross which the communist authorities intended to remove from the site previously intended for the construction of the temple.
– We want to callback the fact about the fresh Year's Cross and its top defender, St. John Paul II, and the fact about the builders of churches in Nowa Huta," said the parish priest, pointing to the meaning of the plaques commemorating priests and believers active in the defence of faith. He emphasized that the city that was to be devoid of God, thanks to their perseverance, became the place where more churches were built.
Father Augustyn Spasowicz OCist welcomed Fr Marek Jędraszewski, priests, representatives of the authorities, the Institute of National Memory, NSZZ “Solidarity”, school communities and residents of Nowa Huta.
The letter of Dr. Filip Musiał, manager of the Branch of the Institute of National Memory in Krakow was then read. The manager reminded him that Nowa Huta, which according to the communist authorities was to be a city deprived of God.
“Thanks to the multitude of people, clergy and saints, successive temples have become bastions of religion and freedom in times of communist enslavement and conflict for the government of the soul. Next to the silent, frequently nameless heroes of those days, Fr.Card stood persistently. Karol Wojtyla. His shepherding care and support gave the residents hope and strength to continue. They reminded us that man’s compatibility and spiritual foundations were inviolable. I firmly believe that the commemorations unveiled present will remind visitors of the large values of faith, freedom and solidarity," wrote the director.
– A man deprived of God, as the Second Vatican Council writes, is disappearing. Man without God ceases to be man. It becomes a cog of a large production machine," said Archbishop Marek Jędraszewski, stressing the importance of religion for maintaining human dignity.
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