Published: 2024-10-29

Changes in the organisational structures of Polish-speaking ministry in the Diocese of Brooklyn (NY), USA

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Abstract

In this article, the author presents a model of the functioning of Polish-speaking pastoral ministry in the Diocese of Brooklyn. This part of the New York metropolitan area is currently the most populated by Poles. The article presents the origins of emigration from Poland to the United States and its subsequent stages. The origins of pastoral ministry provided in the Polish language in the area and its subsequent rapid development are also presented, as evidenced by the establishment of many ethnic parishes at the turn of the 20th century, which were funded by Polish emigrants themselves. The metamorphosis of this pastoral ministry from pre-existing ethnic parishes to multicultural parishes, where the liturgy is celebrated in several different languages, is also shown. This transformation is shown in the context of social and migratory changes. The article also shows that the care for Polish migrants in the Diocese of Brooklyn, despite the changes taking place, has always been and continues to be carried out according to the documents and indications of the Universal Church.

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Mraczek, M. (2024). Changes in the organisational structures of Polish-speaking ministry in the Diocese of Brooklyn (NY), USA. Silesian Historical and Theological Studies, 56(2), 188–199. https://doi.org/10.31261/SSHT.2023.56.2.05

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Vol. 56 No. 2 (2023)
Published: 2024-10-29


ISSN: 0137-3447
eISSN: 2956-6185

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Instytut Gość Media/Księgarnia św. Jacka

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