https://doi.org/10.31261/SSHT.2026.59.1.06
The article analyzes the history and contemporary significance of the “Marianum” center in Carlsberg as one of the most important institutions of Polish migrant pastoral ministry in Germany after the Second World War. The aim of the study is to reconstruct the origins and development of the center, with particular emphasis on the activity of Fr. Franciszek Blachnicki and the influence of the Light–Life Movement spirituality on the religious formation of the Polish diaspora. The first part presents the establishment of “Marianum” as a center for Polish war orphans and its gradual transformation into a religious and formative center for the Polish Catholic community in Germany. The article then discusses the activity of Fr. Franciszek Blachnicki in Carlsberg during the 1980s, portraying “Marianum” as a place of implementing the project of the New Evangelization, a center for lay formation, and a space for international cooperation inspired by the ecclesiology of the Second Vatican Council. The final part reflects on the contemporary situation of the center in the context of transformations within migrant pastoral ministry in Germany and the new guidelines of the German Bishops’ Conference concerning the model of the intercultural Church. The author argues that “Marianum” currently exists between the need to preserve Polish religious identity and the processes of integration with the local Church. The hermeneutical method applied in the study allows “Marianum” to be interpreted not only as a historical phenomenon, but also as a space for reflecting on contemporary pastoral transformations and searching for new models of migrant ministry in Western Europe.
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Vol. 59 No. 1 (2026)
Published: 2026-09-11
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