Like Father Piotr Skarga, who was persistently beating himself to Polish consciences, we inform against duplication of mistakes which erstwhile led the Republic to fall, and present endanger not only us, but the full civilization of the West – says Sławomir Olejniczak, president of the Board of the Christian Culture Association. Fr Piotr Skargi in an interview with Jerzy Wolak, editor-in-chief of the magazine “Polonia Christiana”.
The text was published in the bimonthly "Polonia Christiana"
Number 100 — September-October 2024
If there were no Christian Culture Association. Fr Piotr Skarga, what would the Polish socio-spiritual scenery lack?
It's hard to justice this hypothetical situation for yourself. Rather, we should ask our Donors, Readers and Recipients – they would surely be more nonsubjective in their opinion. Nevertheless, just as all human being is unique in history, so are the human organizations. Like all man, God entrusts any task – smaller or larger – to the same people as well. And so, the Fr Piotr Skarga Christian Culture Association – established at a peculiar time, place and circumstances – has its own unique mission: Awake! We are following the lead of our patron. Fr Piotr The complaint awakened the consciences of Poles, even beating themselves to their consciences, exposing national disadvantages which led to the fall of the Republic. He was ignored, even persecuted – only after experiencing dissections, Poles remembered his warnings.
Following the footsteps of Father Piotr Skarga, we want to observe the duplication of errors that lead to the moral and civilizational fall, as well as the state fall. Our function is tirelessly to repeat: If you walk distant from the principles which God has passed on to us, sooner or later this will end in disaster..
What distinguishes us from others? First of all, the velocity of consequence to any effort to rebuild the spiritual tissue of society. Our conscious consequence to revolutionaries in many areas has proved effective. Early we besides diagnosed the metamorphosis of communism from red to green-brown, carried out with new, sophisticated intellectual methods. present we can see that we have correctly recognized the cultural revolution, which can be called the anesthesia of consciences and minds, and our counterattacks in this field talk for themselves.
Which of the many projects, campaigns and another works of the SKCh from the full quarter-century period of its activities Your peculiar satisfaction, pride and satisfaction?
In the secular sphere, we have surely managed to block the legalization of the partnerships of the same sex unions and to align them with marriages and the defence of human life – we have managed, in cooperation with the life defence movements and after many years of joint campaigns, to lead to a situation in which the Constitutional Court issued a ruling on the illegality of abortion for eugenic reasons, which are the main reason for legal abortions.
On ecclesiastical and spiritual issues, I consider it a large achievement, first of all, to stimulate and renew with the aid of average material, regular piety and religiousness, to increase the function of prayer, especially the common household prayer at home.
I would have included action as well as successful initiatives in the field of spirituality Stop Holy Communion at hand!, revealing a deficiency of respect for the Body of Christ truly present in the Eucharist. We have touched on the question of knowing the sanctity of the sacrament of the Eucharist, awakening many consciences. And this is simply a lot – our work as faithful Catholic Church is to respect what is fundamental in the Church.
Our run was besides crucial for spiritual and moral life Polonia semper fidelis as a voice of opposition to giving Holy Communion to divorced persons who live in unsacramental relationships, or simply surviving in the sin of adultery.
It is worth reminding about our celebrated kid – a law organization already known not only in Poland but besides in the planet – about the Institute for Legal Culture Ordo Iuris. According to the presumption set out at its establishment, this organization has a profound impact on the people of politics and the legal world. Thanks to excellent intellectual preparation, it shapes the legal discourse, bringing interpretations of the right to normality, without comfortable for revolutionaries to bend ideologically and without yielding to the influence of mass media.
Finally, I would like to add that the Association of Fr Piotr Skarga not only raises the consciences of Poles. Memoirs for the eternal mission of Catholic Poland in the region of Międzymorza we have established organizations of our kind in Estonia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Croatia, which, although created on our initiative, already operate independently in their homelands.
Surely there are plans for the next 4th of the century...
It's hard to talk about far-reaching plans in a situation as unstable as the present one. next day it may turn out that our long-term plan present needs to be diametrically corrected, due to the fact that circumstances have changed and fresh factors have arisen. We see, as on the palm of our hand, that the revolutionary process is falling into expanding paroxysms: we are entering a phase of massive historical-social shocks. And this, on the 1 hand, creates a threat, but on the other, could mean the collapse of the Revolution.
So, erstwhile we talk about plans, first of all, we plan to stay steadfastly faithful to God, the Blessed parent and the Catholic Church. It may turn out that we will be persecuted for our religion and our physical safety or our life will be questionable. present we see how worldwide hatred of Christians is rampant – on a large scale and with all tools. besides in Poland. Isn't that where Minister Adam Bodnar's ideas are going? The penalization of the alleged "talk of hatred" which he has advocated gives law enforcement authorities large freedom of interpretation. This will be nothing more than censorship for believers – even conversion or criticism of abortion can be regarded as “a speech of hatred”. In fact, we know specified examples and judgments of the courts in the West – let us remember the figure of the life defender Mary Wagner.
So erstwhile the trends in Europe and Poland are increasing, dangerous for believers, who are closed to the right to freedom of religion, conscience, words, their strength – our strength – must be to convince and believe in the final triumph of God and Our Lady. We're not just expected to trust this victory, we're expected to put our own brick on it. Faithful to Christ and His Mother, we will be able to last any, even the top historical turmoil.
In times of confusion, it is especially crucial to bear witness to the fact and to keep hope in people. aid them not to get lost and fall into the worst of possible states – despair.
So here is the plan for the next 4th of the century: not to give in to the temptation of doubt, to keep the clarity of reason and to obey the teaching of the Church--the actual one, not reinterpreted again by modern, insufferable laity propaganda. We must not forget that God is able to lead us out of the worst situations and historical turmoil, and Mary – Queen of Poland and our Queen of Poland – always leads to victory.
Like the mission of the Christian Culture Association. Father Peter Skarga is in the magazine “Polonia Christiana”?
The Christian Polonia magazine was called up to form consciousness and spirit in accordance with the mission of our Association. It is not a popular magazine, but a alternatively elite magazine, addressed to people seeking light in hard times – frequently to people influencing the awareness of others, to conservative opinion leaders. We want the elites to make people with strong views and faithful teaching of the Church. In liberal-left noise, in a crowd of propaganda pouring out streams from all sides, many people may fall into uncertainty and get confused. And in order to support people cornered by anti-cultural media mush, we print the magazine "Polonia Christiana". It is besides meant to be an alternate to anti-religious liberal and lay narration and to be a tool for consolidating usually and traditionally reasoning environments; to make them aware that we are truly many and we are everywhere.
Christian's "Polonia" is to not lose hope – to be like an anchor holding the fact on a raging sea of anti-value and atheism. The contents contained in it are intended to expose, on the 1 hand, voidness and falsehoods behind propaganda saturated with anti-values and disturbing centuries-old moral order, and on the another hand, to teach truth, goodness and beauty.
Thank you for talking to me.
Jerzy Wolak
The text was published in the bimonthly "Polonia Christiana"
Number 100 — September-October 2024
