Pranciškonų misijos raiška Kretingos Šv. Antano kolegijoje 1932-1940 m.

LTStraipsnyje nagrinėjama Kretingos Šv. Antano kolegijos veikla 1932-1940 metais. Iš šios ugdymo įstaigos išaugusi dabartinė Kretingos pranciškonų gimnazija 2002 metais pažymėjo savo gyvavimo 70-mctį. Straipsnyje aptariamas svarbus edukacinio pranciškonų darbo aspektas - misionierių rengimas. Analizuojama Šv. Antano kolegijos kaip priaugančios gimnazijos raida, ugdymo turinio ypatumai, mokytojų bei mokinių kontingentas. Istorinio tyrimo įžvalgos įprasmina ir pranciškonų veiklos Kretingoje 400 metų sukaktį. Tarpukario pranciškonų edukacinės misijos pažinimas bei racionalus įvertinimas leidžia išlaikyti tradicijas, sėkmingai organizuoti ir plėtoti katalikišką ugdymą nūdienos visuomenėje. [Iš leidinio]Reikšminiai žodžiai: Gimnazija; Katalikiškas ugdymas; Kolegija; Misionierių rengimas; Pranciškonai; Catholic education; College; Franciscans; Gymnasium; Training of the missionaries.

ENThe Franciscan institution's activity has been developed in Kretinga for four hundred years. This activity is important in point of the Church mission. The educative activity of the Franciscan institution was especially significant during the first period of the Lithuanian independence - from 1918th till 1940th. These topics were researched little of modern educologics, historians in theirs works. It may find only the episodic researches, which exhibit the fellow culture aspects of Franciscan activity, in modern scientific literature. The most part of information are saved in funds of the Kretinga Franciscan gymnasium's museum in the special periodicals of 1933-1940. The foundation of the St. Antano College in 1932 actuated the development of the catholic education in Kretinga and made conditions for the palingenesis of the Franciscan monastery in Lithuania. The main objects of the St. Antano College activity were the training of the missionaries and the religious education of young people. The college, which had the new building and the strong support of public, was the augmentative gymnasium, which operated as the meaningful, educative and socioculture institution, in the middle of fourth decennary of the twentieth century. The most part of pupils were the ones of the catholic belief, but there were inducted the ones from the others religious confessions. It could prepare many poor young men, which lately could be the monastics-missionaries or the active public enlightener, for the missionary mission through the charity of the monastery, the different catholic funds and the private sponsors.The most part of the Franciscan gymnasium teachers had the university education moreover many of them were finished the theological studies. The women started to teach in the gymnasium in the end of fourth decennary. There were little differences between the Franciscan gymnasium and comprehensive schools in point of the content of education but the first one paid more attention for the Latin and philosophy. There were not more the catholic religious lessons than in others gymnasiums, because the Franciscans accented the versatile educative work. The Soviet occupation ended the successful gymnasium work, which continued eight years. The catholic secondary school, which was opened in 1992. recreated the tradition of the catholic education in Kretinga. The Kretinga Franciscan gymnasium develops this tradition with the help of the Little Brothers institution. [From the publication]