Monsinjoras Jonas Juodelis: biografinė apybraiža

LTVienas tokių garbingų dvasininkų - Bažnyčios Šviesos skleidėjų - Panevėžio vyskupijos kancleris, Šv. apaštalų Petro ir Povilo bažnyčios klebonas, teologijos daktaras monsinjoras Jonas Juodelis, 2001 m. gegužės 21 d. peržengęs 80 metų slenkstį. 1947 m. birželio 29 d. vyskupo Kazimiero Paltaroko įšventintas kunigu Jonas Juodelis jau per 30 metų dirba Panevėžio Šv. apaštalų Petro ir Povilo bažnyčios klebonu, o nuo 1983 m. ir Panevėžio vyskupijos kancleriu. Möns. J. Juodelio pamokslai, vaikų katechizacija, kita pastoracinė veikla statant gyvąją Bažnyčią, susilaukė sovietinių represijų. Tačiau lagerio kančios neprivertė kunigo nuolaidžiauti okupantams - jis ir toliau tvirtai ėjo pasirinktu tarnybos Dievui, Tėvynei ir žmonėms keliu. Svarbi Panevėžio vyskupijai ir mons. J. Juodelio pedagoginė veikla: katechetų kursai, aukštesnioji katechetų mokykla, VDU Teologijos fakultetas. Mons. J. Juodelio iniaciatyva įkurta Panevėžio Kazimiero Paltaroko vidurinė mokykla 2002 metais išleis pirmuosius abiturientus... Apgynęs filosofijos licenciato darbą, nostrifikuotas teologijos daktaru, monsinjoras aktyvią mokslinę veiklą išplėtė tik Lietuvai atgavus nepriklausomybę. Jo mokslinėje darbuotėje išskiriamos mokslinė, administracinė ir organizacinė veiklos kryptys.Mons. J. Juodelis tapo aktyviu Lietuvių katalikų mokslo akademijos (LKMA) nariu, įkūręs LKMA Panevėžio skyrių, tapo jo vadovu. Skaito pranešimus Sinoikijose, mokslinėse bei mokslinėse-jubiliejinėse konferencijose, rašo straipsnius mokslinėje bei periodinėje spaudoje. Sudėtingas, pamokantis monsinjoro Jono Juodelio gyvenimo kelias gali būti ne vienam mūsų pavyzdžiu, kaip reikia pasiaukojamai dirbti, skleisti Dievo žodį, meilę ir gėrį... Sovietinėje spaudoje apie šią asmenybę pasirodydavo tik pasityčiojančius žinutės. Tad pirmieji straipsniai apie teologijos daktarą monsinjorą Joną Juodelį pradėti publikuoti atgavus Lietuvos Nepriklausomybę. Juos skirstome į tris grupes: straipsniai skirti J. Juodeliui, straipsniai, kuriuose J. Juodelis tik paminėtas, ir paties J. Juodelio straipsniai [Iš Įvado].

ENThe priests who were brave enough to teach the Gospel under Soviet occupation preached, God's love for people and were themselves sources of this love. Thanks to their efforts, religious spirituality was not only uprooted, but even blossomed out during the occupation and determined the nation's decision to restore its independence. One o f such honourable priests, beacons of the Church, is Monsignor Jonas Juodelis, chancellor of the diocese of Panevėžys, pastor of the Church of Saint Apostles Peter and Paul, doctor of theology (licenciate in philosophy, 1948, nostrificated doctor of theology in 1995), Chairman of the Panevėžys center of the Lithuanian Catholic Academy of Science (1992), merited citizen of Panevėžys (1997), whose all life has been dedicated to the service to God, Lithuania and people, on May 21, 2001, crossed the threshold of his 80, h anniversary. Monsignor Jonas Juodelis' rich, though complicated, life is a brilliant example of work devoted to communicating God's word, love, goodness... Jonas Juodelis, the eldest child in the family of farmers Bronislava Karosaitė (1893 - 1982) and Antanas Juodelis (1891 - 1977) of Liudiškis village (Anykščiai county), was born on May 21, 1921. (Out of the five children born into the family, two daughters died wery young). Having finished a primary school in Anykl čiai, which had been established on the initiative of the risters of the St.Cross Congregation, he stayed on the farm for one year. During the next year he finished two classes (5 th and 6 th) of the reformed secular primary school and enrolled in the 1 st class of the reformed gymnasium. After three years at Anykl čiai progymnasium he continued his studies at Panevėžys men's gymnasium. On graduating from it in the fall of 1942, he enrolled into the Theological Seminary of Kaunas. Wherever he studied, J. Juodelis was always an earnest and exemplary student.He was fond of all disciplines, but was especially keen on mathematics. He was a passionate reader of books and paid much attention to foreign languages. The first foreign language which he taught himself was Esperanto. At school in Anykl čiai he was learning French, and, when German was introduced, he studied it for a year, that is, until he moved to Panevėžys. At the Panevėžys gymnasium he studied English. It should be said that the monsignor has been keen on languages all his life. He mastered Italian and Polish on his own and offered a course of the French - Hebrew languages, he set about learning Hebrew independently. He has a good demand of Russian, German, French, Latin, Spanish, Italian and Polish. At present in order to perfect himself in English, he performs his daily reading of the breviary in English. He is proud to possess the Holy Writ in as many as twenty languages and regrets that he is not yet able to read it in all of them. The monsignor's interest in literature has been increasing since his school days. His private library is enormous - it contains thousands of books in different foreign languages. The books are arranged according to subjects and stored on shelves in all the rooms and halls. The monsignor remembers starting to accumulate the library at an early age, though the resources of the family were poor. His ambition to become a priest goes back to his childhood, though when he was a student of the gymnasium, he was advised to take up medical sciences. Jonas Juodelis, a Student of the gymnasium, was greatly impressed by Dr. Phil. Juozapas Čepėnas, a priest, who in 1938 was appointed to the duties of the pastor of Anykščiai. Their friendship started as soon as the Rev. Juozapas Čepėnas was appointed to the parish: like other parishioners, J.Juodelis heard the pastor's preaching and saw his work.In 1942 the Rev. Juozapas Čepėnas set the future monsingnor on his way to priesthood. The monsignor recalls Pastor Juozapas Čepėnas' hard statements pronounced at the time of Soviet rule. „Communism has discredited beautiful ideals and ideas!" The Rev. J. Čepėnas was far sighted, tactful and hard - working. He was independent both in personal life and during his term as a pastor. Most probably this quality of character motivated his appointments to small parishes. His reaction to any wrong done to his parishioners, particulary to young people, was uncompromising. On June 29,1947, Jonas Juodelis was ordained priest by Bishop Kazimieras Paltarokas. Three other ordained priests were: Jonas Butkus (born 10/2/1920), Albertas Talačka (1921 - 1999) and Bronius Strazdas (1923 -1996), all of them from the Panevėžys Diocese. After a few months' work in Ramygala (Kupiškis??), the Rev. J.Juodelis was appointed to the position of curate for Pastor Canon Vladislovas Kupstas. As schoolchildren were his favourite community of believers and as he was on friendly terms with them, it was guite natural that the Easter Recollections in charge of which was the Rev. J. Juodelis, demonstrated tremendous activity on the part of students. No wonder that Curate J.Juodelis was threatened by the security and warned about what awaited those who were involved in the what was considered to be most dangerous anti-Soviet propaganda religious upbringing of young people. In spite of numerous of priestly responsiblities, J.Juodelis also did research work. While in Kupiškis, he wrote a licentiate in philosophy „Integral humanism by Jacques Maritain". In 1948 the licentiate was defended. On December 14,1995, the scientific council of Lithuania nostrificated the scientific degree given to him for his licentiate dissertation in philosophy and conferred a Doctorate in Theology on him. [...].

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