Original scientific paper

Adam Muchtin and Women Religious

Veronika Mila Popić ; Society of the Sisters of Mercy of Saint Vinko Paulski - Province of the Mother of Good Counsel - Rijeka, Croatia

Abstract

The article analyses the pastoral care that Adam Muchtin, from 1932 to 1942, directed towards the members of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul - Zagreb, who were employees in the state hospital in Sušak. Available sources show that Muchtin and the members of the afore mentioned religious congregation also collaborated in a variety of fields of Muchtin’s pastoral activity. The article reviews social and historical contexts as well as the spiritual context of Croatian Catholic Movement which influenced Muchtin’s instructions directed to women and women religious, what can be seen from two Muchtin’s texts (“The Spouse of Christ” and “Christ and Women”). Furthermore, the article presents the work of the Sisters of Charity in the state hospital in Sušak during the period when Muchtin was the hospital chaplain. The indication of the further collaboration with the sisters is also outlined (the collaboration that took place after the foundation of the Parish of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus).

Keywords

Women Religious; Sisters of Charity; Croatian Catholic Movement; Healthcare; Sušak

Hrčak ID:

243529

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/243529

Publication date:

5.9.2020.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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