Caritas et veritas 2015, 5(2):84-91 | DOI: 10.32725/cetv.2015.034
Removal of Nuns from South Bohemian Hospitals by the Communist Regime and Its Impact on Pastoral Care of Patients
- Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích, Teologická fakulta, Katedra teologických věd, Kněžská 8, 370 01 České Budějovice
After February 1948 gradual circumscription of ecclesial life in the state began to take place. The communist authorities in Czechoslovakia sought, inter alia, to radically reduce the activities of female religious orders mainly in exposed areas such as education and public health care. First, on 13 April 1950, during a night raid, the police seized monasteries and the monks were taken to so-called "concentration" or internment monasteries. Then administrative restrictions on the activity of nuns and their transfer to so-called "centralization" cloisters followed. Those measures had a very negative impact on spiritual care of patients in town and district hospitals in the South Bohemian region, as documented by this study based on archive materials.
Keywords: church history, pastoral care of patients, nuns, communist regime, persecution of nuns
Published: September 30, 2015 Show citation
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