Abstract

This paper will show the dynamics of change in the celebration of the parish patron’s day at the turn of several decades (before and after the Second Vatican Council) at a Marian shrine in Poland and the cult of Cross from Monjardin in Spain. It will refer to various forms of ritual which are manifestations of popular piety: cultural expressions, services, prayers and songs which form part of the veneration of Our Lady of Sorrows, Chełmno and the Cross in Villamayor de Monjardin. The article will also examine the different ways in which these feasts were celebrated during the period and the impact they had on the religious life of pilgrims. The study will be based on written sources: memories, diaries, newspaper clippings, and historical studies which are instrumental in demonstrating the transformation of how the parish patron’s day was celebrated over time.

Highlights

  • This paper will show the dynamics of change in the celebration of the parish patron’s day at the turn of several decades at a Marian shrine in Poland and the cult of Cross from Monjardin in Spain

  • The aforementioned devotions of the people stem from their piety, the Directory on Popular Piety and Liturgy understands the term “popular piety” as “diverse cultic expressions of a private or community nature which, in the context of the Christian faith, are inspired predominantly not by the Sacred Liturgy but by forms deriving from a particular nation or people or from their culture” (DPPL 9)

  • (SC 7), “the Sacred Liturgy, in virtue of its very nature, is by far superior to pious exercises, and pastoral praxis must always accord to the Sacred Liturgy “that preeminent position proper to it in relation to pious exercises; Liturgy and pious exercises must co-exist in accordance with the hierarchy of values and the nature specific to both of these cultic expressions” (DPPL 73)

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Summary

The Essence of the Parish Indulgence and the Forms of Its Implementation

It can certainly be stated that the parish is a privileged place for practicing popular piety, which can be expressed and implemented in a parish indulgence (Duda 2006, p. 316). The importance of the parish indulgence requires that the faithful prepare themselves well and spiritually for this event, that is why the prayer triduum still can be found in some parishes It is a three-day period during which homilies—referring to the title of the church or the figure of the patron saint —are preached. As before the conciliar reform— today—a solemn mass is celebrated on the day of the parish indulgence It is followed by a Eucharistic procession ending with the hymn Te Deum, the benediction with the Blessed Sacrament and a singing of the closing hymn “Boże coś Polske” at the end of the liturgical celebration. The discussed issue is based on written materials preserved in various historical studies, the contemporary press, and parish informers, which constitute the archival resource of the Chełmno Land Museum

An Outline of the History of the Sanctuary in Chełmno
Forms of Popular Piety Related to the Indulgence of Chełmno
To illustrate: the distance between
Differences in the Celebration of the Indulgence throughout Half a Century
The Parish and the It
Forms of Popular Piety during Patronal Feasts
Procession
Conclusions
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