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Gdynia, Saint Anthony church and parish

The parish of Saint Anthony of Padua in Gdynia (Polish: parafia pw. św. Antoniego Padewskiego w Gdyni) is a Roman Catholic religious administrative unit and community, located in the Archdiocese of Gdańsk. Centered on the Conventual Franciscans' friary and church of Saint Anthony, it chiefly covers the Gdynia district of Wzgórze św. Maksymiliana. It is recognized for numerous social and religious activities ranging from ministry to culture, education and charity. The church building, towering above large part of the city, is known as one of Gdynia's landmarks. Its peculiarity was that it periodically hosted two churches one above another.

Parish: history and profile

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parish, early post-war development

Since early 13th century the area now forming the parish was part of Archangel Michael parish, based in the village of Oxhöft/Oksywie.[1] In 1926 the largely uninhabited neighbourhood was incorporated into the newly established Holy Mary Queen of Poland parish, centred on the new church located in the very heart of what at that time was a fishing village rapidly turning into a modern city of Gdynia.[2] First residential quarters were constructed on what was then known as Marshal Foch Hill in the 1930s,[3] but the area underwent massive development in the 1940s, first during the German rule and especially in the first post-war years. The Franciscans applied to ecclesiastical authorities requesting setting up of a new parish;[4] as since 1921 Gdynia formed part of the Culm Bishopry,[5] in December 1948 the Culm bishop Kazimierz Kowalski [pl] carved out the district from the Holy Mary parish and set up the new one of St Anthony,[6] territorially roughly corresponding to the currently existing municipal districts of Wzgórze św. Maksymiliana and Redłowo. Its population remained unclear and probably stood at around 5,000,[7] most of them young people freshly migrated from other locations in Pomerania and elsewhere.

first communion in the parish, 1970s (boys only)

The monastery and church of St Anthony proved to be an important integrating factor for the growing migrant community of the area; apart from few schools there were no other institutions which might have served as agglutinatory force. The Franciscans launched a number of activities intended for the lay and gaining momentum throughout the 1950s, including cultural groups like orchestra and choir, prayer societies like rosary circles, charity organisations and evangelic associations; the friars organized pilgrimages, embarked on various popular art initiatives and education, especially for the children.[8] Since the mid-1950s inhabitants were increasingly engaged in voluntary work at construction of the new church, while religious feasts like Corpus Christi and events like first communion or confirmation provided opportunity for large gatherings of the local population. The number of christenings kept growing until the mid-1950s, when it exceeded 400 per annum;[9] the number of marriages kept growing until the early 1970s, when it exceeded 200 per annum.[10] During the 1970 riots immediate surroundings of the church turned into battlefield between protesters and security forces; some tear gas shells exploded in the building, some people sought refuge at the premises and the guardian negotiated their withdrawal with commanding police officers.[11] During the strikes of 1980 the parish priest served in many state-ran industrial enterprises.[12] In the early 1980s total population of the parish stood at its peak nearing 20,000 people; in 1981 the number dropped to some 14,000 as a new parish was carved out in Redłowo.[13] In 2018 the number of households in the parish was around 5,700.[14]

parish demographics, 1949–2015[15]

The last two decades of the 20th century stand out as the period of particularly diversified and thriving activities of both the friars and the lay. Franciszkański Zakon Świeckich went on with evangelical mission, Akcja Katolicka organised multifold activities, Żywy Różaniec, Odnowa w Duchu Świętym, Grupa Modlitewna o. Pio and Wspólnota dla Intronizacji Najświętszego Serca served as prayer groups, Fraternia catered for the academic youth, Wspólnota Młodzieży Franciszkańskiej Tau provided a platform modeled after St. Francis, Poradnia Życia Rodzinnego, Kręgi Domowego Kościoła, Wspólnota Rodzin and Wspólnota Adopcji Duchowej enhanced family values as mutual support community services, Rycerstwo Niepokalanej, SOS Franciszkańskie and Caritas served differently formatted charity purposes, "Promyki" was formed as holiday establishment for children, Franciszkańska Grupa Pielgrzymki organized pilgrimages, Ze Wzgórza emerged as a parish bulletin and local section of Radio Maryja supported the nationwide broadcasting network. The Symfonia choir and the orchestra were already iconic parish institutions; other musical initiatives were ancient music band Ad te, Domine, Międzynarodowy Festiwal Muzyki Sakralnej and Młodzieżowa Scena Muzyczna, admitting also non-religious music groups; Franciszkańskie Centrum Kultury emerged as major urban cultural institution of its own. Periodically the monastery hosted a cafe-bar. Services for handicapped children and services for the blind, deaf and mute, animated by Bruno Pawłowicz,[16] became trademark of the monastery, reaching beyond parish and serving the entire Gdynia community.[17]

parish priests
no name term
1 Alojzy Urbaniak 1949–1968
2 Wawrzyniec Kurach 1968–1969
3 Stanisław Frejlich 1969–1974
4 Manswet Wardyn 1974–1983
5 Bolesław Mika 1983–1986
6 Hubert Fabian Lipiński 1986–1989
7 Lucjan Ubysz 1989–1996
8 Józef Brzozowski 1996–2004
9 Jan Maciejowski 2004–2012
10 Stanisław Kreft 2012–2015
11 Piotr Matuszak 2015-2024
12 Sebastian Fierek 2024-

In line with general re-organisation of national ecclesiastical administration, in 1992 the parish was removed from the Culm diocese and joined the Gdańsk bishopry,[18] but more profound changes were yet to come. By the end of the 20th century the parish community was already undergoing major change. The 20-year-olds who settled in the area in the post-war years were already in their late 60s and started to pass away;[19] secularisation of emergent consumer society took its toll among the middle-aged and the younger generation. In the late 1980s the number of dominicantes, the most basic statistical religiosity indicator, was estimated in the parish at some 40%[20] compared to the national average of 50%.[21] In the second decade of the 21st century the figure is estimated at some 25% compared to the 40% national average,[22] though one should note that with the retired approaching 30% of the total parish population,[23] Sunday mass attendance might also result from reduced mobility of the elderly. The change is also reflected in annual christenings falling below 100, annual marriages falling below 50 and annual funerals growing above 200.[24] The number of children receiving the first communion during recent years ranges between 14[25] and 50,[26] compared to almost 150 in the 1970s. The ratio of households admitting the 2016 kolęda was 41%.[27] There are few signs of the trend getting reversed. One of them was spiritual service provided to the local football club Arka and the parish priest serving as chaplain of the society, usually associated rather with violence and hooliganism.[28] Another one was Młodzieżowa Scena Muzyczna, a formula attracting a variety of youth music bands[29] including sub-cultures like hip hop.[30]

Monastery and church: history

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bishop Okoniewski in Gdynia, 1934

Conventual Franciscans operated a monastery in Gdańsk until the mid-16th century, when it was taken over by Protestant-dominated municipal authorities; the order kept claiming the building by appointing titular guardians later on.[31] Following unsuccessful attempts to recover the monastery from the Free City of Danzig in the 1920s, in the early 1930s the local Provincial Superior Anzelm Kubit launched search for an alternative location, focusing on the rapidly growing Gdynia; he obtained appropriate permission from the Culm bishop, Stanisław Okoniewski.[32] Despite initial plans centred on the village of Orłowo,[33] in 1935 he purchased a plot of 7,3 thousand square meters[34] on Northern slopes of a largely uninhabited hill towering over the city centre from the South.[35] In 1936 the Minister General, Domenico Tavani, formally set up a convent.[36] Architectural design envisioned a monastery and a large adjacent chapel; construction works, carried out with enormous financial, technical and manpower assistance of other Franciscan monasteries, especially from Niepokalanów and Łagiewniki,[37] were completed in 1937.[38] During the next few years the convent grew to 10 friars.[39] In 1937 the chapel became a garrison church for 2. Morski Battalion Strzelców (2nd Sea Rifle Battalion), and the guardian became its chaplain.[40]

Gdynia longest serving friars
no name years[41]
1 K. Kassa 40
2 T. Zimnoch 33
3 O. Wysocki 25
4 F. Gut 24
4 A. Urbaniak 24

Following the German takeover of Gdynia in 1939 the Franciscans were immediately evicted and detained; at least 4 friars are known to have been executed in course of the war.[42] The monastery was turned into a Bahnschutz school; the chapel first became a congress hall and then a gym.[43] During withdrawal from Gdynia in early 1945 the German units robbed all interior equipment.[44] In the spring of 1945 two friars from the Niepokalanów monastery were delegated to Gdynia to reclaim the building and carry out repair works;[45] the chapel was re-opened in April that year[46] and the convent was re-established, initially consisting of 5 friars.[47] In 1948 the chapel became parish church of the newly created St Anthony parish,[48] while monastery premises hosted also the developing community initiatives. The friars were already gathering funds and raw materials for construction of an adjacent church. The application for building permit, lodged in 1952, was processed by municipal authorities until 1956, when it was finally rejected; the Franciscans speculated that communist authorities objected to monumental size, supposed to dominate the city skyline.[49]

convent guardians
no name term
1 Hugolin Czyż 1936–1939
2 Norbert Uliasz 1939
3 Oskar Wiśniewski 1945–1947
4 Gerard Domka 1947–1949
5 Alojzy Urbaniak 1949–1965
6 Stanisław Frejlich 1965–1968
7 Wawrzyniec Kurach 1968–1971
8 Manswet Wardyn 1971–1977
9 Innocenty Szumowski 1977–1983
10 Bolesław Mika 1983–1986
11 Hubert Fabian Lipiński 1986–1989
12 Lucjan Ubysz 1989–1996
13 Józef Brzozowski 1996–2004
14 Jan Maciejowski 2004–2012
15 Stanisław Kreft 2012-2016
16 Piotr Matuszak 2016-2024
17 Sebastian Fierek 2024-

The church design was entirely reworked and scaled down;[50] with the new application lodged in late 1956, the building permit was granted in 1957.[51] Construction works, financed by the Polish Franciscans, parish worshippers and emigrees from Canada and the United States, started almost immediately; ecclesiastical authorities feared reversal of slightly more conciliatory turn of the official policy, adopted towards the Church. In late 1958 the bottom level was provisionally opened as kościół dolny (lower church).[52] In late 1960 kościół górny (upper church) was officially opened. In both cases further interior work was to continue for years to come;[53] its final feature were glassworks, fitted in 1968.[54] A new bell tower was not completed as planned; authorities demanded it did not grow above the main nave level, quoting interference with navy radio operations.[55] In the late 1960s the monastery underwent major refurbishment.[56] By end of the decade the convent reached its all-time height, amounting to 20 friars. During another thaw in relations between the communist authorities and the Church, in 1972 the navy dropped their alleged radio concerns; the bell tower was brought to its current shape in 1974.[57] In 1973 a new chapel, dedicated to Maksymilian Kolbe, was opened next to main nave of the upper church;[58] its opening coincided with elevating the church to the Sanctuary of Blessed Maksymilian status,[59] in 2011 renamed to Sanctuary of Mary the Queen of Hope and Saint Maksymilian.[60] In 1977 two bells, named Antoni and Franciszek, were mounted on the tower.[61]

Western wall: new apse

In the late 1980s and the early 1990s the upper church underwent major change, stirring probably the largest controversy since the parish has been established.[62] Due mostly to poor visibility from the aisle and the gallery, the nave was re-oriented and the main altar was removed from the Southern wall to the Western wall, with a new apse modeled; all related changes followed. Critics claimed that re-orientation defied the logical order of the building.[63] Concrete floor was replaced with marbles, new heating system was mounted and some key decorative elements of the interior were replaced.[64] In the 1990s the monastery was enlarged by a new wing, hosting the postulate, novitiate and juniorate premises.[65] The change involved also closing of the lower church, which - not unrelated to decreasing religiosity and lower attendance levels - ceased to host public liturgy; until now it generally remains closed to the lay and serves internal Franciscan purposes. The church and the monastery keep hosting various groups and initiatives.[66] During its history there have been around 120 friars serving in the monastery so far.[67] Some of the local friars like Jan Maciejowski became recognized figures in the Polish church[68] and few like Bolesław Mika were engaged in ecclesiastical controversies.[69] The number of friars keeps dropping; in 2018 there were 6 fathers and 2 brothers in the convent.[70]

Monastery and church: architecture

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the church and its neighborhood

The monastery building was designed by a young architect Zbigniew Kupiec and his older collaborator Tadeusz Kossak, both since the early 1930s active in Gdynia;[71] at that time Kupiec was already renown for a number of residential buildings along the main city street and prestigious villas in the plushy Kamienna Góra district; in total he designed some 40 buildings in Gdynia of the 1930s.[72] Based on L-shaped layout, the monastery edifice consisted of two symmetrical wings of approximately 35 meters length and 15 meters width each. Built in traditional technology and almost exclusively of bricks, it housed 22 individual cells, refectory, communication and common utility spaces; the adjacent large chapel was based on a 275 square meters floor plan, its main hall 7 meters high and with separate entrances from the monastery and for the public. Deprived of architectural novelties it is usually noted as an example of functionalism.[73]

monastery interior

Original design of the church was also prepared by Kupiec and his new collaborator, Zygmunt Gawlik, in the late 1940s.[74] Unlike the down-to-earth monastery building it envisioned a large construction, which located on the hill was intended as a major city landmark. The temple was to be based on rectangular layout some 45 meters long and 25 meters width; the plan featured a hall church with central nave braced by two lower aisles, generously lit with vertically oriented windows running through all height of the walls. The front also emphasized vertical lines, reinforced by a slender, lighthouse-like tower framed in-between the church and the monastery; a two-pitched, gable roof was envisioned. The design was from the onset challenged by the Franciscan authorities, concerned with interior features like glass walls, deemed extravagant.[75] Even when dropped, the project was rejected by municipal authorities with no reason specified.[76]

stained glass

A new design, eventually followed and leading to construction of the currently standing building, was worked out hastily in 1956. The hurry resulted from political circumstances; ecclesiastical authorities feared that apparent political thaw might be short-lived and insisted Kupiec produces new plans which might get approved before the communists change their course again.[77] The new plan partially resembled the old one, as it was based on approximately the same layout, featured the same gabled roof, proposed high side windows and emphasized verticality, but it also advanced some major alterations. Central nave with 2 aisles was replaced with a somewhat wider nave with only one, Eastern aisle. It was separated from the central space by massive piers supporting a gallery, a new feature rather unusual in modern Roman Catholic churches. A slender tower was replaced with a larger one, crowned with two high spires; it was removed from in-between the church and the monastery to the South-Eastern corner of the temple. Most importantly, a one-level construction was replaced with two halls, taking advantage of the slope gradient; the lower one, accessible only from the North, was to house educational and social activities but was eventually turned into a church, the upper one, accessible from the North and the South, was to become the main church itself.[78] Construction material was bricks; eventually it took some 1,2m of them to complete the building.[79] Currently the design is noted as containing some Gothic references, though principally related to modernism and simplified cubism.[80] Hurried architectural work is blamed for some deficiencies; upper church suffered from very poor visibility from the aisle, framed by massive piers, and from the gallery.[81] The tower proved to be inappropriate for huge bells mounted, their motion threatening the very construction.

new (left) and old (right) monastery

Interior of the upper church took form in course of decades, shaped by esthetic preferences of the friars. The ambience is hugely determined by stained glass windows; composed of square, non-figurative tiles, they are grouped according to the color key and are supposed to reflect three mysteries of faith: creation, redemption and salvation.[82] For many years the single eye-catching decorative feature was giant painting of Maksymilian Kolbe against the Auschwitz camp background, authored by one of the friars, Teofil Zimnoch.[83] It is now removed from the church and substituted by a much smaller installation; as the single dominating object it was replaced in the 1990s by a giant crucifix designed by Stanisław Radwański, at that time head of the Gdańsk Akademia Sztuk Pięknych;[84] naturalistically presented tortured body provides a counter-reference to the spirited face of crucified Jesus.[85] Another giant object[86] of the interior is painting of Mary as Queen of the Earth, painted in 1961 by Felicissimus Sztyka.[87] Red-brick walls are scarcely decorated, except for the wooden Via Crucis of Stanisław Bąkowski.[88] The chapel of St. Maksymlian, opened in the 1970s, is an example of modern design based on central layout, combining paintings of Mieczysław Kościelniak,[89] stone sculptures of Piotr Żarnowski and metalwork of Józef Fukś and Józef Szczepanik.[90]

See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ Krzysztof Wójcicki, 50 lat parafii świętego Antoniego w Gdyni, Gdynia 1999, ISBN 8390483386, p. 17
  2. ^ Wójcicki 1999, p. 49
  3. ^ Wójcicki 1999, p. 24
  4. ^ Wójcicki 1999, p. 50; Małgorzata Sokołowska, Izabella Greczanik-Filipp, Wiesława Kwiatkowska (eds.), Encyklopedia Gdyni, Gdynia 2006, ISBN 8392157184, p. 365 claims the date was 15.08.1949
  5. ^ Gabriela Nieżorawska, Dzieje duszpasterstwa w parafii Świętej Rodziny w Gdyni w latach 1931–1994, Tczew 1995, available online here
  6. ^ Wójcicki 1999, p. 5; it was the 12th parish in the city, Nieżorawska 1995
  7. ^ in 1946 the entire population of Gdynia was 77,800 and it stood at 191,200 by 1970, Aleksandra Cicharska, Przemiany demograficzne w Gdyni w latach 1946–2009, [in:] Mirosław Gawron, Helena Głogowska, Tożsamość kulturowo-cywilizacyjna Gdyni, Gdynia 2011, p. 120; exact parish population is known for late 1960a as 16,000, Wójcicki 1999, p. 76
  8. ^ Wójcicki 1999, p. 56
  9. ^ Wójcicki 1999, p. 173
  10. ^ Wójcicki 1999, p. 174
  11. ^ Łukasz Maria Staniszewski, Historia klasztoru i parafii, [in:] Ze Wzgórza 2 (2013), pp. 9-10
  12. ^ Wójcicki 1999, p. 108-9
  13. ^ Lucyna Przybylska, Franciszkanie w Gdyni, Pelplin 2016, ISBN 9788378237433, p. 58
  14. ^ data provided during the 4 PM sermon of February 11, 2018, repeated in print in Sprawozdanie pokolędowe, [in:] Ze Wzgórza 203 (2018), pp. 4-6. The number of parishioners is unclear. In 2011 it was estimated at 11,000, Przybylska 2016, p. 58
  15. ^ Wójcicki 1999, pp. 173-174, Lucyna Przybylska, Franciszkanie w Gdyni, Pelplin 2016, ISBN 9788378237433, pp. 56-57
  16. ^ having already left Gdynia he died in a traffic accident in 1987, Wójcicki 1999, p. 116
  17. ^ Wójcicki 1999, pp. 138-172
  18. ^ Wójcicki 1999, p. 126
  19. ^ Studium uwarunkowań i kierunków zagospodarowania przestrzennego Gdyni, section Rozwój demograficzny, pp. 11-17, available online here
  20. ^ Wójcicki 1999, p. 120
  21. ^ see Dominicantes i communicantes 1980–1999, [in:] Instytut Statystyki Kościoła Katolickiego service, available here Archived 2016-01-07 at the Wayback Machine
  22. ^ see Dominicantes 2013, [in:] Instytut Statystyki Kościoła Katolickiego service, available here Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine; in 2016 the figure is estimated at 20%, in absolute numbers 2,100-2,500 attendants every Sunday, Piotr Matuszak, Sprawozdanie pokolędowe o. proboszcza, [in:] Ze Wzgórza 199 (2017), p. 9. Similar figures for the year of 2017 (22% of dominicantes) were provided during the 4 PM sermon of February 11, 2018
  23. ^ Gdynia w liczbach, [in:] official municipal Gdynia service, available here Archived 2015-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
  24. ^ Wójcicki 1999, p. 174
  25. ^ in 2015, seePierwsza Komunia Święta [in:] Franciszkanie w Gdyni service, available here
  26. ^ Matuszak 2017, p. 8
  27. ^ the highest admittance rate was in the Wojewódzka, Kasztelańska and Hetmańska quarters (62-72%), the lowest one in Norwida, Wachowiaka and Orzeszkowej quarters (17-30%), Matuszak 2017, p. 9
  28. ^ Ojciec Jan Maciejowski. Nadzieja umiera ostatnia!, [in:] Arka Gdynia official service 06.05.2011, available here
  29. ^ and recognized by official municipal authorities; in 2002 the parish priest was awarded a honorary prize, see Gdynia: nagroda za animację kultury dla franciszkanów, [in:] KAI service, 22.04.2011, available here
  30. ^ Gdynia: nagroda za animację kultury dla franciszkanów, [in:] KAI service, 22.04.2011
  31. ^ see Franciszkanie. Prowincja św. Maksymilana service, available here
  32. ^ Staniszewski 2013, p. 6
  33. ^ the Polish military objected, claiming the area for their own needs; in the interwar period Orłowo was located at the Polish state borders with the Free City of Gdańsk; Staniszewski 2013, p. 6
  34. ^ the price was 60,000 zloty and the selling owner was Władysław Czekański, Wójcicki 1999, p. 37
  35. ^ Dziennik Ustaw Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej 13.06.1935, available here Archived 2016-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
  36. ^ Staniszewski 2013, p. 7
  37. ^ and their guardians, respectively Maksymilian Kolbe oraz Bolesław Stryczny, Wójcicki 1999, p. 37
  38. ^ Staniszewski 2013, p. 7
  39. ^ Wójcicki 1999, p. 39
  40. ^ stationed at Redłowo and commanded by Ignacy Szpunar, Wójcicki 1999, pp. 39-40
  41. ^ Wójcicki 1999, pp. 175-179
  42. ^ Henryk Jamróg (1912-1939) was shot in Piaśnica, Anatol Gałucha (1911-1940) in Skarżysko-Kamienna, Maciej Gruszka (1912-1941) in Mauthausen-Gusen and Wojciech Topoliński (1885-1940) in Sztum; circumstances of Florian Masłowski's (1902-?) death are unclear, Mirosław Gawron, Martyrologia kapłanów diecezjalnych i zakonnych z Gdyni w latach 1939-1945, Gdynia 2017, pp. 42-45
  43. ^ Staniszewski 2013, p. 8
  44. ^ Staniszewski 2013, p. 8
  45. ^ Bernard Kurach i Alojzy Urbaniak; the building was mostly undamaged, except stolen or burnt down wooden elements; all interior equipment went missing, Wójcicki 1999, pp. 42-3
  46. ^ Wójcicki 1999, p. 45
  47. ^ including Kassa, Wójcicki 1999, p. 46
  48. ^ Wójcicki 1999, p. 50, Sokołowska, Greczanik-Filipp, Kwiatkowska 2006, p. 365 claim 1949
  49. ^ it was officially processed first by Referat ds. Wyznań, in 1956 handed over to Wojewódzka Komisja Urbanistyczno-Architektoniczna, Wójcicki 1999, p. 59
  50. ^ Wójcicki 1999, pp 59-60
  51. ^ Sokołowska, Greczanik-Filipp, Kwiatkowska 2006, p. 366
  52. ^ Wójcicki 1999, p. 65
  53. ^ Sokołowska, Greczanik-Filipp, Kwiatkowska 2006, p. 366
  54. ^ Wójcicki 1999, pp. 74-5
  55. ^ Wójcicki 1999, pp. 80-81
  56. ^ apart from routine works, wooden floor were replaced with concrete one and modern water and sewage systems were fitted, Wójcicki 1999, p. 70
  57. ^ Wójcicki 1999, pp. 95-6
  58. ^ Historia Sanktuarium św. Maksymiliana, [in:] Franciszkanie w Gdyni service, available here
  59. ^ Staniszewski 2013, p. 10
  60. ^ Staniszewski 2013, p. 10
  61. ^ Wójcicki 1999, pp. 105-6
  62. ^ Wójcicki 1999, pp. 121-122
  63. ^ Sokołowska, Greczanik-Filipp, Kwiatkowska 2006, p. 366 claim that the re-orientation was designed by Leopold and Antoni Taraszkiewicz
  64. ^ Wójcicki 1999, pp. 126-9
  65. ^ Wójcicki 1999, p. 130
  66. ^ including the cafe-bar named Greccio
  67. ^ Wójcicki 1999, pp. 175-179
  68. ^ he grew to head of the Gdańsk Franciscan province, see O. Proboszcz Jan prowincjałem!, [in:] Franciszkanie w Gdyni service 26.03.2012, available here
  69. ^ Jacques Blutoir, Ojciec Mika recenzuje Benedykta XVI, [in:] Breviarium Historiæ Ecclesiæ Postconciliaris service 10.06.2008, available here
  70. ^ data provided during the 4 PM sermon of February 11, 2018
  71. ^ Sokołowska, Greczanik-Filipp, Kwiatkowska 2006, p. 365
  72. ^ Maria Sołtysik, Gdynia miasto dwudziestolecia międzywojennego: urbanistyka i architektura, Warszawa 1993, ISBN 9788301112424, p. 352.
  73. ^ Wójcicki 1999, p. 38
  74. ^ Wójcicki 1999, p. 50
  75. ^ Wójcicki 1999, p. 51
  76. ^ Wójcicki 1999, p. 59
  77. ^ Wójcicki 1999, pp 59-60
  78. ^ Wójcicki 1999, pp 59-61
  79. ^ Jakub Gilewicz, Zobacz klasztor i kościół franciszkanów w Gdyni, [in:] Trójmiasto service 25.11.2012, available here
  80. ^ Kościół pod wezwaniem św. Antoniego, ul. Ujejskiego 40, [in:] Gdynski szlak modernizmu service, available here
  81. ^ Wójcicki 1999, p. 114
  82. ^ Wójcicki 1999, pp. 74-5
  83. ^ Sławomir Czalej, Maryja i św. Maksymilian, [in:] Gość Gdański 17.12.2006
  84. ^ Wójcicki 1999, p. 126
  85. ^ the same sculptor produced a statue of St Anthony, located next to the main altar
  86. ^ 3m x 1,8m
  87. ^ Staniszewski 2013, p. 8
  88. ^ Wójcicki 1999, p. 129
  89. ^ himself the Auschwitz inmate
  90. ^ Obraz Matki Bożej z Dzieciątkiem, [in:] Sanktuaria polskie service, available here Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
Manswet Wardyn OFMConv (1937-2018)

Further reading

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  • Piotr Matuszak, Sprawozdanie pokolędowe o. proboszcza, [in:] Ze Wzgórza 199 (2017), pp. 8–9
  • Łukasz Maria Staniszewski, Historia klasztoru i parafii, [in:] Ze Wzgórza 2 (2013), pp. 5–10
  • Lucyna Przybylska, Franciszkanie w Gdyni, Pelplin 2016, ISBN 9788378237433
  • Krzysztof Wójcicki, 50 lat parafii świętego Antoniego w Gdyni, Gdynia 1999, ISBN 8390483386
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