Jan Góra
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Nationality | Polish |
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Order | Dominican Order |
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Ordination | 8 June 1974 |
Jan Wojciech Góra OP (8 February 1948 – 21 December 2015) was a
Life
He was born in Prudnik. His father, Stanisław, worked as an accountant in the Zakłady Przemysłu Bawełnianego "Frotex". He had two brothers: Roman[2] and Stanisław. One of his family members was Marian Plezia.[3] He went to 1st Public Gymnasium and Adam Mickiewicz High School in Prudnik.[4][5]
In 1966, he entered the Dominican Order in the St. Michael's Church in Prudnik; during the years 1967-1974, he studied at the Dominican College of Philosophy and Theology in Kraków. During the years 1977-1987, he was chaplain to secondary school pupils in Poznań and since 1987 he was an academic chaplain in Poznań at the Queen of the Holy Rosary church.
His first evangelising work was the annual summer youth colloquia in Ustronie-Hermanice. In 1991, he was co-organizer of the VI
In 1997, he organized for the first time the Polish Youth Meeting Lednica 2000 nearby the Lednica Lake near Gniezno. Since that time youth meetings by the Fish-Gate have taken place, initially on the Eve of Pentecost and now on the first Saturday of June. Since 2004, annually, at the beginning of September, he also organizes Lednica for Seniors. He is founder of the Museum of the history of Lednica in Poznań and of the John Paul II House on the Lednica Fields. On 21 December 2015, he died at the age of 67 in Poznań.[6]
Father Jan Góra propagates the idea of Small Nations, works closely with many Catholic and cultural publications and publishing houses.
Lednica 2000
The Poland-wide Youth Meeting Lednica 2000 is an annual gathering of
Lednica gatherings were initiated in 1997 by Jan Góra. Since then, they are organized every year and always take place on the first Saturday of June.
Pope
Criticism
During the
Right-wing circles criticized the Lednica meetings organized by Góra, accusing them of being theatrical and infantile, and of upsetting the proportions between a prayer meeting and a music concert.[8] As a result, the Lednica meetings, as well as Jan Góra himself, were accused of disturbing the "purity of the liturgy" and of "non-liturgical behavior".[9]
Awards
He has received numerous prizes and honours for his work up to now:
- 1983 – Literary Prize Kościelskich in Geneva for the book "Mój dom"
- 1996 – distinction in "Małe Ojczyzny. Tradycja dla przyszłości" contest
- 1997 – "GIGANT 97", Gazeta Wyborcza prize
- 1998 – Honorary Citizenship of Zakliczyn nad Dunajcem Gmina
- 1999 – Włodzimierz Pietrzak Prize
- 2001 – Honorary Member of Poznań Town
- 2001 – Piotr Wawrzyniak Prize
- 2003 – Prize of "Głos Wielkopolski" and Great Seal of Poznań Town
- 2005 – TOTUS prize from the Polish Episcopate
- 2007 – "Honorary Citizen of Poznań Town"
- 2008 – Poznań Television Creator Prize.
- 2008 – "Honorary Citizen of Prudnik Town"
- 2009 – "Honorary Citizen of Tarnów County"
- 2010 – European Citizens' Prize
- 2011 – Order of Polonia Restituta Third Class
- 2015 – Order of Polonia Restituta First Class
- 2016 – Decoration of Honor of Prudnik County
References
- ^ Poniatyszyn, Jan (2018-01-25). "Zapisał się w sercach młodzieży, teraz znanego w kraju duchownego upamiętni rodzinne miasto". Radio Opole (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-12-06.
- ^ Poniatyszyn, Jan (2016-05-31). "Powiat docenił zmarłego zakonnika o. Jana Górę". Radio Opole (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-12-03.
- ISBN 83-7033-240-4.
- ^ Ogiolda, Krzysztof (2016-01-02). "Ojciec Jan Góra, czyli guru młodych rodem z Prudnika". Nowa Trybuna Opolska (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-12-03.
- ^ "Ojciec Jan Góra ? DOMINIKANIN ? absolwent I Liceum Ogólnokształcącego w Prudniku - Wspomnienie - Stowarzyszenie Przyjaciół Liceum Ogólnokształcacego im. Adama Mickiewicza w Prudniku". sploprudnik.pl. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
- Interia.pl(in Polish). 21 December 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ^ "Zakonnik w spocie wyborczym". info.wiara.pl. 2005-09-12. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
- ^ "Fenomen". 2009-05-29. Archived from the original on 2009-05-29. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
- ^ "onet.pl - Tygodnik Powszechny - Wiara - Lednickie pole rażenia". 2013-01-30. Archived from the original on 2013-01-30. Retrieved 2021-02-07.