„Musíme láskou obejmout i tuto těžkou dobu…“ Reflexe témat z celokongregační kroniky sester boromejek z let 1948 až 1952

Abstract

The paper discusses the first years of the communist dictatorship as reflected in the Congregation Chronicle of the Sisters of Mercy of St. Charles Borromeo, placing the topic in the context of the relationship between the state and the church in the mid-20th century and in the context of the nuns’ work in health and social institutions. It also investigates the circumstances in which the chronicle was created within the religious community as a unique historiographical account.

Keywords

• sisters of mercy of st. charles borromeo
• beginning of the communist dictatorship
• religious orders versus the state
• chronicles
• women’s religious life
• socialist health care