John Paul II’s contribution to development of the Apostleship of the Sea

Authors

  • Edward Pracz Uniwersytet Papieski Jana Pawła II w Krakowie

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15633/ps.750

Keywords:

Apostleship of the Sea, itinerant people, John Paul II, Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, Apostolic letter motu proprio on the Apostleship of the Sea

Abstract

The point of this article was to present the continuity of John Paul II’s teaching with the teaching of his predecessors and, at the same time, what was novelty and contribution in the care of the Apostleship of the Sea. The contribution included organization of structures and essential documents to which those responsible for the Apostleship of the Sea may refer.

Author Biography

  • Edward Pracz, Uniwersytet Papieski Jana Pawła II w Krakowie

    Edward Pracz, born in 1959, presbyter in the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer. Since 1993, Chaplain of the People of the Sea. In 1998 nominated National Director of the Apostleship of the Sea by the Polish Episcopal Conference. Since 2002 nominated European coordinator of the Apostleship of the Sea by Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People. In 2005 decorated by the Minister of Infrastructure with a Maritime Badge of Merit. Chief organiser of the XXII World Congress of the Apostleship of the Sea in Gdynia in 2007. Ph.D. student at the Theological Faculty of the Pontifical University of John Paul II in Cracow. Since 1993 he has lived in Gdynia.

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2014-09-01

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