PT Journal
AU Mikulasek, J
TI The Outline of Life and Work of Jesuit Konrad Maria Kubes (1890-1967)
SO Historica Olomucensia
PY 2016
BP 235
EP 256
VL 51
IS 2
DI 10.5507/ho.2016.041
DE Konrad Maria Kubes; biography; Jesuits; ecclesiastical life; monastic life; communist persecution; Czechoslovakia; 20th century
AB The aim of the paper is to briefly outline the life and the work of Jesuit P. Konrad Maria Kubes (1890-1967), an excercitator, a people's missionary, a preacher, a writer and a deep devotee of the Marian cult. The article thoroughly discusses individual epochs of Kubes's life, his family background, secondary studies in Hradec Kralove, theological studies and his work as a priest in Prague. Furthermore, it describes his entering monastic life and activities in the Society of Jesus and follows his fate in communist internment monasteries and finally, his forced stay in Brezany near Znojmo. The whole research is based on preserved archival sources kept in the Provincial Archive of the Society of Jesus in Prague. In the final part of the article, the author generally evaluates an importance of Kubes's personality in the context of Czech church and monastic history of the 20th century. The study is supplemented by a bibliography of Kubes's books.
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