The beginning of the Salesian mission in Mužla

Diplomsko delo se ukvarja s prihodom in začetkom salezijanskega poslanstva v župniji Mužlja. Časovno sega v leto 1965, ko so prvi slovenski salezijanci prišli v to madžarsko naseljeno predmestje Zrenjanina. Niso slutili, da jih bodo domačini pričakali z ostrim nasprotovanjem. Mislili so namreč, da bodo salezijanci začeli uvajati slovanske navade. Na veliko presenečenje vseh pa niso vedeli, da ti salezijanci znajo govoriti madžarsko in da je njihovo poslanstvo delo z mladimi. V zelo kratkem času so bili sprejeti med domačini in so še danes del njih. V diplomski nalogi je predstavljenih prvih dvajset let dela salezijancev v župniji Mužlja in v okoliških krajih. Kronološko je na kratko predstavljena zgodovina vasi in župnije, cerkvenih objektov, največji del pa je namenjen prihodu, začetku dela, uvajanju salezijanske duhovnosti ter predstavitvi prvih salezijancev, ki so zaorali s trdim delom na tem madžarsko naseljenem območju.The Bachelor’s Thesis discusses the arrival and beginning of the Salesian mission in the Mužlja parish, dating back to 1965, when Slovenian Salesians arrived to the suburb, inhabited by Hungarians. They could not have foreseen that they would be received with great opposition from the local population who felt that the Salesians were planning on introducing Slavic customs. To the locals’ great surprise, however, the Salesians spoke Hungarian and showed them that their mission was to work with youth. Subsequently, they were accepted by the local population in a short period of time and now form an integral part of the community. The Bachelor\u27s Thesis presents the first twenty years of the Salesians’ work in the parish. It contains a short chronological description of the history of the village, parish and church buildings, whereas the majority of the text discusses the arrival, commencement of work, introduction of Salesian spirituality and presentation of the first Salesians who had to strive hard to pioneer their work in this Hungarian area