Contribution of Croatian Literary Society of St. Jerome to Croatian Literature of Christian Inspiration

Hrvatsko književno društvo sv. Jeronima, osnovano 1868. kao Društvo sv. Jeronima, postoji neprekidno 146 godina. Njegova je svrha promicanje i širenje kršćanske uljudbe među hrvatskim pukom, tj. promicanje i širenje kršćanskim duhom prožete književnosti, znanosti i prosvjete među svim stanovnicima Republike Hrvatske i Hrvatima diljem svijeta. U tu je svrhu Društvo izdavalo i izdaje knjige i razne časopise. Najraširenije sredstvo širenja književnosti kršćanskog nadahnuća jest kalendar “Danica” koji je do sada objavljen u 133 godišnja broja. Tijekom toga dugoga niza godina u njemu su objavljivali mnogi poznati i manje poznati pisci i pjesnici, među njima Franjo Iveković, Ivan Trnski, Dragutin Stražimir, Vjekoslav Klaić, Cvjetko Rubetić, Ferdo Rožić, Josip Zorić, Josip Kotarski, Josip Štadler, Josip Pazman, Rudolf Horvat, Rudolf Vimer, Dominik Gudek, Valentin Čebušnik, Velimir Deželić stariji, Velimir Deželić mlađi, Kerubin Šegvić, Josip Andrić, Ljubomir Maraković, Petar Grgec, Radovan Grgec i mnogi drugi.The Croatian Literary Society of St. Jerome, founded in 1868 as the Society of St. Jerome, has been continuously active for 146 years. Its purpose is to promote and spread the Christian civilization among the Croatian population, i.e. promote the literature, science and education steeped in Christian spirit among all the people of Croatia and Croats around the world. To this end, the Society has issued books and a variety of magazines. The most widespread means of spreading literature of Christian inspiration is the calendar Danica which has been published 133 times to date. During such a long period of publishing it featured works by great many well- and lesser-known writers and poets, including Franjo Iveković, Ivan Trnski, Dragutin Stražimir, Vjekoslav Klaić, Cvjetko Rubetić, Ferdo Rožić, Josip Zorić, Josip Kotarski, Josip Štadler, Josip Pazman, Rudolf Horvat, Rudolf Vimer, Dominik Gudek, Valentin Čebušnik, Velimir Deželić Sr, Velimir Deželić Jr, Kerubin Šegvić, Josip Andrić, Ljubomir Maraković, Petar Grgec, Radovan Grgec and many more