The polish Salesians’ extramural mission work during the leadership of rector major Michael Rua (1888-1910)

After Fr John Bosco’s death (1888) Fr Michael Rua became the Major Rector of the Salesian Society. He was leading the Society till the very day of his death. During this period the Salesian work developed very fast all over the world. At the same time the Salesians managed to follow the Founder’s charisma. This kind of development was possible mainly due to the Salesian missionary effort. During Fr Rua’s leadership about 100 Polish Salesians undertook missionary activities of the Congregation. Most of them were sent to Latin America and only few went to the USA, Asia and Africa. Their basic assignments concerned education and upbringing in schools and boarding-schools. This kind of Salesian work was presented in “Seminare” in 2010. In this issue we describe the other evangelization activities of the Polish Salesians, namely their work in oratories opened on feast days, their vocational work with candidates for priests and religious and their efforts in the evangelization of the local tribes. Concluding the Author shows the meaning of the contribution of the Polish Salesians to the Salesian Society as well as to the Church and people in their environments of life and work