Lithuanian Catholic Church in Prienai county in the 20th century

The article presents an overview of the activities of the Lithuanian Catholic Church in the 20th century related to the lives and destinies of active clergymen in the region, and their influence on the education of the priests and Prienai people based on the virtue, their determination to fight for the truth, against slavery, nationalization, and inhumanization imposed by the occupants. The situation of the two world wars and occupations required not only wise caution, trust in the power of God, but also struggle from the robbed and enslaved peaceful population. The struggle that was both, partisan with a weapon, and passive resistance, from which the Catholic Church emerged as the WINNER