Roman Catholic pastoral care of hospitals in Târgu Mureş/ Marosvásárhely – short history

Written by Bakó Csongor-István

The research of the forming and evolution of the Roman Catholic pastoral care of hospitals in Târgu Mureş/Marosvásárhely requires the knowledge of the historical roots of the local priesthood. The present study has as aim to present this very exigent domain of the pastoral activity in one of the greatest hospital-towns in Transylvania. The reader has the possibility to go over an interesting process from the monks' assistance of the sicks and the hospital visits of the diocesan priests to the appearance of the hospital priest, with special vocation and mission.

 

Keywords: spiritual care, monkley institutions, parish community, pastoral visit, hospital priest


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