Mróz Franciszek, Roszak Piotr
Department of Tourism and Regional Studies, Institute of Geography, Pedagogical University of Krakow, ul. Podchorążych 2 (room 526), 30-084, Kraków, Poland.
Faculty of Theology, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Ul. Gagarina 37, 87-100, Toruń, Poland.
J Relig Health. 2022 Jun;61(3):2279-2301. doi: 10.1007/s10943-022-01570-0. Epub 2022 Apr 28.
The aim of this article is to analyze the empirical evidence collected in the form of in-depth interviews, observations, statistics and accounts concerning the assistance provided by female and male religious congregations in the fight against the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland during the first year after the outbreak (March 2020 to February 2021). The paper describes the nature of the assistance rendered by religious congregations to the sick, to those affected by the pandemic and to healthcare facilities during the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in Poland. Our findings reveal that the activities undertaken and the support provided by religious congregations in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland have spanned many areas: medical assistance and nursing within the healthcare system, charitable work (including material, financial and welfare/housing aid), and pastoral, religious, educational, psychological, ecumenical, evangelization and missionary activities. The support provided by religious congregations as part of the coronavirus response efforts proved crucial and invaluable during the first weeks of the pandemic, that is in March and April 2020, when the healthcare system was faced with severe staff shortages.
本文旨在分析通过深度访谈、观察、统计数据以及相关记述所收集到的实证证据，这些证据涉及波兰男女宗教团体在新冠疫情爆发后的第一年（2020年3月至2021年2月）为抗击新冠疫情影响所提供的援助。本文描述了在波兰严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2（SARS-CoV-2）传播期间，宗教团体向病人、受疫情影响者以及医疗设施提供援助的性质。我们的研究结果表明，波兰宗教团体在抗击新冠疫情过程中开展的活动和提供的支持涵盖了许多领域：医疗系统内的医疗援助和护理、慈善工作（包括物资、资金以及福利/住房援助），以及牧灵、宗教、教育、心理、普世教会、传教和宣教活动。在2020年3月和4月疫情爆发的最初几周，即医疗系统面临严重人员短缺的时候，宗教团体作为新冠疫情应对工作的一部分所提供的支持被证明是至关重要且无比珍贵的。
