MEETINGS OF THE CATHOLIC CLERGY AS A FORM OF PARTICIPATION IN THE REFORM OF EDUCATION ON THE RIGHT-BANK UKRAINE (1803 – 1804)

Abstract

The article is devoted to the problem of the involvement of the Roman Catholic clergy in the processes of reforming the educational system on the Right-Bank Ukraine in the early 19th century. The imperial reform of education, which started by Emperor Alexander I, on the Right-Bank Ukraine was embodied along the lines of model by the polish Commission of National Education. The Russian government was interested in Roman Catholic Church setting up the elementary schools in every parish, because the Church had sufficient resources for this and rich experience in educational activities. Tadeusz Czacki initiated a meeting of the Catholic clergy in Lutsk and Kamyanets to implement this plan. The clergy of the Volhynian and Podolia Governorates adopted a number of resolutions on the financial support of schools at these meetings. There was also defined responsibilities of the priests and monks for ensuring functioning of parochial and monasteries schools. Thus, the Roman Catholic Church on the Right-Bank Ukraine became one of the subjects of the implementation of education reform.