Slovenian missionaries working in the United States of America, because of their knowledge of Indian languages, also took up missionary tasks among Native American tribes in the Canadian province of Ontario. They were asked to do so by the Canadian bishops. The Native Americans also used books prepared by Slovenian missionaries. The aim was to establish contacts at the level of the development of religious life, the creation of church structures, and the incorporation into the life of the Native American tribes of elements which the missionaries understood as an expression of the improvement of their living conditions and the assertion of their rights as an ethnic community. The contribution of Slovenian missionaries is still commemorated today in some cultural and religious monuments and printed material, as well as in commemorative events.

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URN:NBN:SI:DOC-RDEU391H

COBISSID

220493315

DOI

10.34291/BV2024/03/Kolar

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10.02.2025

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APA:

Kolar, Bogdan (2024). Stiki slovenskih misijonarjev s kanadskimi indijanci. Bogoslovni vestnik, volume 84, issue 3, str. 693-707. URN:NBN:SI:DOC-RDEU391H from http://www.dlib.si

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Kolar, Bogdan. "Stiki slovenskih misijonarjev s kanadskimi indijanci." Bogoslovni vestnik volume 84. issue 3 (2024) str. 693-707.
<http://www.dlib.si/?URN=URN:NBN:SI:DOC-RDEU391H>

Bogoslovni vestnik
1920-
(Assembly record)

Stiki slovenskih misijonarjev s kanadskimi indijanciSlovenian missionaries in touch with the Canadian native Americans

Stiki slovenskih misijonarjev s kanadskimi indijanci
Slovenian missionaries in touch with the Canadian native Americans