Catholic University of Lublin
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Polish	Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski
Latin	Universitas Catolica Lublinensis
Established	December 8, 1918
Location	Lublin, Poland (EU)
Enrolment	19 000
Rector	rev. Stanisław Wilk
Address	Al. Racławickie 14 20-950, Lublin Poland
Phone	+(48 81) 445 41 04
E-mail	oinfo@kul.lublin.pl
Homepage	Catholic University of Lublin
Membership	EUA, Socrates-Erasmus
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Deo et Patriae (For God and Motherland)

The Catholic University of Lublin (in Polish Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski, or KUL) is located in Lublin, Poland. Presently it enrols over 19,000 students. It has seven faculties: Theology, Philosophy, Law, Canon Law and Administration, Social Sciences, Mathematics and Natural Sciences, and Humanities. Coat of Arms of the Catholic University of Lublin This work is copyrighted. ... December 8 is the 342nd day (343rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The European University Association (EUA) is the main voice of the higher education community in Europe. ... Lublin on the map of Poland, Image from Polish Wikipedia. ... Lublin (pronounce: [lublin]) is the biggest city in eastern Poland and the capital of Lublin Voivodship with a population of 355,954 (2004). ...

The university has a short history by the standards of other ancient universities of Europe. Nevertheless, this short history is quite exceptional. The university was founded in 1918 just as Poland regained its independence. The aim of the university was to be a modern place of higher education which would conduct research in the spirit of harmony between science and faith. The university sought to produce a new Catholic intelligentsia which would play a leading role in the Polish community. 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

The number of students increased from 399 in 1918/1919 to 1440 in 1937/1938. This growth was interrupted by the outbreak of the Second World War and Nazi Germany's occupation of Poland. During the occupation the university was ordered shut down and its buildings were converted into a military hospital. Many professors and students were persecuted. Nevertheless, the University carried on its teaching activities in secret. After the liberation of Lublin from the German occupation in July 1944 by the Red Army, the university reopened on 21 August 1944. 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Red Army flag The short forms Red Army and RKKA refer to the Workers and Peasants Red Army, (Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия - Raboche-Krestyanskaya Krasnaya Armiya in Russian), the armed forces organised by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War in 1918. ... August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Since then the university has functioned without interruption until today. Remarkably, it managed to stay open through all the years of Communism in Poland between 1944 and 1989. It was the only independent, Catholic university in existence in the entire Soviet block. Given that the Communist governments all insisted on having a total monopoly of control over educational institutions, the preservation of its independence was a great achievement. 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... During the Cold War, the Eastern Bloc (or Soviet Bloc) comprised the following Central and Eastern European countries: Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Poland, Albania (until the early 1960s, see below), the Soviet Union, and Czechoslovakia. ...

The University was often harassed in various ways by the Communist authorities, especially in the 1950's and the 1960's. The university faculty were under frequent surveillance by the secret police. Periodically some faculties were denied by the state the right to grant graduate degrees. The employment prospects of its graduates were limited.

Despite the difficulties, the university's independence was maintained and it never adopted Marxist dogmas taught at all the other state universities. It served as a haven for all those students who were expelled from state universities for political reasons.

After the fall of Communism in Poland in 1989 the university has flourished, quadrupling its student population and greatly expanding its campus. 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Noted alumni and professors

• Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyła)- unquestionably the most famous person associated with the university. He became a part-time teacher of philosophy at KUL starting in 1954, sharing his time between teaching in Lublin and doing his pastoral work in Krakow. After he became archbishop of Krakow in 1963 and a cardinal in 1967, his duties limited the time he was able to spend teaching in Lublin, and his students often commuted to his lectures in Krakow. His involvement with the university continued until he was elected pope in 1978. All of his philosophical works were published in Lublin.
• Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski, Primate of Poland, regarded as one of the greatest moral authorities of the 20th century.

The Servant of God Pope John Paul II (Latin: ), born Karol Józef WojtyÅ‚a [1] (May 18, 1920 – April 2, 2005), reigned as pope of the Catholic Church for almost 27 years, from 16 October 1978 until his death, making him the third-longest in the history of the... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article needs cleanup. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski was the known as the primate of Poland. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the...

External link

• English web page of the Catholic University of Lublin