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Major Hugo Vaníček
Flosman, Martin ; Petráček, Tomáš (advisor) ; Stříbrný, Jan (referee)
English resume Major Hugo Vaníček Father Hugo Vaníček was born on 26th October 1906 in Bystřec et Jablonné nad Orlicí. He entered the noviciate of The Society of Jesus. In 1927 he did A levels at Archiepiscopal Grammar School in Prague and then he studied theology in Innsbruck, Cracow and Maastricht. He took orders in Maastricht on 15th August in 1936 and after that he went in for pastoral service of Czechoslovak miners working in Belgium. He spent one year in Prague at St. Ignatius. But all the time he was preparing for a mission to African Rhodesia. In 1939 Hugo Vaníček went to London where he studied English. When the Second World War started he immediately reacted to the call appeal of Czechoslovak foreign political representation and he enlisted in the Czechoslovak Foreign Army. Since December 1939 Vaníček worked in military camp in Agde in southern France where the first Czechoslovak division was formed. He regularly said a mass in Czech or Slovak language in garrisons and every Sunday and a feast in cathedral. Doing his work he was trying to break prejudice and he quickly gained the soldiers'respect and liking. He went to a first aid station every day, twice a week to a prison, twice a week he also went by train to military hospitals and he visited barracks every evening. His greatest act was an...
Major Hugo Vaníček
Flosman, Martin ; Petráček, Tomáš (advisor) ; Stříbrný, Jan (referee)
English resume Major Hugo Vaníček Father Hugo Vaníček was born on 26th October 1906 in Bystřec et Jablonné nad Orlicí. He entered the noviciate of The Society of Jesus. In 1927 he did A levels at Archiepiscopal Grammar School in Prague and then he studied theology in Innsbruck, Cracow and Maastricht. He took orders in Maastricht on 15th August in 1936 and after that he went in for pastoral service of Czechoslovak miners working in Belgium. He spent one year in Prague at St. Ignatius. But all the time he was preparing for a mission to African Rhodesia. In 1939 Hugo Vaníček went to London where he studied English. When the Second World War started he immediately reacted to the call appeal of Czechoslovak foreign political representation and he enlisted in the Czechoslovak Foreign Army. Since December 1939 Vaníček worked in military camp in Agde in southern France where the first Czechoslovak division was formed. He regularly said a mass in Czech or Slovak language in garrisons and every Sunday and a feast in cathedral. Doing his work he was trying to break prejudice and he quickly gained the soldiers'respect and liking. He went to a first aid station every day, twice a week to a prison, twice a week he also went by train to military hospitals and he visited barracks every evening. His greatest act was an...

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