Slovak Catholics who survived communism
At the American Conservative, the Eastern Orthodox writer Rod Dreher introduced readers to the remarkable life of Fr Tomislav Kolaković, a Croatian-born Jesuit who was “responsible for organising the Slovakian underground Church” under communism.
In 1946, Fr Kolaković was deported from Slovakia and some of his circle were imprisoned. But by 1948 “the family”, as the Jesuit called it, numbered about 500. Fr Kolaković had taught them to beware of communist propaganda – and of American-style capitalism – and had given them spiritual formation to help them stay faithful amid persecution.
