The presence of Catholic Laity in Paraná in the 1920’s and 1930’s

Abstract

This article analyses the trajectory, the debates and the projects of
Catholic intellectuals who are layman about the educative thematic
according to the historical context of Paraná, in the study period that is circumscribed between 1926 and 1938, discussing the group constitution process, its interlocution with theoretic and philosophic thoughts in general, its ideas and cultural interventions, as well as its relations to State and Political Groups in the scenery of Paraná during this period. It runs over the contribution of Catholic layman to the romanizing project of Catholic Church and emphasizes that the role of this group was to create cultural institutions in the context of Paraná without forgetting the political and cultural context of Brazil and Europe as a creation support for Catholic Laity. It is based on periodicals written and described by the group, which allowed us to know that the intellectual Catholic layman elite established cultural institutions where the main intellectual and political leads of State and Capital groups, so they placed
themselves serving the romanizing project of Catholic Church.