MARTIN WEIS
TEOLOGICKÁ FAKULTA JIHOČESKÉ UNIVERZITY V ČESKÝCH BUDĚJOVICÍCH
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA IN ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE, FACULTY OF THEOLOGY
LEISURE ACTIVITIES IN THE ALUMNAT IN ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE AT THE TURN OF THE 19TH
AND 20TH CENTURIES
Abstract: The study, based on archival sources, printed materials and professional literature,
presents one of the chapters in the history of leisure activities in the environment of a priestly
seminary – alumnat/seminarium in České Budějovice. The theologians of the seminary in České
Budějovice did not spend all their time only studying the theological and philosophical sciences or
praying in the chapel. In the schedule of the day, they also had time for so-called recreation. How did
they fulfil it? We can divide these activities into several areas, physical activities – today we would
say sports activities, hobby activities, passive and active cultural activities, which consisted mainly of
organising various academies, theater performances, singing performances, etc. Their leisure time
activities included also individual reading or conversation. As this study documents with concrete
examples, these leisure activities reflected the spirit of the time and the specifics of the life of future
priests in the alumnat/seminarium more than a hundred years ago.
Keywords: leisure activities; life of societies; cultural activities; sports activities; priestly seminary
– alumnat/seminarium in České Budějovice
THEOLOGICAL REVIEW, Vol. 92, 2021, No. 3, Number of Article 4, p. 285 – 291.
DOI: 10.14712/12117617.92.3.4