Janez (Evangelist) Kalan (20 October 1868 – 27 April 1945), was a
Slovene Roman Catholic
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priest, editor, and writer.
Life
Kalan was born in the village of
Suha. He attended elementary school in
Škofja Loka
Škofja Loka (; german: Bischoflack) is a town in Slovenia. It is the economic, cultural, educational, and administrative center of the Municipality of Škofja Loka in Upper Carniola. It has about 12,000 inhabitants.
Geography
Škofja Loka lies a ...
, followed by secondary school (from 1879 to 1887) and seminary (from 1887 to 1891) in
Ljubljana
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During antiquity, a Roman city called Emona stood in the ar ...
. He was ordained a priest in 1891, after which he served as a
curate
A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' (''cura'') ''of souls'' of a parish. In this sense, "curate" means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy w ...
in
Dol pri Ljubljani
Dol pri Ljubljani (; german: Lusttal''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 18.) is a settlement in central Slovenia. It is the seat of the M ...
from 1891 to 1893 and in
Kamnik
Kamnik (; german: Stein''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 26–27. or ''Stein in Oberkrain'') is a town in northern Slovenia. It is t ...
from 1893 to 1900. From 1900 to 1904 he was a vicar in Ljubljana, and from 1904 to 1908 the parish priest in
Zapoge.
From 1903 to 1924 he was the Episcopal head of the campaign against alcoholism; he left his position as parish priest in 1908 in order to dedicate himself to this task. His zeal against alcohol earned him the deprecatory nickname ''Wasserkalan'' 'water Kalan'. In 1903 he founded the religious monthly periodical ''Bogoljub'' (God’s Love) and edited it until the end of 1924, when he left to serve among Slovene workers in
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...
. In 1923 he also served as a missionary among Slovene emigrants in southern Serbia. Kalan wrote a number of books.
Work
In 1903 Kalan founded the ''Sveta vojska'' (Holy Army) anti-alcohol association, the work of which was propagated in the newsletters ''Zlata doba'' (Golden Age; 1910–1920) and ''Prerodu'' (Rebirth, 1922–). In 1913 he started publishing the professional clerical newsletter ''Vzajemnost'' (Reciprocity) and edited it until 1924. In 1916, together with
Anton Mrkun he founded the ''Dobrodelnost'' (Charity) charitable association. In 1925 he started publishing the newsletter ''Naš zvon'' (Our Bell) in Germany. In addition to his publications in the newsletters that he edited, he also contributed to the newspapers ''Slovenec'' and ''Domoljub.''
[''Slovenski biografski leksikon'' 1925–1991. (2009). Electronic edition. Ljubljana: SAZU.]
Bibliography
* ''Vodnik marijanski''
* ''Družabnik Marijin''
* ''Šmarnice arskega župnika''
* ''Bog med nami''
* ''Kristus kraljuj''
* ''Pridige enega leta: za vse nedelje, praznike in posebne prilike''
*''Početek protialkoholnega gibanja na Slovenskem''
* ''Kaj je torej z alkoholizmom?''
* ''Sveta vojska''
* ''Konec pravdi o alkoholu''
* ''Velik moment''
* ''Slovensko dekle''
* ''K višku zdaj dežela vsa''
* ''Primite tatu''
* ''Zločin nad domovino''
* ''S krampom in gorjačo''
* ''Ajmo, mi Sokoli''
* ''Nova vera''
* ''Fantič, le gori vstan!''
* ''Pozdrav iz domovine''
* ''Pojte!''
* ''Prepevajte!''
* ''Da se poznamo''
* ''Rešimo slovenščino''
* ''Za lepo, domačo slovenščino''
References
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1868 births
1945 deaths
19th-century Slovenian Roman Catholic priests
Slovenian Roman Catholic missionaries
People from the Municipality of Škofja Loka
Roman Catholic missionaries in Serbia
20th-century Slovenian Roman Catholic priests