RESPONSIBILITY, COURAGE AND COMMUNITY
SHAPED FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY

A secondary school with boarding facilities is established — one of the most important educational institutions in the region. From the very beginning, it combines demanding learning with character formation and community life.

Collegium Marianum educates up to 200 students a year. Alongside knowledge, students develop critical thinking, discussion and public speaking skills.

The school is led by Fr Leon Bemke, who gives it a clear educational character. Responsibility, courage and service to others become the foundations of the institution.

The Second World War interrupts the school’s development. The building is taken over and used by the occupying forces.

After the war, despite the Pallottines regaining the property, the communist authorities halted the institution’s development. For the following decades, the building housed a district hospital. It was not until 1984 that the entire complex was returned to its rightful owners.

After years of interruption, children and young people return. A preschool and primary school are established — the first step in rebuilding this place.

The Campus Bemke Foundation is established and a new stage of the initiative’s development begins. The first long-term plans for expanding the campus are created. The Founding Campaign also begins — a process of securing partners and funding needed to build the infrastructure. The first donors join the project.

Opening of the new building — the Educational Village.

Bemke is developing as an education hub for children and young people aged 3–19, bringing education, development and sport together in one coherent environment. The next stage will be the launch of Bemke College — a boarding high school intended to become one of the most ambitious educational initiatives of its kind in Poland.