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Issue No. 33

The New Constitution Discriminates Against Believers             
 
    To the World's Conscience 
 
    What's New in the Gulag? 
 
    Which Priests Are Shielding the Security Agent?   
 
    KGB—Hands Off the Seminary! 
 
    In Telšiai—Raslanas the Murderer 
 
    News From the Dioceses 
 
    In the Soviet School
 
    Catholics in the Soviet Union 
 
    New Underground Publications  

Issue No. 34

To His Eminence Cardinal Jean Villot, Vatican Secretary of State                    
Trial of Viktoras Petkus
Letters from the Gulag
KGB Attacks Father Alfonsas Svarinskas
New Campaign in Lithuania to Deprive Children of Their Faith and National Identity             
News from the Dioceses
In the Soviet School
Communist Morality in Practice
Catholics in the Soviet Union
New Underground Publications

Issue No. 35

Congratulatory Message to Pope John Paul II 
To the General of the Jesuit order, Father Pedro Arrupe       
Interrogations 
Letters from the Gulag 
Wedding in the Gulag 
Begegnung: Loudspeaker for the Soviet KGB     
Cultural Genocide Continues in Lithuania 
At the Kaunas Seminary
News from the Dioceses 
In the Soviet School 
Catholics in the Soviet Union 
From the Archives of the chronicle of the catholic Church in Lithuania              
New Underground Publications 

Issue No. 36

Catholic Committee for the Defense of the Rights of Believers                 
Life of Catholics in Lithuania and the Soviet Union after the Election of Pope John Paul II                
Surveillance of Church Activity 
Our Prisoners 
News from the Dioceses
In the Soviet School 
Catholics in the Soviet Union 
New Underground Publications

Issue No. 37

    We are Not Alone!
    The Holy Father Acknowledges Congratulatory Messages ..  
    Let Us Resurrect Lithuania!
    The Fight Against the Statutes of the Supreme Soviet Presidium             
    Why Was a New Administrator Elected
    The KGB's Fight Against the Underground Movement of the Catholic Church         
    Catholic Committee for the Defense of the Rights of Believers              
    Trial in Vilkaviškis
    The KGB is Preparing to Indict the Rev. S. Tamkevičius 
    The KGB Against the Rev. J. Indriūnas
    The Chronicle of the Catholic Church in Lithuania is Seven Years Old            
    Our Prisoners
    News from the Dioceses
    In the Soviet School
    Catholics in the Soviet Union
    From the Archives of the chronicle of the catholic Church in Lithuania           
    New Underground Publications
 

Issue No. 38

    Conscience Above Laws (Protest by Priests Against Church Discrimination )         
 
    The Death of Father Karolis Caruckas  
 
    On Behalf of National Temperance     
 
    Appeal to UNESCO by the Catholic Committee for the Defense of the Rights of Believers   
 
    Open Letter to His Excellency Bishop J.(ulijus) Steponavičius             
 
    News From the Dioceses     
 
    In the Soviet School          
 
    New Underground Publications  
 

Issue No. 39

The Holy Father's Visit to Poland 
    Anxiety Among the Godless 
    The Commissioner for Religious Affairs Affairs Meets with the Deans     
    The Soviet Government Replies 
    Anilionis Instructs the Ordinaries 
    Letters from the Gulag 
    Tenth Anniversary of the Friends of the Eucharist                
    The Catholic Committee for the Defense of the Rights of Believers        
    Regarding Letters to Our Bishops and Administrators            
    Destruction of a Cros   
    Trial in Varėna 
    The Godless Elect a Parish Committee 
    Father Šeškevičius Writes 
    Sociological Research 
    It Is Worse than Murder 
    What Do You Know About the Chronicle?  
    In the Soviet School 
    The Church in Soviet Republics 
    From the Archives of the Chronicle of the Catholic Church in Lithuania  
 

Issue No. 40

The Hungarian Cardinal's Visit
 The Occupation: A Catastrophe for the Catholic Church of Lithuania
 Instead of Hope — Fear
 Will There Be New Bishops?
 The Concerns of the LSSR Prosecutor's Office
 Soviet Laws Are Being Ignored
 Angelė Ramanauskaitė's Trial
 The Catholic Committee for the Defense of Believers' Rights
 The Struggle for Religious Freedom 
 The March to Šiluva
 To the Central Committee of the Lithuanian Communist Party 
 Searches Conducted in Lithuania 
 News from the Dioceses 
 In the Soviet School
 The Church in Other Soviet Republics 
 New Underground Publications

Issue No. 41

What Will 1980 Bring?
Exiles Congratulate the Holy Father
In Support of the Declaration of Human Rights
Searches
Our Prisoners
Lithuanians Defend Their Language 
The Ordinaries Support the Temperance Movement 
Protests by Priests and Believers 
Regarding the "Fabrications" in the Foreign Press
Anilionis: The Executioner of the Church
Discrimination against Believing Students
The Struggle for the Klaipėda Church
News from the Dioceses
In the Soviet School
Catholics in Other Soviet Republics
New Underground Publications

Issue No. 42

A Shining Beacon (the late Father Jaugelis)
Searches and Interrogations
Terrorization of the Ordinaries
The Fight against the Church Gains Strength
The Catholic Committee for the Defense of  Believers' Rights 
Anxiety in the Communist Party 
The Persecution of Father Antanas Gražulis 
News from the Dioceses 
In the Soviet School 
Catholics in Other Soviet Republics 
From the Archives of the Chronicle 
New Underground Publications
 

Issue No. 43

To the Catholic Committee for the Defense of  Believers' Rights (Statement from A. Gofman) 
Searches and Interrogations 
Our Prisoners
Justas Gimbutas . . . again in the Gulag Archipelago 
News from the Dioceses 
In the Soviet School 
New Underground Publications
 

Issue No. 44

The Soviet Government, the Chronicle, and the Church in Lithuania:
        1. Discrediting Active Priests
        2. Discrediting the Chronicle
        3. The Question of Clergy Unity
        4. Contacts with the West
        5. Priests Councils
        6. Is This Politics?
        7. Should Repressive Measures Be Feared? 
Anilionis "Educates" the Deans Again 
Searches, Interrogations, and Arrests
Our Prisoners
Nijolė Sadūnaitė Is Free!
Documents of the Catholic Committee for the Defense of Believers' Rights 
News from the Dioceses 
In the Soviet School 
The Church in Other Soviet Republics
        1.  Byelorussia
        2.  The Ukraine
New Underground Publications
 

Issue No. 45

Impressions from His Excellency Bishop J.  Steponavičius's 25th Anniversary Celebration in Vilnius
The Trial of Antanas Terleckas and Julius Sasnauskas 
The Trial of Dr. Algirdas Statkevičius 
Our Prisoners 
The Theological Seminary 
To the Ordinaries of the Catholic Church in  Lithuania and  the Rector of the Kaunas Theological Seminary 
Violence against Priests 
Searches and Interrogations 
News from the Dioceses 
In the Soviet School 
The Church in Other Soviet Republics 
New Underground Publications

Issue No. 46

The Trial of Janulis and Buzas 
The Trial of Vitkauskaitė and Navickaitė 
The Trial of Gemma-Jadvyga Stanelytė 
The Trial of Skuodis, Iešmantas, and Pečeliūnas 
The Late Pranciškus Masilionis, S.J. 
The 550th Jubilee of Vytautas, Grand Duke of Lithuania 
Our Prisoners 
Interrogations and Searches 
Spiritual Revival in Lithuania 
The Catholic Committee for the Defense of Believers' Rights 
News from the Dioceses 
In the Soviet School

Issue No. 47

The Holy Father's Message of Congratulations to Bishop Steponavičius 
Searches and Interrogations 
Our Prisoners
Hooliganism in the Soviet Press
A Letter from the Telšiai Priests Council
The Religious Affairs Commissioner Instructs the Parish Councils 
The Persecution of Petras Cidzikas 
News from the Dioceses 
In the Soviet School 
The Church in Other Soviet Republics
New Underground Publications

Issue No. 48

To His Holiness Pope John Paul II
To His Eminence Francis Cardinal Macharski
To the Honorable Nobel Laureate Andrei  Sakharov 
The Trial of Mečislovas Jurevičius 
The Trial of Vytautas Vaičiūnas 
Our Prisoners
The Council for Religious Affairs "Instructs"  Believers and Priests 
The Priests Councils Write 
News from the Dioceses 
In the Soviet School

Issue No. 49

Review: July-September 1981
"Swine Fever" or How the KGB Hampered the Procession to Šiluva 
Persecution of Believing Youth 
Interrogations
Desecration of the Blessed Sacrament
To the Chancery of the Telšiai Diocese
From the Trial of Vytautas Vaičiūnas
SOS: The Theological Seminary is Endangered
Terrorism against Priests
Our Prisoners
News from the Dioceses
In the Soviet School
The Church in Other Soviet Republics
 

Issue No. 50

1. A Brief Review of Events October through December 1981
2. The Death and Funeral of Father Bronius Laurinavičius
3. The KGB Intimidates Young People 
4. Our Prisoners
5. Thank you for your Sacrifice! 
6. Why Does Šiluva Terrify the Atheist Authorities?
7. Young People Erect Crosses
8. News from the Dioceses
9. In the Soviet School
10. New Publications
 

Issue No. 51

1. Messages of Congratulations
2. The Spiritual Rebirth of the Catholic Church in Lithuania  
3. The CHRONICLE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN LITHUANIA is 10 Years Old!       
4. Letter to the Editors of the CHRONICLE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN LITHUANIA   
5. Believers' Protest
6. Returned
7. The Church is "Separate" from the State
8. The Trial of Father Leonas Šapoka's Killers

Issue No. 52

1. Blackmail of Bishop Julijonas Steponavičius
2. The Trial of Father Leonas Mažeika's Killers 
3. The Persecution of Father Kastytis Jonas Matulionis             
4. The trial of Father Antanas Gražulis
5. KGB Rampage in Marijampolė
6. Letters from the Clergy and Faithful of Lithuania  
7. The End Justifies the Means
8. The Catholic Committee for the Defense of Believers' Rights
9. Religious Feasts in Lithuania
10.News from the Dioceses
11.In the Soviet School
12.New Publications
 

Issue No. 53

1. Our Thanks                       
2. Soviet Vandalism 
3. In the Seminary  
4. The Council for Religious Affairs "Brain-Washes"  
5. A Victim of Soviet "Freedom of Conscience"        
6. Genovaitė Navickaitė Free   
7. Searches and Interrogations              
8. Our Prisoners      
9. The Priests and Faithful of Lithuania Write          
10. The Catholic Calendar - Directory            
11. News from the Dioceses          
12. In the Soviet School               
13. New Publications   
 

Issue No. 54

1. Our Joy, Hope and Concern
2. His Excellency, Bishop Vincentas Sladkevičius, Assumes the See of Kaišiadorys   
3. Consecration of His Excellency, Bishop Antanas Vaičius
4. Religious Festival at Žemaičių Kalvarija
6. After the Destruction of Maiden Hill 
7. A Lithuanian Catholic's Way of the Cross in the Soviet Army               
8. Our Prisoners 
9. Constitutional "Freedoms" and the Actual Truth   
10. Government Efforts to Separate Priests from People           
11. Destruction of Crosses      
12. News from the Dioceses    
13. In the Soviet School         
14. The Church in the Soviet Republics    
 

Issue No. 55

1. A Look at the Church Through Priests' Eyes       
2. In the Seminary              
3. A Look at the Church Through the Window of the Council for Religious Affairs  
4. Searches and Interrogations            
5. Šiluva — 1982  
6. Our Prisoners  
7. News from the Dioceses  
8. In the Soviet School         
9. In the Soviet Republics   
10. Thanks! 

Issue No. 56

1. Pressure from Moscow Mounts             
2. The Problem of the Cardinal                 
3. The Arrest of Father Alfonsas Svarinskas              
4. Petras Paulaitis Released     
5. Msgr. L. Pratkelis Dies        
6. Searches and Interrogations              
7. The Persecution of Jonas Sadūnas      
8. News from the Dioceses      
9. In the Soviet School           
10. The Church in the Soviet Republics    
11. New Publications      
 

Issue No. 57

1. Free Father Alfonsas Svarinskas!            
2. Searches and Investigations                
3. Propaganda from the Council for Religious Affairs                
4. Whom Do You Serve?           
5. A Gift from the Nation of Martyrs          
6. News from the Dioceses        
7. In the Soviet School             
8. The Church in the Soviet Republics       
9. New Publications

Issue No. 58

1.  The Trial of Father Alfonsas Svarinskas         
2.  Collecting Signatures      
3.  The Friends of Father Alfonsas Svarinskas Speak       
4.  And Again, A New Victim  
5.  Jadvyga Bieliauskienė Sets Out Again on the Gulag Road  
6.  Raids and Investigations   
7.  Our Prisoners   
8.  Easter Fragments      
9.  News from the Dioceses   
10. In the Soviet School    
11. The Church in the Soviet Republics 

Issue No. 59

1. It is Good to Think Freely, but Even Better to Think Rightly              
2. Priests Struggle for Church Rights      
3. Action in Lithuania in Defense of the Arrested Priests       
4. Notes from the Case of Father Alfonsas Svarinskas         
5. From the Trial of Jonas Sadūnas      
6. Investigations
7. Our Prisoners   
8. News from the Dioceses   
9. In the Soviet School      
 

Issue No. 60

1.  The Catholic Committee for the Defense of Believers' Rights Marks the Fifth Anniversary of its Establishment 
2.  Greetings from the Faithful of Lithuania to Pope John Paul II on His Twenty-five Years as a Bishop
3.  Persecution of the Church in Lithuania Stedily Intensifies, Unrest in the Nation Steadily Grows
4.  The Protests Do Not Diminish 
5.  The Persecuted Church of Lithuania Prays More and More Fervently          
6.  We Are Grateful for Their Sacrifice!
7.  It Is Impossible to Sentence the Truth
8.  Raids and Interrogations
9.  Our Prisoners
10. News From the Dioceses

Issue No. 61

1. To Our Dear Brethren, The Irish
2. The Spiritual Testament of Father Sigitas Tamkevičius                     
3. The Trial of Father Sigitas Tamkevičius
4. Thoughts on Reading the Article, "A Rosary in One Hand and a Stick in the Other"  
5. Such is Soviet Freedom of Religion!
6. Raids and Interrogations
7. Our Prisoners 
8. Priests in Defense of Believers' Rights
9. News from the Dioceses
10.Catholics in the Soviet Republics
11.New Underground Publications

Issue No. 62

1. Echoes of the Celebration of the 500 Year Jubilee of the Death of Saint Casimir     
2. Catholic Lithuania Thanks Our Holy Father, John Paul II 
2. Protests on behalf of the Arrested Priests, Fathers Alfonsas Svarinskas and Sigitas Tamkevičius, Do Not Diminish .
4. Open Letter of Father Jonas Danyla to the Atheist Bronius Jauniškis
5. News From the Dioceses 
6. Searches and Interrogations 
7. Our Prisoners
8. New Underground Publications

Issue No. 63

1. To His Excellency, Bishop-Designate Baltakis
2. Catholic Lithuania Commemorates the Fiftieth Anniversary of its Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus              
3. Echoes of the Jubilee Year of Saint Casimir
4. Are There Any Grounds for accusing Msgr. Olšauskas of Murder?      
5. Letter of Father Jonas Danyla to the Editors of the Rayon Newspaper, "Pirmyn"
6. We Are Grateful for the Sacrific
7. Our Prisoners
8. Raids and Interrogations
9. News from the Dioceses
10. In the Soviet School

Issue No. 64

1. Catholic Lithuania Thanks the Holy Father, John Paul II              
2. The Struggle of the Catholic Church in Lithuania Becomes Increasingly Difficult, and the Enemy More Devious
3. Priests of the Archdiocese of Vilnius Greet Their Bishop-in-Exile, Julijonas Steponavičius 
4. Thanks!
5. Repercussions of the Jubilee of Saint Casimir               
6. Sermons of Fathers Alfonsas Svarinskas and Sigitas Tamkevičius Included with Incriminating Evidence 
7. News from the Dioceses
8. Raids and Interrogations
9. Our Prisoners
10. In the Soviet School
11. The Church in the Soviet Republics
 

Issue No. 65

1. The 500-Year Jubilee is Upon Us, But  
2. One More Victim  
3. Raids and Interrogations 
4. Our Prisoners  
5. Whom Does Lying Serve?
6. News From the Dioceses 
7. In the Soviet School 
8. From the Archives of the Chronicle of the Catholic Church in Lithuania     
9. New Underground Publications    
 

Issue No. 66

1. Temptation Which We must Reject
2. Greetings
3. From the Trial of Father Jonas Kąstytis Matulionis and Young Romas Žemaitis         
4. From Material Used Against Father Sigitas Tamkevičius                      
5. Statement of Father Rokas Puzonas to the Head of the KGB               
6. News from the Dioceses
7. Raids and Investigations
8. Our Prisoners 
9. In the Soviet School
10. New Underground Publications
 

Issue No. 67

1. Echoes of the Jubilee of Blessed Mykolas Giedraitis               
2. Thank You!
3. A Letter to the Editor of the C h ro n i c l e (Let Us Stop and Think)       
4. The KGB Terrorizes Father Jonas Kastytis Matulionis              
5. The Protests Do Not Abate   
6. From The Courtroom
7. Material From the Chronicle Archives
8. Our Prisoners 
9. News From the Dioceses

Issue No. 68

1. Today's Concerns
2. The Jubilee of Lithuania's Bapt ism Approaches          
3. Thank You!
4. From the Trial of Vladas Lapienis:
A. Vladas Lapienis' Defense and Closing Statement
B. Decision of the Court  
5. Thoughts Upon Reading the Articles by J. Kazlauskas and V. Balkevičius Entitled
       "The Making of a Holier-Than-Thou" and "The Meaning of Jesuitical Truth"   
6. Our Prisoners
7. News From the Dioceses
8. In the Soviet School
9. Catholics In the Soviet Republics
10.New Underground Publications
 

Issue No. 69

1. The Betrayals Do Not Stop
2. Petras Anilionis "Instructs" Priests-to-Be      
3. A Reader's Letter to the Chronicle
4. When Will the Desecration of Churches Cease?         
5. News From the Dioceses
6. Our Prisoners
7. From the Chronicle Archives
8. In the Soviet School
9. New Underground Publications
 

Issue No. 70

1. Thanks to His Holiness, Pope John Paul II
2. The Catholic Church in Lithuania Loses One More Zealous Priest
3. When and How Will the Blackmail End?
4. Priests Concerned About the Future of the Lithuanian Church            
5. Trials, Raids and Interrogations
6. Our Prisoners
7. News From the Dioceses
8. In the Soviet School
 

Issue No. 71

1. Pope John Paul II and the Lithuanian Nation Greet Bishop Julijonas Steponavičius       
2. The Times of Murovjov and Stalin Return
3. Demeaning Motherhood
4. Rebuttal of an Anonymous Article in the Newspape Soviet Klaipėda        
5. Searches and Interrogations
6. Our Prisoners
7. News From the Dioceses
8. In the Soviet School
9. New Underground Publications

Issue No. 72

1. Thank You!
2. Commemorating the Centennial of the Defense of the Kęstaičiai Church            
3. The Slave's Child Belongs to the Master
4. School for Hypocrisy
5. We Thank Them for Their Sacrifice
6. Priests Assaulted Again
7. Searches and Interrogations
8. Our Prisoners
9. News From the Dioceses
10.In the Soviet Republics
11.New Underground Publications
 

Issue No. 73

1.600 Years Have Been Kneeling
2.Unity or Servitude?
3.Thank You!
4.Congratulations and Thanks for Your Sacrifice!
5.Searches and Interrogations
6.Our Prisoners
7.News From the Dioceses
8.In the Soviet School
9.New Underground Publications
 

Issue No. 74

1.Thank you!
2.Broken Crosses
3.The Jubilee and Uninvited Helpers
4.Petitions and Protests
5.Raids and Investigations
6.Our Prisoners
7.News from the Dioceses
 

Issue No. 75

1.Is It Restructuring or Just Plain "Brainwashing"?
2.Thank You!
3.Echoes of the Celebration
4.An Appeal to All People of Good-Will Worldwide
5.Petitions and Protests
6.Searches and Investigations
7.Our Prisoners
8.News From the Dioceses
9.From the Archives of the Chronicle
10. In the Soviet Republics

Issue No. 76

1.A Look at the Past Year, 1987  
2.Petitions and Protests
3.From the Letters of the Late Father Juozas Zdebskis                        
4.Searches and Interrogations
5.Our Prisoners
6.News From the Dioceses
7.In the Soviet School
8.New Underground Publications
 

Issue No. 77

1. Hail the Heroes of Church and Nation!
2. From the Courtroom
3. Petitions and Protests
4. Searches and Interrogations
5.Our Prisoners  
6. News from the Dioceses
7. In the Soviet School
 

Issue No. 78

1.We Thank Our Holy Father, John Paul II
2.We Congratulate Cardinal Vincentas Sladkevičius
3.Cardinalatial Lithuania
4.Petitions and Protests
5.Raids and Interrogations
6.Our Prisoners
7.News From the Dioceses
8.In the Soviet School
 

Issue No. 79

1. Cardinal Vincentas Sladkevičius' Remarks at the Priests' Symposium
2. We Thank Him for His Sacrifice!
3. Father Alfonsas Svarinskas Bids Farewell
4. There Is No Freedom Without Freedom of Conscience (An Appeal to the Restructuring Movement)
5. Petitions and Protests
6. Our Prisoners
7. News from the Dioceses
8. In the Soviet Republics