This article analyzes the process of constitution of the catholic journalism directed by the catholic layman, as well as the educative role attributed to catholic periodicals. In this interpretative task it approaches the discussion of the intellectual catholic layman elite on education related the paranaense historical context, 1926 and 1939, arguing its interlocutions with the theoretical and philosophical thoughts in general , as well as its ideas and cultural interventions. This article also talks about the contribution of catholic layman to the Romanizing project of Catholic Church and emphasizes that one of this group's role was to create a series of periodicals in the paranaense capital, without forgetting the political and cultural context from Brazil and Europe as a background for these groups. It is based in the productions published in the Alvor; in The Cruzada magazine; in the Cruzeiro; in the Luzeiro, which allow us to affirm that the catholic layman have established the journalism where the main intellectual and political leads of the state and capital put themselves serving the Romanizing project of the Catholic Church.
Intellectuals; press; catholic church; education