Bogoslovska smotra, Vol. 88 No. 3, 2018.
Prethodno priopćenje
Bodies of Participation and Co‑responsibility at the Parish Level
Josip Šimunović
orcid.org/0000-0003-0253-1393
; Katolički bogoslovni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
The topic of this article directs towards a reflection on the importance of bodies of participation of priests and lay believers and on their common responsibility for quality setting and developing the whole pastoral‑catechetical realisation of the parish community. These bodies of participation and co‑responsibility are either recommended (parish pastoral council) or obligatory (parish economic council), according to the Code of Canon Law. To these important bodies one should add another, established body that never loses its relevancy. The presence of this body in parish communities is regulated by particular legislation and the power of decision of the diocesan bishop. This body is the parish caritas or charitable community. Activity of the aforementioned bodies of participation and co‑responsibility of priests and lay believers at the parish level is realised through dynamics of pastoral planning and programming. The pastoral planning and programming is very important and necessary in each parish community. It aims at having the best possible response to the signs of the times that are posing challenges to the life and activity of a parish community on the daily basis. It reflects vitality and needed pastoral mobility of each parish community. The article discusses the purpose and nature of these bodies and the election of members and their formation, which is all in the service of ecclesial positioning and activity of these bodies in the parish community. The times in which we live are increasingly confirming their importance and necessity that are realised through the concrete participation of lay believers in participatory, dialogical, and co‑responsible relations with priests to whom the diocesan bishop entrusted the care for parish communities. At the beginning the article is shortly presenting selected thoughts of the universal and particular magisterium on the cooperation of priests and lay believers. This presented discourse is a good starting point for developing thoughts on bodies of participation and co‑responsibility – parish pastoral council, parish economic council, and parish caritas or charitable community. These are all welcome particular ecclesial structures at the parish level.
Ključne riječi
parish pastoral council; parish economic council; parish caritas; charitable community; co‑responsibility; pastoral planning and programming.
Hrčak ID:
207876
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Datum izdavanja:
8.11.2018.
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