Bogoslovska smotra, Vol. 95 No. 5, 2025.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.53745/bs.95.5.8
Renaissance of the Virtues as a Means of Educating Young People in Their Current Trends and from the Perspective of Seeking Holiness
Katarina Russinová
orcid.org/0009-0009-1214-7767
; Catholic University in Ružomberok, Faculty of Education,Ružomberok, Slovakia
Abstract
The call to holiness is Christ’s call to Christians of all times. The present contribution aims to highlight this fact and the need to offer young people role models of the Christian life as an inspiration to live a meaningful life from the perspective of holiness. The starting point for this paper are the results of the research project VEGA 1/0299/21: »Current religious-ethical themes among youth under the influence of the current coronal crisis«, which was carried out by the Department of Catechetics of the Catholic University in Ružomberok on a sample of 903 respondents in the period from June to October 2023. The first part of the contribution intends to characterise the recipients of the Christian message - young people in puberty and adolescence - as well as the trends that resonate with today’s young people. The contribution then explicates holiness as a fundamental direction in the Christian life. The next part provides a rationale for the moral and theologal virtues as a fundamental means of growing in and attaining holiness. The contribution concludes with a clarification of the characteristics of the basic virtues and other selected virtues that can be considered as cardinal elements in the moral formation of young people.
Keywords
Young People; Education; Virtues; Holiness; Morality; Trend
Hrčak ID:
346359
URI
Publication date:
16.4.2026.
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