Review article
THE PARISH AND THE CARISMATIC MOVEMENT: RELATIONSHIP, COLLABORATION AND PARTING
Milan Špehar
; Theology of Rijeka, Dislocated Studies of Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Zagreb, Rijeka, Croatia
Tomislav Sikavica
orcid.org/0000-0002-8747-2160
; Theology of Rijeka, Dislocated Studies of Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Zagreb, Rijeka, Croatia
Abstract
A parish has a theological and a juridical foundation, and no other community can replace it. Nevertheless, every laical community and effort are very welcome in the parish, in order to revive it. There is, and there (always) will be a certain tension between the parish and the charismatic community. The first and the basic charismatic community is the parish. From the time of the 2nd Vatican council, the parish is not considered a “office” but a living community, in whose life everyone should equally participate marking it with his/her own contribution. A special care is reserved for the families. They cannot be excluded from the parish family, and they should serve to the parish as a “model” for the family life of the parish. Here the charismatic movements could offer so much. Further, it should not be forgotten that every prayer group in a parish (every parish can and should have one), is a charismatic community in the true meaning of the word.
Keywords
charisma; charismatic community; parish; prayer group; family
Hrčak ID:
133764
URI
Publication date:
29.1.2015.
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