Review article
https://doi.org/10.31337/oz.71.1.6
An Analysis and Critique of Parish Pastoral Councils and their Committees in the Đakovo–Osijek Archdiocese
Stanislav Šota
orcid.org/0000-0002-6979-4406
; The Catholic Faculty of Theology in Đakovo, Đakovo, Croatia
Abstract
In keeping with the spirit of synodality of the Second Vatican Council, the Archdiocese of Đakovo–Osijek strives to link all members of the local Church into a coresponsible whole whereby all the baptized may achieve self–realization within the scope of their particular charism by participating with co–responsibility in the life of the Church. Attainment of the synodal spirit in the local Church »must« especially be recognizable in the parochial structures, particularly in the Parish Pastoral Councils. The tasks of the Parish Pastoral Committee in the function of a consultative body are: to help the parish priest in determining evangelization–pastoral–catechetical priorities
and needs in the field; deciding on priority tasks in the parish and seeking out and making the effort to include parishioners in commissions and committees foreseen in the Synodal Documents of the Đakovo–Srijem Diocese and the Handbook for Parish Pastoral Councils of the Đakovo–Osijek Archdiocese. Commissions of
the Parish Pastoral Councils for Evangelization, the Liturgy and Charity Activities provide the necessary internal structuredness according to which goals of the Parish Pastoral Councils may be achieved. The latter and their boards ought to be organized
in such a way that their nature, features and tasks structurally embody all respective stages of evangelization and so become the structural framework for planning, implementation
and evaluation of the pastoral activity of the parish as a whole.
Keywords
synodality; co–responsibility; structuredness; Parish Pastoral Council; Commission of the Parish Pastoral Council for Evangelization; the Liturgy and Charity Activities
Hrčak ID:
160045
URI
Publication date:
30.5.2016.
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