Bogoslovska smotra, Vol. 78 No. 2, 2008.
Review article
Church Pastorale in Wake of the Reality of Movements
Pero Aračić
; Catholic Faculty of Theology in Djakovo, University of Josip Juraj Strossmayer, Djakovo, Croatia
Abstract
This article deals with the notion of Church activity as the work of all members of the Church; of the state of the faithful and communities of the faithful that feel the need to grow and mature in faith; to build the togetherness and become involved in coresponsibility and about planning and programming Church activities. Sound selection and priorities require a proper description of the situation of the Church and faithful in Croatia, give an evaluation of faith considering this data and to embark on long term planning. The situation in our Church communities in fact give way for the need for Church movements, communities and groups and this is in fact necessary for a more personalised togetherness and religious formation that the average parish it seems, is not offering quite enough. In that regard, it is necessary to restructure the parish and allow movements and communities to live and work by establishing a dialogue and assisting the heads of parishes, that is, dioceses. It is worth mentioning that movements and communities do not need to see their activities as confined to the boundaries of the Church but should be involved in society too.
Keywords
Church pastorale; pastoral situation; original togetherness; personalised togetherness; parish priest and parish vicar; movements; Diocesan Office for Movements
Hrčak ID:
28225
URI
Publication date:
12.8.2008.
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