Review article
Young People and Sacramental Life
Ivo Džinić
; Catholic Faculty of Theology in Đakovo, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek
Abstract
The article discusses the sacramental life of young people as an important segment of their entire pastoral care. In this context the article also deals with the topic of the pastoral work related to the sacraments. A broader context of this article is the crisis of the so called Church for the masses or People’s Church (Volkskirche), and the emergence of the selective Christianity, which is also evident in our local Church. The crisis of the pastoral work regarding the sacraments is narrowly connected to the aforementioned crisis. In a situation like this, our Church is facing the need, as an important sign of the time, for an outstanding and systematic pastoral work with young people, especially in parishes, to serve as the adequate preparation for the challenges waiting ahead. The sacramental life of young people depends to a great extent upon the quality of the entire pastoral work related to the sacraments, and in a special way upon the proper way of celebrating (ars celebrandi) and administering the sacraments by those who provide pastoral care. The striving for a better pastoral work regarding the sacraments and the ability to recognize and respect the aspiration of young people towards symbolic expression in the religious domain as well, are opening up large, promising possibilities as regards their sacramental life.
Keywords
Young people; sacramental life; pastoral work related to the sacraments; People's Church (Volkskirche); personalized Christianity; pastoral resignation; ars celebrandi; symbolic expression
Hrčak ID:
36965
URI
Publication date:
30.4.2009.
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