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The Problem of Youth Catechisation Under Croatian Circumstances
Marko Pranjić
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Abstract
There has been a rapid decline in the number of young people who participate in catechism instruction after confirmation. The reasons for this can be found within the young people as well as the teachers. Young people need independence and are highly critical. A monological approach is usually taken in the catcchisation of young people. Catechists lack a deeper knowledge of their students. They are unable to catechise creatively. Catechetical speech can be unintelligible to a great extent and does not supply evidence. The Church structure is another factor: there is no sacramental catechesis between confirmation and marriage. Following confirmation, there are only a few functions in which young people can partake. The four services in the Church: kerygma, diaconia, koinonia and liturgia, are not sufficiently differentiated nor are the catechetical programs. At present, no complete catechetical plan has been worked out. The environment is also a contributing factor: multidenominationa! context, atheistic connotations in the social environment. A comprehensive sociological study of the young people we are attempting to catechise is needed. Under the present circumstances in the Croatian-speaking areas, youth catechization requires a complex approach to achieve expectations.
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Publication date:
20.6.1990.
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