Pregledni rad

The Modalities of the Family Pastoral Ministry

Veronika Reljac ; Teologija u Rijeci, područni studij Katoličkog bogoslovnog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Rijeka, Hrvatska

Sažetak

Following the pastoral exhortation of the Pope John Paul II, Familiaris Consortio (1980), and the Directory for the Family Pastoral Ministry of the Church in Croatia (2002), it is reasonable to point out different modalities of the family pastoral ministry, and different profiles of pastoral workers. The domain of such a ministry is defined by different stages of life, which results with the pastoral ministry of the fiancees and the preparation for the marriage, promotion and guiding of different family groups, preparation of parents for the acceptance of a new life, baptism and support during the entire period of the Christian initiation of the children, as well as presence by the families which can not have their biological children and therefore are looking for a technological medical help, or are willing to adopt children. For the latter a family counselor is needed, with an educated pastoral worker, specialized in the family pastoral ministry. The pastoral ministry of the family is so demanding that a special education is needed. This education should be theological and spiritual, capable of giving knowledge about the interpersonal
communication, knowledge of sexuality according to the Christiananthropology, psychology of marriage and parenting, acquaintance with tendencies of the actual culture of sexuality and love, as well as the capability of critical reading of the pedagogical usage of the mass media message. Education should be linked to the church practice, theoretical and practical, permanent and constituted by the principles of respect towards the cultural divergences which mark the life of the family today, as well as by knowing the factors which determine such a life.

Ključne riječi

family; marriage; pastoral ministry; pastoral worker; domain; education

Hrčak ID:

123680

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/123680

Datum izdavanja:

18.1.2010.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: hrvatski

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