Review article

https://doi.org/10.31823/d.29.4.8

Synodal Pastoral Care of Young People – Experience in the Archdiocese of Vrhbosna

Šimo Maršić orcid.org/0000-0002-1544-6924 ; Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Antonio Topalović orcid.org/0000-0003-1222-6130 ; Archdiocesan Center for Youth Pastoral »John Paul II«, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Marija Puljić ; Archdiocesan Center for Youth Pastoral »John Paul II«, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Abstract

Synodality as a style of pastoral work in today’s time and understanding of the Church is a significant theological-pastoral theme. Here it will be discussed in the context of youth pastoral care and specifically in the context of the work and activities of the Archdiocesan Center for Youth Pastoral »John Paul II« in Sarajevo (hereinafter: AYC John Paul II). We will first briefly deal with the notion of synodal pastoral care and the synodal pastoral care of young people as a demand of the present moment. We will then present the vision and mission of the AYC John Paul II, which, through the institution of the Youth Council, promotes synodality, i.e., the involvement of young people in the process of joint decision making in youth pastoral care. Fi-nally, we will focus on three different pastoral projects of the AYC John Paul II, which reveal the synodality in youth pastoral care, on three levels: the formation of animators of parish youth pastoral care, the social engagement of young people through volunteering, and concrete action of young people in interreligious and ecumenical contexts.

Keywords

Synodal pastoral care; Archdiocesan Center for Youth Pastoral »John Paul II«; Youth Council; youth pastoral; animator; volunteering

Hrčak ID:

269474

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/269474

Publication date:

28.12.2021.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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