Stručni rad
Criteria for the Employment and Regular fee Payment of Parish Coworkers
Mato Mićan
; Katolički bogoslovni fakultet u Đakovu,Sveučilišta J.J. Strossmayera u Osijeku
Sažetak
This exposition is about the ecclesiastic ministries from the point of view of the current structure of the Church, described in the Code on Canon Law from 1983. Taking the origin and historical development of the ministries in the Church into consideration, the article attempts to point to the importance of the ministries both in the universal and particular Church. The purpose is to show how according to their canon specifics, the role and effectiveness of these ministries require constant adjustment to concrete particular Churches, diocesan bodies and parish communities. The engagement of church ministers in the Church in the light of the documents of the Second Vatican Council and the Code is not only the important task of the consecrated ministers and clergymen, but also of the lay faithful who are, by the acts of baptism and confirmation, destined for the apostolate and called to make all the people around the world hear and accept the divine message of salvation. It is certain that parish associates have to be trained for this task, which means they have to be educated to a certain level, and given an official certificate to confirm their appositeness and proficiency for the services they are in charge of. Besides the concrete needs and potentials in the Universal Church or the Church in Croatia, the particular Church of Đakovo and Srijem seeks in a special way the areas which require the ministries of the lay faithful in a parish community. Nevertheless, it is necessary to explain the very concept of a parish associate in the canon sense of the word, which is done in the first part of this exposition. The second part defines the phenomenon of the church ministry, whereas the third part brings the criteria for the promotion to the church ministry. The fourth part presents the division of the church ministries according to the general and regional laws, and gives details on payment church ministers get for their concrete service in parishes. It is important to emphasise that not all the engaged lay faithful are church ministers in the strict sense of the word, we call them parish associates. Their work, mainly voluntary, is also a part of the vocation and mission of the Church.
Ključne riječi
Parish associate; church ministry; criteria for the promotion to church ministry; fee payment in a parish; parish associates
Hrčak ID:
40151
URI
Datum izdavanja:
30.6.2005.
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