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What parish for the 21st century? : parish renewal guidelines in the context of current cultural changes in Europe
ID Przygoda, Wiesław (Author)

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Abstract
On the 29th of June 2020 the Vatican’s Congregation for the Clergy released a new pastoral instruction on the parish: “The pastoral conversion of the Parish community in the service of the evangelizing mission of the Church.” The organizational structure of the Church, well-established over previous epochs, is currently undergoing a certain crisis – a consequence of a wider crisis of the Church and even a wider crisis of the Christian faith in the countries of Western civilization. It is not only the declining number of priests but also the decreasing number of Catholics that has led to a weakening of the parish status. Bishops in Germany, Switzerland and other countries in Western Europe have probably already accepted this phenomenon and are focusing on the development of pastoral care in supra-parish organizations, such as unions (communities) of several parishes or large regional pastoral centers. Unfortunately, these organisms resemble religious services and Church administration stations rather than former parish communities bustling with religious life. The aim of this study is to determine the chances of survival for the parish under the current circumstances of the Church in Europe. If a parish is to survive the current cultural changes, it is necessary to answer the following questions: What should the parish be like? What are the sources of its renewal and strengthening? The methodological tool behind the theses developed here will be the analysis of the above-mentioned instruction released by the Congregation for the Clergy and statements made by the last three popes, especially Pope Francis. After a short introduction, the current cultural context of parish pastoral work in Europe will be outlined, and then three directions of parish renewal will be presented: the parish as a missionary community, the parish as a community of communities, and the parish as a community of co-responsible service.

Language:English
Keywords:parish, pastoral care, Church, community, missionary renewal
Work type:Article
Typology:1.02 - Review Article
Organization:TEOF - Theological Faculty
Publication status:Published
Publication version:Version of Record
Publication date:01.01.2022
Year:2022
Number of pages:Str. 445-457
Numbering:Letn. 82, [št.] 2
PID:20.500.12556/RUL-164108 This link opens in a new window
UDC:27-774“20“
ISSN on article:0006-5722
DOI:10.34291/BV2022/02/Przygoda This link opens in a new window
COBISS.SI-ID:125778691 This link opens in a new window
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Title:Bogoslovni vestnik
Shortened title:Bogosl. vestn.
Publisher:Bogoslovna akademija, Bogoslovna akademija, Teološka fakulteta v Ljubljani, Teološka fakulteta Univerze v Ljubljani, Založba Univerze v Ljubljani
ISSN:0006-5722
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Language:Slovenian
Title:Kakšna naj bo župnija v 21. stoletju? : smernice župnijske prenove v kontekstu trenutnih kulturnih sprememb v Evropi
Abstract:
29. 6. 2020 je vatikanska Kongregacija za kler izdala novo pastoralno navodilo za župnije z naslovom „Pastoralno spreobrnjenje župnijske skupnosti v službi evangelizacijskega poslanstva Cerkve“. Organizacijska struktura Cerkve, dobro izoblikovana v preteklih obdobjih, se trenutno spopada z določeno krizo, ki je posledica širše krize v Cerkvi – in še širše krize krščanske vere v državah zahodne civilizacije. Ne le zmanjševanje števila duhovnikov, temveč tudi zmanjševanje števila vernikov je privedlo k oslabitvi vloge župnij. Škofje v Nemčiji, Švici in drugih državah Zahodne Evrope so to dejstvo verjetno že sprejeli in se osredotočajo na razvoj pastoralne oskrbe v nadžupnijskih organizacijah – kot denimo v zvezah (skupnostih) več župnij ali v velikih pokrajinskih pastoralnih središčih. Takšni organizmi na žalost bolj spominjajo na verske storitve in postaje cerkvene uprave kakor pa na nekdanje župnijske skupnosti, kjer cveti versko življenje. Cilj te študije je opredeliti možnosti preživetja župnij v trenutnih razmerah v Evropi. Če naj bi župnija trenutne kulturne spremembe preživela, je treba odgovoriti na naslednja vprašanja: Kakšna naj bo župnija? Kateri so viri njene prenove in okrepitve? Metodološko orodje v ozadju tez, ki jih razvijamo, je analiza prej omenjenega navodila, ki ga je izdala Kongregacija za kler, in izjave zadnjih treh papežev – zlasti papeža Frančiška. Za kratkim uvodom je orisan trenutni kulturni kontekst župnijskega pastoralnega dela v Evropi, nato pa so predstavljene tri smeri župnijske prenove: župnija kot misijonska skupnost, župnija kot skupnost skupnosti in župnija kot skupnost soodgovornega služenja.

Keywords:župnija, pastoralna oskrba, Cerkev, skupnost, misijonarska prenova

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