Studia Pastoralne
Rocznik Wydziału Teologicznego UŚ

THE NEW EVANGELIZATION IN POSTMODERN CULTURE.
Summary
The postmodernistic culture rejects all objective values and established laying down structures and out lines, proposing instead the radical pluralism relating the forms of knowledge, ways of thinking and life as well as the paragon of behaviour – which in consequence caused the axiological vacuum being suitable ground for invasion of sects and various pseudoreligions, as well as for spreading the death culture. The pseudoreligions negate all fundamental truths of Christian faith and promise an easy salvation. To fight of faith it is necessary to undertake the effort of new evangelization. Among many tasks one should first of all to proclaim by all the accessible means the faith truth attacked by postmodernism and pseudoreligions and develop the small church communities. It is the task of the whole Church, the clergymen and the laity.

EFFECTIVE EVANGELISATION EXEMPLIFIED IN LIFE AND ACTIVITY OF SAINT EUGENE DE MAZENOD (1782–1861)
Summary
In the post-synodal apostolic exhortation on the formation of priests in the circumstances of the present day Pastores dabo vobis, John Paul II described the new evangelisation as the most important and urgent task of the Church at the end of the second millennium. Therefore it calls for a new zeal, new methods of preaching and giving testimony to the Gospel”, and most of all a new involvement of priests. A priest who combined all these factors was Eugene de Mazenod, the founder of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. The testimony of his life and activity, in spite of the time that had passed, may be very inspiring even today. First of all it is because the 19th century France is not that different from the contemporary Western civilisation, especially when we realise, that the ideology of the French Revolution is the source of many contemporary cultural trends. Second of all, it is because in his activity one can find all the conditions of the effective evangelisation: a personal experience of salvation, ability to assess reality from the Gospel point of view, an apostolic zeal as the manifestation and testimony to love and propagating the spirituality of communion. John Paul II himself was convinced about exceptional values of this saint and found in him the example and the advocate of evangelisation of our times.
Keywords: apostolic zeal, effective evangelisation, Eugene de Mazenod, experience of salvation, signs of the times, testimony of love, the sense of community

Realisation of the Church in academic community as experienced in Graniczna Academic Pastoral Ministry Centre in Katowice
Summary
Academic pastoral ministry in Poland in its history executed various models and concepts and the resulting forms of activity. Currently the ministry faces new challenges due to skyrocketing civilisation transformation. Each academic pastoral ministry centre with its own characteristic features resulting from various conditions executes its own objectives. They must, however, result from basic objectives of academic pastoral ministry and at the same time be open for challenges of the contemporary world. Graniczna Academic Pastoral Ministry Centre at the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Katowice executed its objectives on the basis of the ecclesiology of communion and the resulting pastoral strategy plan. The article presents the concept and the forms as well as the methods of operation implemented in the centre in 1991–2001. Many of the actions bore specific fruits, therefore in the era of the new evangelisation and calling for “the pastoral ministry of reformation” it is worthwhile to get acquainted with the concept and operations of this academic centre.

Religious services for the dechristianised and searching

Parish Renewal – Pastoral Guidelines of John Paul II
Summary
The need for a decent vision of the parish rooted in the teaching of the Church which results from a deep theological reflection and is based on pastoral experi¬ence, opened on its suggestions to the contemporary context and able to reach out to the future is one of the most important needs of the contemporary Church. It is precisely the theological and pastoral vision created and propagated with dedication by John Paul II during almost twenty-eight years of his pontificating. The vision has a major motive – it is supposed to become a missionary community on the one hand, and from the practical point of view it should become a community of communities. The conditioning of the parish is mutual in this respect. If one wishes to put into practice this model of a parish, one has to bear in mind the four dimensions of pastoral activities: the Trinitarian dimension – the mystery of God; the ecclesiological dimension – the mystery of the Church; the canonical dimen¬sion – the legal and structural reality; and the humanistic dimension. This theology of a parish should be the purpose of its renewal and should be treated as a perpetual process, a specific lifestyle and mode of acting and, as consequence, should also serve as an impulse for the development of practical implementations of parishes that function in a specific social and cultural context.

THE NEW EVANGELIZATION IN THE SERVICE OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH
Summary
The new evangelization is dialogical and mystagogical. It is a fundamental task of every ecclesial community. In our time it is done in a pluralistic society primarily through the preaching of the word of God from person to person and the witness of a Christian life. Its objectives are faith, conversion of every man, bringing man to salvation. Bearing in mind the situation of the Christian faith in the modern world, one ought to seek new forms of preaching the word of God, especially using the electronic media.
Keywords: Christian witness, new evangelization, pluralistic society

DAS LEBEN MIT SORGE UMFASSEN IN DER TAT DES HOFFNUNGSVERTIEFENS AUF DEN ZEITGENÖSSISCHEN AREOPAGEU

DAS WERK DER NEUEVANGELISATION IN DER SICHTWEISE VON JOHANNES PAUL II
Die vielfach von der vorkonziliaren Kirche und von Papst Johannes Paul II hervorgeho-bene Neuevangelisation findet ihr endgültiges Zentrum in Jesus Christus. Jegliche Evangelisation strömt nämlich von der Person und von dem Werk Christi aus und führt zugleich zu ihm (vgl. 1 Kor 2,2).
Johannes Paul II betont immer, das: "Uns keine Formel aber nur die konkrete Person (Jesu Christi) erlösen kann sowie auch die Gewissheit mit welcher er uns erfüllt: Ich bin mit euch (NMI 29)". Die gegenwärtigen Zeiten fordern von Christi Schülern solch eine Einstellung.
In der Meinung des Papstes braucht man deswegen kein neues Programm zu erfinden, weil es schon existiert: es ist dasselbe wie immer, im Evangelium und in der lebendigen Tradition enthalten. Dies ist unser Programm für das dritte Jahrtausend. Darum lesen wir auch in der Ermahnung Eclesia in Europa, dass: "es die dringende Aufgabe der Kirche ist […], die befreiende Botschaft des Evangeliums neu anzubieten" (nr 2).
Johannes Paul II erinnert auch daran, das die Neuevangelisation nur dann möglich wird, wenn alle sich der eigenen prophetischen Berufung bewussten Christen, zum führen dieses Werkes aufgefordert fühlen werden.
Die Verkündung der Wahrheit von der Gegenwart Christi in der Pfarrgemeinde, im Familienkreis in der Schul - und Berufsumgebung sollte unser Programm für des dritte Jahrhundert sein. Auf dieser Wahrheit müsste sich auch unser Glauben stützen, "welcher sich festigt, wenn er weitergegeben wird" - wie der Papst in der Enzyklika Redemptoris missio schreibt (nr 2).

CARE OF PERMANENT INTELLECTUAL FORMATION OF YOUNG PRESBYTERS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE NEW EVANGELIZATION
Summary
Evangelization is a challenge for the whole Church. In this work priests participate in a special way. Bishops and presbyters by the sacrament of Holy Orders are capable and obliged to preach crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. He possesses words of life which are answers to our existential questions. Young presbyters taking responsibility for church communities have to continue their formation through permanent formation. It should deepen theological and philosophical knowledge. Thanks to that young priests are able to transfer God teaching to contemporary men.

Christian family as a community of faith and evangelization in the teaching of pope Francis
Summary
In his teaching Pope Francis often emphasizes that the most important duty of the Church is preaching the Gospel. Its proclamation is a sign of maturity of the Church community. However in many situations it should have missionary character. Francis reports that in a secularized world all baptized people are called to give the testimony of faith. He believes that people learn the Gospel within families first and then they would proclaim it to the world. Pope Francis perceives the family as an environment of faith and evangelization. He indicates that raising awareness of Church in this aspect is confronted – especially in the western cultural and social context – with attacks against families which can fulfill their duties facing difficulties.
This aspect is raised in the first part of the article. In the second part, on the social and cultural background teaching of Pope Francis about the role of family as a community of faith and evangelization is presented.