Studia Pastoralne
Rocznik Wydziału Teologicznego UŚ

What about parish catechesis in The Church in Poland
Summary
Lack of parish religious education in Poland should be seen as a failure that is now bringing negative consequences. It is already a common belief, even among those who had originally been staunch advocates of the catechesis, that the so called religious education in schools has not brought the expected results. It has not become an effective element or means of development of faith among the younger generation of Poles. If it somehow manages to be successful it is to a negligible extent. Lack of religious education in parishes renders it impossible to fully form an adult, in particular while taking up and bringing into fruition the family catechesis. Furthermore, it goes without saying that young generations cannot be competently educated the Christian way without the input from their families. Understandably, adult catechesis will not become a panacea for the educational accomplishment of adults and children as well as the young people. Nevertheless, the presence of catechesis considerably increases the chances of more effective impact on education of children and young people alike. Only the parish catechesis is able to ensure the creation of the comprehensive and integral program of the development of Christian life.

NEW APPROACHES TO ADULT CATECHESIS
Summary
Maturing in faith means permanent and lifelong changes and transformations. Today, an adult believer can only survive if he/she personally discovers the reason of believe and the transformation of faith. The article covers typical features of early, middle and late periods of adulthood in terms of both psychological and spiritual development in individual decades. Adult catechesis gives room both to the proclamation of faith as well as to act in the faith what an adult lives, experiences, thinks and decides in different life stages – as a person who works on him/herselves, and as a Christian.