Studia Pastoralne
Rocznik Wydziału Teologicznego UŚ

HOLY SPIRIT IN THE CATECHESIS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS.
Summary
From the point of view of catechising practice since there is the danger of the students’ ignorance of knowledge about the Holy Spirit, His irreplaceable role in leading to a mature faith cannot be neglected. The present study is an attempt to answer the question of what is the role of the Holy Spirit in catechising of secondary school students.
Premises, resulting from catechising’s nature and development conditioning, by which the youth is influenced, indicate the need of permanent catechising about the Holy Spirit as He can be a special help to youth experiencing various emotional states connected with changes of a psycho-physical nature, which affect them at this stage of development.
To basic tasks of of young people during their secondary school catechising include the acquisitionof the ability of giving testimony to the faith. Essential in fulfilling this aim is teaching the truth about the Holy Spirit, not only in factual matters like knowledge about the Holy Spirit, but especially in matters connected with His personal relations with people. Young Christians will be able to give testimony to the faith only if they accept the Holy Spirit as irreplaceable support to human existence both in social and personal dimensions.
Keywords: catechesis of secondary school students, Confirmation, curriculum of catechesis, Holy Spirit, tasks of catechesis, upbringing in faith

PREPARING YOUNG PEOPLE FOR THE SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION AS A RESEARCH CATEGORY IN CONTEMPORARY CATECHIZATION.
Summary
Preparing young people for the sacrament of Confirmationhasrecentlybecomeasubjectof numerous analyses and discussions. Therefore it seemed useful in this article to search for an answer to the question: in what ways are these problems dealt with in Polish catechetical literature. To answer the question the article first submits for analysis a matter of the essence and the importance of the catechesis which prepare young people for the sacrament of Confirmation. Afterwards a composite formulation of stages and forms of parish preparation for the sacrament of Confirmation and pluralism is presented, as well as a variety of suggested catechetical literature.
Finally the article points to questions which require further detailed studies and empirical verification.The above statements have allowed a better understanding of contemporary studies on parish catechization of candidates for Confirmation.This is also an inspiration for further analysis and empirical researche.
Keywords: catechesi of youth, catechetical instruction, Confirmation, parish catechesis

THE TEACHING OF RELIGION IN SCHOOLS AS PREPARATION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO CONSTRUCTIVELY SOLVE PROBLEMS IN THEIR FUTURE MARRIAGE AND FAMILY.
Summary
Religious education faces various educational tasks at school. The tasks focus on teaching and integral upbringing. They involve further and closer preparation of the youth to married and family life. Conflicts in married and family life and developing appropriate skills seem an essential thematic category for religious education. This article is aimed at finding answers to the following questions: how are the problems related to conflicts in married and family life dealt with in religious education classes at school and how is the task of the preparation of the youth to constructive conflict solving in married and family life carried out. While answering these questions, the religious curriculum at upper secondary school, lower secondary school, and at professional schools are referred to. In order to better understand the issue and to show it in the context of social science, first conflicts in married and family life are presented from a psychological and pedagogical perspective. Next, religious education matters are shown. The analyses carried out here are of theoretical nature only. They are based on religious curriculums at various types of comprehensive, secondary and professional schools.