EDUCATION FOR CHRISTIAN LIFE ACCORDING TO MOTHER ELŻBIETA CZACKA (+1961) NOTES  Cover Image

Wychowanie do życia chrześcijańskiego według Pism Matki Elżebiety Czackiej (+1961)
EDUCATION FOR CHRISTIAN LIFE ACCORDING TO MOTHER ELŻBIETA CZACKA (+1961) NOTES

Author(s): Jarosław M. Popławski
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion
Published by: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II - Wydział Teologii
Keywords: ELŻBIETA CZACKA; CHRISTIAN EDUCATION; EDUCATION FOR LOVE; PRAYER; SUFFERING

Summary/Abstract: The founder of the Order of Franciscan Servants of the Cross and at the same time a co-founder of the “Laski Work”, who lived in the 20 century, may be considered a wise and sagacious educator. The spiritual notes she left (Notatki and Dyrektorium), written under the influence and at the request of her spiritual guide, reveal Czacka’s extraordinary deliberateness. Conscious of human limitations that are a result and a consequence of the original sin, she emphasized the necessity of absolute trust to God, so that discovering His love one could accept anything that He reveals to the man with faith and hope, including the gift and grace of suffering. In the process of Christian formation she also ascribed an important role to prayer as well as to healthy, moderate ascetism. It seems that Czacka’s reflection that also today topical, may be a help not only to consecrated people, but also to those who undertake the work of constant, permanent spiritual formation.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 2 (57)
  • Page Range: 187-203
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish