Upbringing and spirituality in the practice of John Bosco’s preventive system Cover Image

Wychowanie i duchowość w praktyce systemu prewencyjnego Jana Bosko
Upbringing and spirituality in the practice of John Bosco’s preventive system

Author(s): Stanisław Chrobak
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe Franciszka Salezego (TNFS)
Keywords: wychowanie; duchowość; system prewencyjny; rozum; religia; miłość

Summary/Abstract: Pedagogical reflection has always been associated with the conviction that upbringing is an art and it requires a special kind of sensitivity, innovative activities and creative engagement. Don Bosco’s upbringing system, in which specific resources are reason, religion and a loving upbringing, appoints for educators and students an attitude of witness to religious life and openness to religious values. This system is characterized by five main elements: concreteness, deep spirituality, universalism, a wide openness to multiple recipients, and the possibility of engaging many co-workers. The preventive system is called «a spiritual experience», and not only pedagogy. Spirituality as a human disposition represents a potential which can be developed throughout one’s entire life.

  • Issue Year: 35/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 103-116
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish