Duszpasterstwo parafialne w służbie pokoju
Parish ministry as a way of building peace

Summary/Abstract: Parish ministry is an organized religious activity of the Church which consists of serving believers with proclaiming God’s Word, celebrating Eucharist, administrating others sacraments. Within the Church believers enter into personal interactions, they help one another, and confessing their faith, they bear witness of God’s Good News to unbelievers. As an organized activity within the Church, it has to be regulated with proper legal acts. Parish ministry involves lots of particular activities on the above mentioned fields which are directed towards building parish community. An immediate consequence of parish ministry is a reconciliation with God, unity of the believers and any person of good will. Strong experience of one’s faith can be helpful to other persons to gain peace in their hearts. Every believer must be a spark of light, a centre of love amidst his follow men. And he will be this all the more he lives in communion with God, and the more he achieves peace within his heart. Peace in one’s heart is a condition of peace within families and between nations.

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