ŽUPNA KATEHEZA U OBNOVI ŽUPNE ZAJEDNICE. UKLJUČIVANJE VJERNIKA LAIKA U PASTORALNO DJELOVANJE ŽUPNE ZAJEDNICE
PARISH CATECHESIS IN THE RENEWAL OF A PARISH COMMUNITY. INVOLVEMENT OF THE LAY FAITHFUL IN PASTORAL ACTIVITIES

Summary/Abstract: The conception of a parish community, its life and activities seems to be clearly defined and determined. Nevertheless, in spite of the excellent conclusions of certain documents of the Second Vatican Council, and numerous later created pastoral and catechetic guidelines and most recent document of the Croatian Bishops’ Conference: “Parish catechesis in the renewal of a parish community – plan and programme”, we are becoming aware of the fact that the very “tissue of the Church – parish community”, is in fact, the community which has to pass the way from the community “provided for” to the engaged community, if it really wants to be the living tissue of the Gospel and of the Good News. Parish catechesis and the engagement of the lay faithful, seen from the perspective of the reflections on the role of priests in this process, are only some of the elements elaborated in this article. To overcome the notion “if we cannot change facts, let’s change the terminology”, the article presents some reflections on parish communities from the point of view of theology and ecclesiology, on the role of the new Programme in parish catechesis, the role of priests and the lay faithful in the renewal of a parish community.

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