Model edukacji religijnej w Prowincji Francuskiej Kościoła Starokatolickiego Mariawitów oraz we Wspólnocie Kościoła Sainte-Marie w Mont-Saint-Aignan
The Model of Religious Education in the French Province of the Old Catholic Church of the Mariavites and in the Community of the Church of Sainte-Marie in Mont-Saint-Aignan

Summary/Abstract: The subject of the research is the model of religious education in the Province of the France of the Old Catholic Mariavites and in the Community of Sainte-Marie in Mont-Saint-Aignan. The research objective is to characterize the main areas of religious education of these religious communities; that is, pastoral counseling, liturgy and catechization. The research procedure was carried out using a set of pedagogical and theological research methods: interview (with the clergy), active (participant) observation, analysis of documents and historical-comparative method. The model of religious education, developed in these two independently existing Churches in France, indicates the response of Christian communities to religious needs in a secularized society. Through pastoral counseling, the recipients of which are not only members of these communities, but also Muslims, Jews, Hindus, agnostics or atheists, these communities have become known as places of spiritual support. A complementary element of counseling is catechization, and both these elements are aimed at introducing these subjects to liturgical life. However, it is not a closed model, focused on proselytizing, but rather an open one, aiming at restoring hope in secular and atheistic society.

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