Seminare, 2022, Tom 43, nr 4

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Heroism of the Theological Virtues: Faith, Hope and Love in the Light of the Beatification Process of the Servant of God, Rev. Aleksander Woźny
Mueller, Wojciech (Wyższe Seminaria Duchowne Towarzystwa Salezjańskiego, 2022)
The aim of this study is to present the heroic character of theological virtues in the light of the beatification process of Rev. Aleksander Woźny, launched on January 25, 2014 in the Archdiocese of Poznań. The whole Positio super vita, virtutibus et fama sanctitatis. Posnaniesis beatificationis et canonisationis Servi Dei Alexandri Woźny sacerdotis dioecesiani (1910-1983) was elaborated to provide an objective judgment of theological consultors, and subsequently, of the ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints. The wealth of available sources concerning the candidate for the altars in the form of his teaching, letters and memories allowed to pose the question whether in the life and teaching of Rev. Aleksander Woźny, the practice of faith, hope and love towards God and towards one’s neighbour was proven to be heroic, and therefore whether it is possible to form an opinion about the sanctity of the Servant of God. This study presents the theological virtues that the Servant of God excelled in in his life. The above research problem was elaborated on the basis of substantive study and thorough analysis of the collected documentation, which is reflected in this article.
The Church in the Face of the Challenges of the Post-Pandemic Era
Wyszowadzki, Władysław (Wyższe Seminaria Duchowne Towarzystwa Salezjańskiego, 2022)
The purpose of the research is to analyze the situation of the Church and pastoral care in the post-pandemic reality. The experience of the 2020-2022 period shows that there has been a strengthening of the faith attitudes of Catholics actively participating in the life of the Church. At the same time, the weaker sides of pastoral care, resulting from confrontation with the media world, have shown themselves. This calls for using the experience of people of science, medicine, bioethics, psychology in the pastoral model. Pastoral activity should also value sacramental pastoral care with the Eucharist at the center. New challenges also face pastoral theology, whose research results can be used to seek new ways of carrying out salvific mission and evangelization.
Racism in the Twentieth Century in the Light of Church Teaching. Discussion of the Most Important Definitions and a New Interpretation of the Phenomenon
Walewski, Piotr (Wyższe Seminaria Duchowne Towarzystwa Salezjańskiego, 2022)
The paper undertakes the topic of racism and its moral evaluation by the Church’s Magisterium. It begins with an inductive study which consists in a lexical analysis of selected texts of the Church’s Magisterium and papal encyclicals aimed at tracing the topics of race and racism. The study has shown that although not numerous, the documents addressing this issue are very significant. The paper additionally reviews selected definitions of racism. Finally, the author makes an attempt to interpret the phenomenon of racism and provides a theological proposal to overcome this problem in a theoretical and definitional sense. The article is a contribution to further research and exploration.
Ecclesiality and Human Socialization in the Aspect of Applied Theology
Przybyłowski, Jan Kazimierz (Wyższe Seminaria Duchowne Towarzystwa Salezjańskiego, 2022)
Applied theology is the scientific reflection on the daily “growth” of man, who lives every day in the world and there fulfils himself and realizes his existential vocation, and Christians build the Kingdom of God. From the perspective of applied theology, three main principles can be distinguished that link ecclesiology and socialization: respect for truth, social justice and charity. In applied theology, it is possible to undertake scientific reflection on ecclesiology without violating pastoral theology’s right to study the Church and its salvific mission. However, in the search for knowledge about the dimensions of human social life, authoritarian and abstract universalism should be avoided.
The Homily in the Eyes of the Youth: the Problem of Symmetry. A Sociological and Textual Analysis
Adamczyk, Tomasz; Klementowicz, Michał (Wyższe Seminaria Duchowne Towarzystwa Salezjańskiego, 2022)
W artykule opisana jest kategoria tzw. symetryczności. Jako zjawisko o typologii lingwistycznej zagadnienie to pojawia się przede wszystkim w badaniach nad grzecznością językową. W refleksji ściśle tekstologicznej symetryczność odpowiada za określoną konstrukcję wypowiedzi. Dzięki niej w procesie komunikacji można zapobiegać różnicom pomiędzy porozumiewającymi się podmiotami. Rozbieżności te mogą dotyczyć statusu społecznego lub zawodowego rozmówców, ich zróżnicowanej hierarchii społecznej czy zasobów wiedzy, jakimi dysponują. Konieczność aplikowania opisywanego narzędzia w homiletyce wynika przede wszystkim z przeprowadzonych badań socjologicznych (zebranych zostało blisko 1,4 tys. ankiet). Wyniki prezentują bowiem szereg braków w procesie wymiany myśli, jaki powinien dokonywać się w czasie liturgii. W przypadku homilii osiągnięcie symetryczności zostanie zaprezentowane w następującym porządku: Po pierwsze w odniesieniu do zachowania dialogiczności struktury głoszonego słowa, po drugie w możliwie precyzyjnym określaniu tzw. questio homilii.
Phonoholism as a Sign of “Always On” Generation ‒ Research Report
Łuczyński, Andrzej; Pietruszka, Lidia (Wyższe Seminaria Duchowne Towarzystwa Salezjańskiego, 2022)
The article presents research on the risk of phonoholism occurring among high school students. Strong attachment to a cell phone, for many students, can be an indicator of serious problems. Thanks to utilizing in research the diagnostic survey method, 450 high school students, from all over Poland, could express their opinions on the dangers associated with using a mobile phone. Their opinions were analysed in terms of the ability to use a smartphone rationally, including the possibility of temporarily quitting or limiting the use of a mobile phone. Survey data analysis showed that students do not notice any negative effects of using a cell phone, at the same time they declare that functioning without a phone would be very difficult or even impossible for them. The results suggest that such risk do exist in some extent, for this reason, more emphasis should be placed on preventive measures that can help effectively to protect students against phonoholism.
The “Virus” of Radical Individualism
Pierzchała, Michał (Wyższe Seminaria Duchowne Towarzystwa Salezjańskiego, 2022)
Pandemia Covid-19, która zatrzymała nie tylko światową gospodarkę, ale niemal wszystkie dziedziny życia społecznego, dostarczyła także wielu okazji do refleksji i zwrócenia uwagi na szeroko propagowany prymat interesu indywidualnego wyniesionego ponad dobro wspólne. Celem artykułu jest odpowiedź na pytanie, w jaki sposób „wirus” radykalnego indywidualizmu wpływa na postawy moralne współczesnych ludzi. Metoda zastosowana w niniejszym artykule opiera się na analizie danych zawartych w wybranych aktualnych publikacjach teologicznych, socjologicznych i psychologicznych oraz na syntezie wniosków wyciągniętych z analizy tych danych w odniesieniu do zasad teologii moralnej.
Domestic Violence as a Phenomenon Which Affects Family Safety
Mikołajczyk, Zbigniew Kazimierz (Wyższe Seminaria Duchowne Towarzystwa Salezjańskiego, 2022)
Family security depends on many factors, e.g., economic, political and social. Negative social phenomena, including crime, have a significant impact on the sense of security. Crime is understood as the number of prohibited acts committed in a given area and in a given time unit. Among its various types, we distinguish crime related to the functioning of the family. This study shows the scale of domestic violence in our country in recent years. The analysis concerns numerical data on the “Blue Card” procedure collected in the police database.
Axiotherapy of Non-Accountable Perpetrators of Criminal Acts
Kudlak, Grzegorz (Wyższe Seminaria Duchowne Towarzystwa Salezjańskiego, 2022)
Axiotherapy is an original project built on value-based therapy carried out in a forensic psychiatry ward. It is addressed to persons who committed a criminal act and were deemed by the court to be non-accountable or of limited accountability at the time of the crime. As a result, they were referred for treatment as part of the imposed preventive measures. Patients treated at the forensic psychiatry ward are most often perpetrators of violent crimes. While suffering from various mental disorders, they also exhibit impulsive behaviour leading to criminal acts. Such behaviour has far-reaching consequences for both the patient and the general public. Mental disorders of forensic psychiatry patients, the course of the disease, the degree of aggression and associated circumstances (such as addiction, sexual preferences disorders, and personality disorders) indicate a crisis in the sphere of values, which could be one of the factors leading to the serious crime. Working with a value system that determines a person’s behaviour means working on a system that motivates and activates them and can change over time. Axiotherapy is intended to help patients to work out their value system and to identify their transcendentals, as appropriate.
A Free Man in Search of the Truth about Himself. An Attempt at a Moral Theological Reinterpretation of Sophocles’ “Oedipus the King”
Kuciński, Andrzej Dominik (Wyższe Seminaria Duchowne Towarzystwa Salezjańskiego, 2022)
Sophocles’ “Oedipus the King” is one of the oldest and most famous tragedies that belong to the common patrimony of humanity. It raises issues to which each generation must find its own answer. Some of these issues become particularly relevant at moments when the foundations of common anthropological concepts are shaken, as they are at the present time. The reference to pre-Christian literary works can be a starting point for a dialogue with those who do not share the Christian worldview but are open to an exchange of reflections about man. In this article the author, starting from the specifics of the adaptation of the myth in the Sophocles’ edition, through an outline of the wealth of interpretations of his tragedy through the centuries, arrives at a proposal for the moral-theological reinterpretation of this work in today’s world with the help of two examples: the question of the origin of the person in the context of parenthood and moral responsibility in a world dominated by individualism and a weakened belief in actual human freedom.
Common Sense Cognition in the Practice of Environmental Education of the Catholic Church
Klimski, Marcin (Wyższe Seminaria Duchowne Towarzystwa Salezjańskiego, 2022)
From the point of view of environmental protection issues, the subject of common-sense cognition appears to be an important source of knowledge. Such cognition facilitates a proper and distortion-free assessment of the current condition of the societal and natural environment, and consequently orientates man to take preventive and protective measures in the areas that require such undertakings. This paper presents a holistic approach to the issues related to the urgent need to cover the societal and natural space with protective measures, which are reflected in the practice of the educational mission of the Catholic Church together with her associations and charitable organisations. The aforementioned mission is related to the humanistic reflection on the environmental crisis and constitutes a practical and educational platform. Both activities of Christian communities use data taken from common-sense cognition, which is a valuable tool in obtaining and determining reliable information.
Educational Chances of Children with Disabilities in the Republic of Namibia
Kaniok, Przemysław Eugeniusz (Wyższe Seminaria Duchowne Towarzystwa Salezjańskiego, 2022)
The main aim of this paper is to present the current situation of children with disabilities in the Republic of Namibia, with special regard to their educational chances and influence of cultural beliefs on their lives. Namibia has a law, which entitles education for all its citizens. Despite numerous legislative acts which should have increased the educational chances of Namibian children with disabilities, their real situation is completely different and depends on various factors, including the infrastructure of the schools, teacher competencies, their attitudes towards students, the small number of special and integrated schools as well as an insufficient amount of money transferred for the education of the children. The paper discusses all of the above factors and provides practical implications, which would improve the situation of children with disabilities in Namibia.
Ferenc Horcher, A Political Philosophy of Conservatism. Prudence, Moderation and Tradition, Great Britain 2020, pp. 210.
Stachurski, Michał (Wyższe Seminaria Duchowne Towarzystwa Salezjańskiego, 2022)
Saint Francis de Sales (1567–1622): Bishop of Geneva, Doctor of the Church, Humanist. On the 400th Anniversary of the Death of the Patron of the Francis de Sales Scientific Society
Gocko, Jerzy (Wyższe Seminaria Duchowne Towarzystwa Salezjańskiego, 2022)
The 400th anniversary of the death of Saint Francis de Sales is an opportunity to evoke in “Seminare. Learned Investigations” his figure, academic and ascetic heritage and to pay tribute to the patron of Francis de Sales Scientific Society. This very author of “Introduction to the Devout Life” and “Treatise on the Love of God”, enamored with God and man, became the inspiration for initiatives of the scientific Society that was established 15 years ago in the Salesian milieu. Acknowledged by both secular historiography and Catholic hagiography as a humanist theologian, de Sales delineates the humanistic and personalistic profile of the research conducted within the framework of the Francis de Sales Scientific Society. The paper depicts de Sales as the Bishop of Geneva, Doctor of the Church, and patron of the Francis de Sales Scientific Society. The second part of the paper discusses the origin and the activities of the Society in its 15 years of existence.

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