Współpraca katechetów z rodzicami z uwzględnieniem sytuacji katechizacji w szkole

Abstract

The current situation of religious instruction in school makes one think that the collaboration between catechists and parents is diminishing. The paper takes up this problem on the basis of literature and empirical research. The paper reveals the psychological and pedagogical foundations of this collaboration, pointing to the significance of family in religious upbringing, especially in the case of children. Parents’ faith and its manifestations are crucial in the eyes of children in everyday life The theological foundations of the catechists’ collaboration with parents are based on puttin’7 into practice the mission to proclaim the Gospel to the entire world. The spouses, by virtue of baptism and, additionally, the sacrament of matrimony, are obliged to bring up their offspring (KDK 48) after the religious fashion. A new understanding of the Church, as the People of God, requires also upbringing in faith, which is carried out in a fellowship. The family constitute home church along with its functions, e.g. prophetic, sacerdotal and pastoral. The programmatic foundations of catechists’ collaboration with parents reveal how often one has to turn to parents for help in homework, to organize conferences and put forward proposals of meeting between catechists and parents which are found in catechetical preschool and school handbooks. It turns out that the older are classes, the less one is able to notice these proposals. The author has in view three master’s theses which are the basis on which to study the actual collaboration between parents and catechists. They show what motivation parents have when they manifest interest in their children’s catechization and in contacts with the catechist. The final part of the paper constitutes an evaluation and practical proposals. It is assumed that in school catechization the contacts between catechists and parents have become less frequent. Apparently, parents think that if there is catechization in school, they do not have to bother about it. Practical proposals deal with the problem of the mentality of catechists and parents. They present the whole gamut of suggestions concerning various opportunities to organize meetings in the parish and school.