Katecheza biblijna w parafii. Wykorzystanie metody katechetycznej ks. Alberta Höfera

Abstract

A close inspection of the present-day pastoral reflection and teaching of the Church’s Magisterium reveals a great concern for the shape, character and tasks of parish congregations in the Catholic Church. Apart from numerous functions and tasks, a lot of attention is paid to the catechetical service which the parish renders and is held responsible for. In this way, the vision of the Church of early days, where religious teaching took place within the framework of the community, a congregation of believers, comes to life. This study aims to present the role of the parish catchesis in the Church’s contemporary activities as well as the dimension of the biblical catechesis in its various forms addressed to different age groups of believers. Undoubtedly, an auxiliary role here is played by Albert Höfer’s biblical catechesis method, based on the assumptions of the kerygmatic catechesis and Gestalt Pedagogy, which introduces those receiving catechetical instruction into the biblical world, allows them to meet the Scriptures, and thus to meet the personal God Himself, as well as encourages them to experience the meeting integrally in their daily lives.