Jan Paweł II o powołaniu kobiety w rodzinie i społeczeństwie

Abstract

John Paul II sees in womanhood a great, necessary and irreplaceable gift, which transforms and builds not only relationships of individual persons, but these persons themselves. He notices at the same time that this gift must be present in the framework and in the life of the Church and the world. The predominant message of the pontiff's teaching in this matter can be summarized with the help of the following three terms: dignity, „genius” and vocation of women. Speaking of vocation, the pope points to a mutual and unbreakable connection between woman's vocation in the family and in the society. It should be stressed that all addresses of the pope are full of hope that a deeper involvement of women in the life of the Church will enrich it and bring it a lot of good. In this involvement the pope sees a source of hope for the future. „Can we imagine, he asks, what great benefits the pastoral activity of the Church will acquire and how much the countenance of the Church will beautify when the „genius of women” is able to fully express itself in various aspects of its life?”.