Przygotowanie młodzieży do sakramentu bierzmowania na przykładzie diecezji opolskiej

Abstract

The people who are responsible for catechesis preparing candidates for the Sacrament of Confirmation notice the need to create catechetical materials with diocesan range. Therefore, more and more often the materials are created for specific diocese. One of the proposals are the materials that have been consecutively developed (since 2012) for the formation meetings for candidates for Confirmation in the diocese of Opole. These materials were based on the guidelines of The Catholic Education Commission of Polish Episcopal Conference and the Instruction on preparation and celebration of the Sacrament of Confirmation in the diocese of Opole that has been issued by the bishop of Opole Andrzej Czaja. This article presents basic information about parish catechesis that prepares candidates for Confirmation. This issue was discussed on the basis of aforementioned instruction of the bishop of Opole. Next, materials used by priests, catechists and candidates for Confirmation were outlined. In the course of analysis an attempt was made to evaluate the Opole materials. The attention was paid to the accordance of the model adopted in the diocese of Opole preparing candidates for Confirmation with the guidelines of The Catholic Education Commission of Polish Episcopal Conference. On these grounds it was stated that the Opole materials were prepared according to the criteria that are obligatory in the Church in Poland. Therefore, these materials deserve to be used during formation meetings in other dioceses.