Praca ludzka w myśli kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego

Abstract

The topic has been developed according to the scheme, which includes the following points: 1. What is human work ?; 2. The issue of work in the letters of Primate Wyszyński; 3. The spirit of human work inspired by the Gospel; 4. Pastoral care for „healing” work; 5. Towards the evangelization of human work. The social thought Wyszyński clearly reveals the pastoral concern for working people. It is important that the call for priority to human work before work in economic terms, by subject. This appeal essentially coincides with the thesis of John Paul II’s encyclical Laborem Exercens, the first place work is „for man” and not man „for work”. The main Wyszyński thoughts on the work can be found in his book Duch pracy ludzkiej. Myśli o wartości pracy, first published in Włocławek in 1946. Primate teaching on this subject is also found in other publications, for example: Przemiany moralno-religijne pod wpływem bezrobocia (Włocławek 1937), Chrystus społecznik (Włocławek 1947) or Uświęcenie pracy zawodowej (Paris 1963). Elements of his teaching on human work can be found in collections such as: Kazania Świętokrzyskie (Poznań 1978), Listy Pasterskie Prymasa Polski 1946-1974 (Paris 1975), Listy Pasterskie Prymasa Polski oraz Episkopatu 1975-1981 (Paris 1988), Kazania i przemówienia Stefana Wyszyńskiego autoryzowane (Warszawa 1956-1981, vol 1-67). The spirit of the work emerging from the thoughts Wyszyński is part of the mystery man. Reveals its subjective aspect, which dominates the aspect of the present, economically. Integral relationship of the worker to the work as such is a challenge for the Christian, that Reverend Professor Czesław Bartnik succinctly described as “evangelization work”, the Pope John Paul II reminded of the “gospel of work”.