Odnowa pastoralna parafii w świetle II Polskiego Synodu Plenarnego

Abstract

28th of February 2001 year came in to force a resolution of Polish Plenar Synod (PPS) in all Polish dioceses. Synod work was started by John Paul II during IV pilgrimage to the Holy land in 8th of June 1991 year. This article undertook a trial of answering such a question – now and in what circumstances the resolutions II PPS could become a gift for the Church in Poland creating a ministry in its basic structure which is a parish. Presenting historical – diecesial contest there was said that 29th of October 1992 year during first session of Archidiocesesial Synodal commision II PPS in Katowice, among others was also come into force working team for lays apostolate and the leader had become the author of this article. Among all postulates and suggestions which are sent to the main commission to Warsaw the first and fundamental was that, which testified in working texts – that is lack of pastoral vision of building parish according to the vision of Church in Vatican Council II documents. Without realising that vision, especially by priests in the Church, all the other postulates will be hung in emptiness. Finally Synod rearranged working documents so as from 17, 14 documents came into life. The base and fundamental work for renewal of the parish is the first document which was didn’t exist in working documents: Necessity and tasks of new evangelization in the turn o f II and III Millennium o f Christianity. On the base of the choice of texts from II PPS one can state that although Synod doesn’t show holistic model of parish as a community, otherwise looking at council vision of Church univowlly postulates to build dynamical parish, based on community of communities model. It is connected very tightly with necessity of catechumenal lays formation stressed by Synod. In that case it is not possible to not appreciate, showed by synodal documents, a part of properly created priests and the meaning of movements and communities experienced in realising community model of parish. It is only a pity that one can not find in all those documents a place for presenting experiences worked out by our home movement of after council renewal of Church: Light-Life Movement. As an example is given Movement for Better World (Movimento per il Mondo Migliore). In front of priests and aware of their part faithful lays there is a task of realisation community model of parish. That demands respect precisely very carefully created stages connected with quantitative and qualitative growth of parish. One can learn a laf from direction of contemporary pastoral theology and experiences of after council movements of Church renewal. So, there shows very urgent necessity, to have in every diocese strategical plan of realisation model of community parish and professional teams and undertaking evangelical actions in parishes. Towards that direction should go all trials of Diocese Curia Ministry of Departments.