Społeczne powołanie a społeczny rozpad rodziny

Abstract

In his article the author takes up the question of the social role of family. He begins by pointing out the phenomenon of changes in the modern world. These changes have also affected the family circle. There have appeared indications of a kind of crisis and a change of the model of family. The question that arises immediately is whether this situation will lead to the disintegration of the family community; or will it, in spite of those changes, allow family to preserve undiminished the sense of its existence and the social functions it serves in the new conditions. The first part of the article shows the permanence of the social value for which family stands and which it develops in its members. They are personal and social values, such as love, stability and faithfulness ,deep and genuine involvement in living together. The basic aspect of this calling is service to life (the child) undertaken in a responsible and reflective way; it is creating a religious and civil community. In this way family fulfils an educational function in the social sense. In the second part of the article the author indicates social frustration of modern family. He draws the attention to the increasing number of divorces giving psychological, sociological, and moral reasons for this phenomenon. The final part of the article is devoted to the problem of integrating the family community. The author mentions the religious, legal, and social motives of family stability; he indicates the factors which integrate family. In the conclusion, he shows certain current problems faced by the ministry of the people who have been divorced without their guilt, and whose second marriage is not a sacrament.