Pastoral Communities Based on a Model of Self-Help Groups as a Response of the Church to the Contemporary Social Changes

Dynamic changes in modern society generate new situations in the lives of believers, which require pastoral care. The Church should respond to the spiritual needs of all those in need, but with the decreasing number of ordained priests in Europe, organizational capacity in this part of the world is...

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Main Author:	Grzegorz Wąchol
Format:	Article
Language:	deu
Published:	The Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow Press 2021-01-01
Series:	The Person and the Challenges. The Journal of Theology, Education, Canon Law and Social Studies Inspired by Pope John Paul II
Subjects:	pastoral communities needs of pastoral care social changes self-help group
Online Access:	http://czasopisma.upjp2.edu.pl/thepersonandthechallenges/article/view/3753

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title	Pastoral Communities Based on a Model of Self-Help Groups as a Response of the Church to the Contemporary Social Changes
title_short	Pastoral Communities Based on a Model of Self-Help Groups as a Response of the Church to the Contemporary Social Changes
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publisher	The Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow Press
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description	Dynamic changes in modern society generate new situations in the lives of believers, which require pastoral care. The Church should respond to the spiritual needs of all those in need, but with the decreasing number of ordained priests in Europe, organizational capacity in this part of the world is becoming increasingly limited. This article is an attempt to respond to the above problems and, using the example of the Catholic Church in Poland, shows the possibility of instilling a model of self-help groups for specialist pastoral care involving people experiencing life crises and wanting more intense religious development.
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Pastoral Communities Based on a Model of Self-Help Groups as a Response of the Church to the Contemporary Social Changes

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