Nawrócenie pastoralne i duszpasterstwo misyjne parafii w Polsce

Abstract

In his apostolic exhortation Evangelii gaudium Pope Francis has stated realistically that the call to review and renew our parishes has not yet sufficed to bring them nearer to people, to make them environments of living communion and participation, and to make them completely mission-oriented (EG 28). Answering this papal call directed to the whole Church and concerning the pastoral conversion and missionary ministry, the author of this article attempts to take a look at the renewal of the Catholic parishes in Poland in the context of the direction indicated by Pope Francis, which involves abandonment of the complacent attitude that says: “We have always done it this way” (EG 33). The considerations carried out here consist of four parts. After presenting the theological vision of a Catholic parish (1), the authors moves on to emphasising the essence of the pastoral conversion (2), the culmination of which should be the missionary ministry (3). Visualising the teaching of Pope Francis became the point of giving consideration to the subject matter of setting the trends of working in the Polish parishes (4).