Koncepcja Cura Pastoralis w ujęciu ks. Franciszka Blachnickiego

Abstract

One of the most important practical suggestions resulting from ecclesiological deduction of the pastoral theology was the suggestion of a shift from pastoral ministry to evangelization, which Blachnicki called ”a Copernican revolution”. The process of realization of the Church starts with evangelization, which initiates liberating processes in both individuals and entire communities. The next stage of the process is introduction – through a catechumenal formation – to living in the ecclesiastical community. Therefore, for Fr. Blachnicki the principal conclusion drawn from the fact that the Church realizes itself in specific communities is a postulate that the entire pastoral ministry should be reshaped to serve the formation of basic communities of Christian life within the parish. Hence it is necessary to implement the introduction of a model of the communal parish. A dilemma that emerges from this context is how to introduce a post-conciliar model of the parish, if it is impossible to build a living community of the Church without mature ecclesial communities. To solve this dilemma, the founder of Light-Life Movement pointed to the role and opportunity offered by movements based on comprehensive and catechumenal formation within the contemporary Church.