Published: 2022-12-12

PARISH PASTORAL COUNCILS AS AN EXPRESSION OF THE SYNODALITY OF THE CHURCH

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Abstract

Synodality is an integral part of the nature of the Church. It is, however, not so much an event or a slogan, but rather a style of life and an approach through which the Church lives out her evangelizing mission in the world. In the implementation of this mission, the Pastoral Council has a particular role to play in the parish. However, for it to truly fulfil its role in building the parish into a community of communities it must be based on the three essential pillars of the synodal Church: communion, participation, and mission. The article shows how these three dimensions emerge from the Church’s teaching, what the actual situation is and what are the essential facts that influence the Parish Pastoral Council to serve the synodal life in the parish.

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Biela, B. (2022). PARISH PASTORAL COUNCILS AS AN EXPRESSION OF THE SYNODALITY OF THE CHURCH. The Pastoral Studies, (18), 117–135. Retrieved from https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/sp/article/view/14949

No. 18 (2022)
Published: 2022-12-14


ISSN: 1734-4433
eISSN: 2956-624X

Publisher
Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach

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