Laypeople in the missionary ministry based the teaching of pope Francis

Tomasz Wielebski

doi:10.21697/wsp.2020.4.04

Published: 2023-02-03

Vol. 50 No. 4 (2020)

Laypeople in the missionary ministry based the teaching of pope Francis

Tomasz Wielebski

Warszawskie Studia Pastoralne

Section: Artykuły

https://doi.org/10.21697/wsp.2020.4.04

Abstract

The main idea of the apostolic exhortation Evangelii gaudium issued by Pope Francis is an appeal for pastoral conversion and ministry performed by missionary activity, which should remain in accordance with the main task of the Church, i.e., the evangelization. lay pastoral workers also play an important role in this process. The author presents the characteri- stics of the missionary ministry in the context of the call for evangelization expressed by the Church, and then discusses the tasks he sets for the laypeople. His reflection is crowned with outlining of the pastoral conclusions and postulates. This cogitation corresponds with the appeal of Pope Francis addres ses to all theologians, especially to the pastoral theologians, who- while preaching–should always have in mind that the Church and theology exist to evangelize, and not be content with a desk-bound theology (see eG 133).

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evangelization, new evangelization, teaching of Pope Francis, lay and laity, laypeople, missionary ministry, pastoral conversion

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Wielebski, T. (2023). Laypeople in the missionary ministry based the teaching of pope Francis. Warszawskie Studia Pastoralne, 50(4), 79–109. https://doi.org/10.21697/wsp.2020.4.04

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Tomasz Wielebski

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1313-8514

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Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie Poland

Bio Statement (e.g., department and rank)

Rev. Tomasz Wielebski, Phd in pastoral theology; professor at the Cardinal stefan Wyszyński university of Warsaw (uksW); priest of the Warsaw-Praga diocese; director of the institute of Theological studies at the Cardinal ste- fan Wyszyński university of Warsaw; Head of the department of Pastoral Praxiology and Pastoral organization iNt uksW; lecturer at the Higher Theological seminary of the Warsaw-Praga diocese; President of the Polish association of Pastoralists; consultant to the Polish Bishops’ Conference team for the Pastoral Care of the Health service; editor-in-chief of „Warszawskie studia Pastoralne”; author of, among others: Dzień Pański w życiu katolików w Polsce (The Lords Day in the Life of Catholics in Poland) Warszawa 2013 and co-author: Postawy katolików praktykujących i odbiór duszpasterstwa parafialnego w diecezji siedleckiej. Diagnoza socjologiczna i postulaty pastoralne (Attitudes of practicing Catholics and reception of parish ministry in the Siedlce diocese. Sociological Diagnosis and Pastoral Postulates), siedlce 2017; Seniorzy wyzwaniem dla Kościoła w Polsce (Seniors as a Challenge for the Church in Poland), Warszawa 2019; Duch, który żyje i ożywia. Teologiczno-pastoralne wymiary pneumatologii (The spirit that lives and revives. Theological-pastoral dimensions of pneumatology) Warszawa 2019; research directions: pastoral care of the sick and hospice; celebration of sunday, activities of pastoral co- uncils, and cooperation of pastoral theology with extra-theological studies. e-mail: tomwielebski@gmail.com