Eklezjalny wymiar powołania i misji Zgromadzenia Księży Sercanów

• Authors: Salamon Dariusz

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Ecclesial dimension of the vocation and mission of the Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart

• Languages of publication: PL EN

Abstracts

EN

This article aims to show the vocation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart in the ecclesial context. In the light of reflection of Vatican Council II each and individual religious vocation, as well as all the religious life, is firmly inscribed in the life of the Church itself. In this context the vocation and the mission of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart shall be placed as well. At first, the figure of the Founder of the Congregation, of father Leo Dehon, is presented as of a man who in his vocation was fully loyal and committed to the Church. Then the ecclesial nature of the SCJ vocation is discussed on the base of the current Constitutions of the Congregation; and finally, the mission of Polish Priests of the Sacred Heart in the local and universal Church is presented. Outlined issues help us to state that the Congregation of the Sacred Heart, which was established primarily to address the needs of the Church of Fr Dehon’s times, even today, as it is clearly seen on the example of the Polish Province of the Congregation, through its own charism and ministry partakes in the Church’s evangelizing mission of our time. The Priests of the Sacred Heart are present in a wide circle of the Church’s mission, both in distant countries, as the mission ad gentes and in the areas of the new evangelization which embraces the countries of Eastern and Western Europe as well. Wherever the Congregation is present, it carries out its mission in a close cooperation and under the pastoral custody of the Shepherds of the local Churches. Also today, as it was in the time of the Founder, the Congregation enters into those areas of human life, which the most demand support and evangelization. In this way, it is naturally complementing the pastoral ministry of the diocesan churches.

Keywords

PL

powołanie; Zgromadzenie Księży Sercanów; Zgromadzenie Księży Najświętszego Serca Jezusowego; Kościół

• Publisher: Wyższe Seminarium Misyjne Księży Sercanów
• Journal: Sympozjum
• Year: 2014
• Issue: 2(27)
• Pages: 27-44

Dates

published

2014-12-30

Contributors

author

Salamon Dariusz

• Wyższe Seminarium Misyjne Księży Sercanów