Lived Experience of Kerygma in the Proceedings of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia

• Authors: Daniel Szewc

Abstracts

PL

W lipcu 2022 roku, z dwuletnim opóźnieniem spowodowanym pandemią Covid-19, Kościół katolicki w Australii zakończył Piąty Plenarny Synod zwołany niemal wiek po ostatnim Synodzie Plenarnym w 1937 roku. W przeciwieństwie do Synodu z 1937 roku tematyka prac ostatniego Synodu Plenarnego była owocem wspólnotowych i osobistych rozważań podjętych przez Australijczyków. Od etapu przygotowania zarówno hierarchia, jak i wierni Kościoła katolickiego w Australii śledzili jego przebieg. Było to doświadzczenie eklezjalne uformowane przez warunki australijskie i ukierunkowane na znalezienie dobrej metody kontyunowania misji Kościoła w Australii w XXI wieku. Ponieważ dekrety synodalne ciągle czekają na zatwierdzenie przez Stolicę Apostolską i jako takie nie mają mocy prawnej, autor tego artykułu analizuje prace Synodu przez pryzmat kerygmatu zawartego w adhortacji Evangelii Gaudium w celu ukazania przeżytej aktualizacji kerygmatu w realiach Australijskich, która została wyartykułowana w pracach Piątego Plenarnego Synodu Australii.

EN

In July 2022, after a two-year delay due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Catholic Church in Australia concluded her Fifth Plenary Council, convened almost a century after the last Plenary Council in 1937. Unlike the Council of 1937, the topics of the work of the latest Plenary Council were the fruit of community and personal considerations undertaken by Australians. From the first preparations for the Council, the hierarchy and faithful of the Catholic Church in Australia controlled its subject and course. It was an ecclesial experience shaped by Australian conditions and aimed at searching for answers to continuing the mission of the Church in Australia in the 21st century. Since the Council Decrees are still awaiting approval by the Holy See, and as such do not have legal force, the author of this article analyses the work of the Council through the lenses of the kerygma contained in the exhortation Evangelii Gaudium in order to show the lived experience of kerygma in Australian realities, which was articulated in the work of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia.

Keywords

EN

Plenary Council; Australia; kerygma; God; Jesus Christ; neighbour; love

PL

synod plenarny; Australia; kerygmat; Bóg; Jezus Chrystus; bliźni; miłość

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Księży Werbistów Verbinum
• Journal: Nurt SVD
• Year: 2025
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 100-120

Dates

published

2025

Contributors

author

Daniel Szewc

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