The documents of the Church devote a lot of space to marriage and family. They show marriage and family as natural communities that cannot be substituted by any other institutions. They also point to the necessity of the Christian formation of all the subjects of Church life, among which the first place is taken by family. Introduction into the full Christian life of children, young people and adults is done during the family catechesis. It is a contingent, immediate and practical teaching of religious truths in the family home. This task is first of all the parents' responsibility; in this way they pass the exam in their religious education and educational skills. Grandparents, elder siblings, as well as the school and the parish help the parents. Family catechesis also effects the preparation for marital and family life. It is a way to revive families for Christian life, to look properly at the preparation to marriage, to live in sanctity and to fulfill the marital and family duties conscientiously.
Every family is an important educational factor. As a source of new life, it is the natural and the best environment, in which a human being can develop. A success of family education is influenced by a nature and intensity of the relationships between the parents and children, by their personal behavior in everyday life. Daily behavioral routines and relationships among the members of a family lead to strengthening of certain habits, which the children then transfer into their own families once they grow up. The objective of the submitted paper is to perceive the teachings of John Paul II about families as the primary means for the formation of children, as well as their parents. The focus is on the encyclics Familiaris consortio, which was and still is the pinnacle of his philosophy of the origins of a partnership and family, and their rights and duties.
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