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This paper shows the activity of Bishop Marian Fulman as a promoter of the Liturgy and various forms of popular piety. He was appointed Bishop of Lublin in 1918. Bishop Fulman reorganized the network of deaneries and parishes. He erected seven new deaneries and eighty six parishes. Through his legal and pastoral activity he contributed to organization and development of the ministry to God. He introduced the practice of systematic teaching of catechism on each Sunday. He was concerned about the development of Eucharistic life, introduced two Holy Masses on Sundays and holidays, ordered Sunday devotions, promoted early First Communion, and convened an Eucharistic Congress. He propagated the worship to the Most Sacred Heart of Lord Jesus and Christ the King. He popularized the cult of the saints, especially St. Stanislaus Kostka and St. Andrew Bobola. In this cult he found moral and patriotic values, such that were specially needed in the education of the youth. he would lay much importance on the development of church societies for adults and adolescents.
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Before a church is ready for liturgical purposes, it should be consecrated by a bishop. In Christian antiquity this rite consisted in bringing in the relics of a saint martyr and saying the first Holy Mass. In later centuries the rites of church's dedication were enriched by many new elements. A church, as a visible building, is a special sign of the People of God that is on its pilgrimage on earth and is an image of the community in heaven. Each church that is supposed to be consecrated should have a title. A bishop is the proper steward of the rite of consecration, and the day of consecration is usually Sunday, as then the congregation is more numerous. First there is a solemn prayer of consecration. The introduction to liturgical books confers on it the following meaning: 'The Eucharist is the most important and in the only necessary rite of consecration. In line, however, with the common custom of the Eastern and Western Church a special prayer is said that expresses the intention to consecrate the church to the Lord for good and to entreat His blessing' (Ordo dedicationis ecclesiae et altaris II 15). The prayer is therefore the declaration of the will of the whole people announced by the bishop, and it is a request of blessing and sanctification. It is a new composition that contains two previous consecration prayers, one for the church and one for altar. Thus the inalienable relationship between church and alter is stressed. The editors have shown in it also the classical structure of prayer, poetic power, doctrinal richness, biblical and patristic inspirations. The prayer of consecration expresses the will of the local community that this place become a place where to celebrate holy mysteries, and also mobilize people to contemplation and life in accord with evangelical justice.
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The Christian tradition and Liturgy have combined the term mysterium with the event of Jesus Christ. The very concept of mysterium is fairly often translated into Polish as 'tajemnica' ('secret,') therefore it may be taken to mean as some mysterious knowledge, a fact that in relation to Jesus could denote only His teaching not accessible and understandable to all. With this understanding of the term mysterium in mind, Christianity may easily be reduced to a worldview or moral system. It is therefore important to accurately understand the very concept of mysterium and evolution the word has gone through in the theological and liturgical reflection. The term mysterium, derived from Greek culture, was first borrowed by Christianity in as early as the New Testament it served to explain the plans of God's will and the salvific works of God made in Jesus Christ. In the theology of Church Fathers this term fairly quickly becomes central, be means of which the Fathers defined the whole phenomenon of God's salvation in Christ and the Church, especially in its acts of worship. They used it also to mark the greatness of God's works of salvation and their inscrutable character (cf. Eph 3:8). Contemporary theologians and the magisterium of the Church have assumed this concept to illustrate the salvific work of Christ, His proclamation and actualization in the worship of the Church, in the whole activity of the Church, and in Christians' daily life. Christ's mysterium and mysteria are not therefore His mysterious teaching, but a salvific work that call for being accepted in faith. Such remarks are especially important for the preacher whose task is to lead the faithful to participation in the salvific mysteria of Christ actualized in the Liturgy, and in the mystic and existential unity with Him.
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The Liturgy is a community between God and man. During a liturgical celebration, man experiences an encounter with the Person of Christ. It is a personal encounter, that is, a real encounter. The Liturgy makes present the whole Person of Christ, His life, words and acts. It makes present the history of salvation, in particular the Paschal Mystery of Christ, that is His passion, death, funeral, resurrection, and ascension, and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit that revived Christ at resurrection in the Liturgy makes present His salvific work, makes it alive and actual. Jesus Christ present in the Liturgy through the enlivening action of the Holy Spirit saves, arouses faith and sets man free to be a child of God. Thus man receives a gift of new life through personal unity with the Father through Christ in the Holy Spirit. In the Liturgy, Jesus Christ in collaboration with the Holy Spirit reveals, meets man, and leads to communion and unity with the whole community of the Holy Trinity. Here emerges the purpose of the Liturgy, which is identical with superior purpose of religious instruction (catechesis). Both the Liturgy and catechesis seek to lead their participant to communion and intimacy with Jesus Christ. He leads to unity with the Father in the Holy Spirit. This personalistic character of the Liturgy makes it the place of living catechesis. The Liturgy expresses faith, communicates faith and shapes it. The whole Liturgy contains Catholic faith and confesses this faith through celebration. The Liturgy is not a learned knowledge of faith, it does not explain concepts, it is not a theological tract or an interpretation, but its catechetic character is expressed in the fact that it makes faith and leads to an existential encounter with God. In this sense the Liturgy is a living and dynamic catechesis, it has a personal and educational character. In religious instruction that is taking place in the Liturgy God Himself speaks, gives instructions saves, and brings up man to full humanity.
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This paper, in its theoretical part, depicts some questions contained in the Program Katechezy Parafialnej Mlodziezy Szkól Ponadgimnazjalnych ('Programme of Parochial Catechesis for Secondary School Students'). They should be discussed at parochial catecheses (1). It also stresses the significance of liturgical celebrations in the catechesis (2). In its practical part (3) it provides concrete liturgical celebrations. They are considerable support for some questions that are proposed at parochial catecheses.
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