Caritas – The Parish Community\u27s Unavoidable Activity. Prospects for creating a caritative community, or rather Parish Caritas within the parish community

Autori u članku razmišljaju o mogućnostima ostvarenja karitativne zajednice odnosno Župnoga Caritasa u župnoj zajednici. Karitativno djelovanje je nezaobilazno djelovanje svake župne zajednice. U članku se koriste dva naziva: karitativna zajednica i Župni Caritas, sa željom da se promovira naziv karitativna zajednica, koja nosi poticaj na zajedništvo svih vjernika župne zajednice, konkretno u skrbi za materijalne i duhovne potrebe njezinih potrebitih članova bilo koje životne dobi ili životne stvarnosti. U prvom poglavlju razmišlja se o karitativnoj zajednici u župnoj zajednici, u čijem životu ima nezamjenjivo mjesto. Drugo poglavlje progovara o karitativnoj zajednici prema planu i programu za župnu katehezu »Župna kateheza u obnovi župne zajednice«. Donose se osobine karitativne zajednice odnosno Župnoga Caritasa koje su važne za promjenu mentaliteta i prakse djelovanja ove zajednice, potkrijepljene izvatcima iz Izvješća Župnih Caritasa Caritasu Zagrebačke nadbiskupije za 2010. godinu. Na kraju se predstavlja program rada karitativne zajednice za jednu pastoralnu godinu prema planu i programu za župnu katehezu »Župna kateheza u obnovi župne zajednice«.In this article the authors reflect on the prospects for creating a caritative community, that is , a Parish Caritas within the parish community. Charity work is an unavoidable part of parish community activity. The article avails itself of two terms, namely caritative community and Parish Caritas with the desire to promote the name »caritative community.« This term inherently propels one toward communitarianism among all faithful in the parish community, concretely in its concern for the material and spiritual needs of the community\u27s less fortunate members regardless of age or situation in which they may find themselves. The article consists in an introduction, two sections and concluding thoughts. The first section reflects on the Parish Caritas, or rather caritative community within the parish community. The Parish Caritas, or rather caritative community holds an irreplaceable position in the life of every parish community. The second section discusses the caritative community in accordance with the plan and programme for parish catechesis titled »Parish Catechesis in the Renewal of the Parish Community.« The authors put forward those features of the caritative community, or rather of the Parish Caritas which are important for creating a change in mentality and in the praxis of the community\u27s activities. These are supported by excerpts from the Parish Caritas\u27 Report to the Zagreb Archdiocese Caritas for 2010. Finally, an agenda of the caritative community, or rather Parish Caritas is presented for one pastoral year in accordance with the plan and programme for parish catechesis titled »Parish Catechesis in the Renewal of the Parish Community.