The Dialogical and Collaborative Identity of Pastoral Counsellors

U ovom je radu analiziran razvoj dijaloško‑suradničkog identiteta pastoralnih djelatnika u različitim razvojnim i pastoralnim stupnjevima. Cilj je istraživanjem intrapsihičkih i interpersonalnih komponenata pastoralnih djelatnika utvrditi neuralgične točke pastoralnog odnosa te analizom pastoralnih procesa steći nove spoznaje o mehanizmima koji narušavaju dijalošku i suradničku dinamiku. U članku je najprije prikazan razvoj dijaloško‑suradničkog identiteta u okviru primarne obiteljske zajednice, u kojoj se prvotno formira dijaloška matrica kroz dijadni i trijadni odnos sa značajnim figurama, te je potom pojašnjeno kako duhovna dimenzija dijaloga pronalazi svoju artikulaciju u sekundarnim zajednicama. Drugi dio ukazuje na privilegij pastoralnog odnosa, u okviru kojeg se u susretu s drugim i drukčijim pronalazi ispunjenje vlastite svrhe i smisla misijskog poslanja, no također je uočeno kako pastoralni izazov na odgovor misijskog izlaska može postati opasnost ako se u pastoralnom djelatniku ne dogodi preobrazba ad intra iz koje i po kojoj će onda vršiti svoje poslanje drugima, ad extra. Zbog krhkosti naravnog i nadnaravnog identiteta pastoralnog djelatnika može doći do gubitka osjećaja za transcendentnu stvarnost, što ima posljedice u redukciji pastoralnog djelovanja na voluntarizam ili aktivizam, bez ključne evanđeoske jezgre. Uzimajući u obzir stalne društvene i crkvene promjene, u trećem dijelu zaključeno je kako je nastupila nova etapa koja zahtijeva hitnost pastoralne preobrazbe, kojoj je svrha revitalizacija pastoralnog konteksta u duhu izvornog evanđeoskog poslanja.This article analysed the development of the dialogical‑collaborative identity of pastoral counsellors through different developmental and pastoral stages. The aim was to identify the neuralgic points of the pastoral relationship by studying intra‑psychological and interpersonal components of the pastoral counsellors and, by observing pastoral processes in order to acquire a new insight into the mechanisms that obstruct the dialogue and collaborative dynamics. The article first presents the development of the dialogical‑collaborative identity within the primary, family community in which the dialogical matrix is initially formed through the dyad and triad relationship with significant figures. After that it elaborates how the spiritual dimension of dialogue finds its articulation in the secondary communities. The second part points out the privilege of the pastoral relationship, within which one can find fulfilment of the purpose and meaning of one´s own missionary vocation in meeting with the other and those who are different. It is also pointed out that the pastoral challenge to the response to the missionary reach can become a danger if the pastoral counsellor does not go through experience of metamorphosis ad intra from which and by which he/she will then carry out his/her mission to others, ad extra. Due to the fragility of the natural and supernatural identity of the pastoral counsellor, he/she can lose the sense for transcendental reality. Such loss leads to the reduction of the pastoral service to voluntarism or activism, without the key evangelical nucleus. Taking into account the continued social and ecclesial changes, the third part offers the conclusion that a new stage has occurred and that this stage requires urgent pastoral metamorphosis, whose purpose is to revitalise the pastoral context in the spirit of the authentic evangelical mission