The heart of pastoral – the pastoral of vocation

Autor najprije kratko konstatira krizu duhovnih zvanja u suvremenom svijetu koji je izradio antropološki model «čovjeka bez zvanja». Navodi značajke tog antropološkog modela koji je u dubokoj suprotnosti s kršćanskom antropologijom. Potom progovara o zvanju (pozivu) Crkve te o zvanjima u Crkvi, polazeći od izvornog Božjeg plana o pozivu čovjeku, a što je svoje ispunjenje i vrhunac imalo u događaju Isusa Krista. U trećem dijelu članka autor izlaže koja bi bila zadaća svećenika, kao izravnih pastoralnih službenika, u pastoralu duhovnih zvanja te potom navodi i neka konkretna pastoralna djelovanja u radu s djecom i mladima, a u pogledu duhovnih zvanja. Na kraju autor kratko navodi kriterije razlučivanja autentičnosti duhovnih zvanja.The author first briefly states the crisis of spiritual vocations in the modern world that has made an anthropological model of “man without vocation”. He presents the characteristics of that anthropological model that is in strong opposition to Christian anthropology. Then he speaks about the vocation (calling) of the Church and about the vocations in the Church, starting from the original God’s plan about the call to man, which had its realization and culmination in the occurrence of Jesus Christ. In the third part of this work the author discusses what would be the role of priests, as the direct pastoral officials, in the pastoral of spiritual vocations. He states some concrete pastoral activities in the work with children and the young, with regard to spiritual vocations. In the end the author briefly states the criteria of differentiation of the authenticity of spiritual vocations