Affective maturity of seminarians

Afektivno sazrijevanje jedan je od stupova za prilagođavanje osobe kada se nađe u novoj okolini. Bogoslov je najčešće mlada osoba koja nakon ulaska u sjemenište prolazi kroz odgojno-obrazovni pro- ces u kojem se susreće s raznim osjećajima i raspoloženjima, koji su sastavni dio afektivne zrelosti. Samosažaljenje i nesigurnost, ljutnja, anksioznost, krivnja i sram samo su neki od osjećaja koje proživlja- va bogoslov, a koji su prilika za sazrijevanje. Bogoslov je u nepresta- nom odnosu prema svojim vršnjacima u zajednici u kojoj živi, prema poglavarima, u načelu starijim od njega, te je isto tako u odnosu pre- ma osobama drugog spola u sveučilišnoj zajednici. Upravo je taj tro- struki vid odnosa poticaj za naša promišljanja. U svemu tome pak uvažavamo činjenicu da bogoslov svoj život percipira kao odgovor na Božji poziv, te stoga i antropološka promišljanja o afektivnom sazri- jevanju povezujemo s teološkim. Načelno, jedna osoba jest zrela kad je sposobna odgovorno, slobodno, u ljubavi i autonomno preuzimati obveze prema sebi, drugima i svijetu, znajući pritom i ovisiti o drugi- ma. Biti sposoban nadilaziti samoga sebe, jedan je od bitnih pokaza- telja ne samo ljudske nego i kršćanske zrelosti.Affective maturity is one of the pillars of adaptation of a person in a new environment. Seminarian is usually a young person who, after entering the seminary, goes through the educational proce- ss in which he meets with various feelings and moods that are an integral part of affective maturity. Self-pity and uncertainty, anger, anxiety, guilt and shame are just some of the feelings experienced by a seminarian and all these feelings are a chance to mature. Semi- narian is in constant relationship with his peers in the community in which he lives, and also with his educators, generally older than him, and also in relation to the persons of the opposite sex in the university community. It is this triple aspect of relations that is a boost for our deliberations. In all this, however we recognize that the seminarian’s life is perceived as a response to God’s call and for this reason we connect anthropological thought of affective matu- ration with theological. Generally, a person is mature when it is capable of responsibly, freely, in love and autonomously underta- king obligations towards themselves, others and the world, whilst depending on others and knowing it. To be able to transcend one’s own self is one of the important indicators of not only human but also Christian maturity