THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN SLOVENIA - CHANGES IN THE RELIGIOUS OFFER FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AS A RESPONSE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH TO THE CHALLENGES OF SECULARIZATION

V Sloveniji je v prejšnjem stoletju prišlo do sekularizacije. V veliki meri je zajela Katoliško cerkev. Med leti 1980 in 2010 se je v Katoliški cerkvi spremenila religijska ponudba kot odziv na izzive sekularizacije. Pregled dogajanja za mlade od 15. do 29. leta je pokazal, da se Katoliška cerkev spopada z zmanjšanjem vpliva na družbo na različne načine. Ustanovila se je vrsta gibanj, društev, združenj in skupin, ki želijo pritegniti mlade na področju vzgoje in izobraževanja ter zabave, hkrati pa ohraniti vero in krščanske vrednote. Po pregledu različnih ponudb in gibanju števila članov se je ugotovilo, da se je v zadnjih letih bistveno povečala pestrost ponudbe Katoliške cerkve za mlade in s tem vpliv na tisti del mladih, ki so bili vzgajani v krščanskem duhu.In the last century, there was secularization in Slovene. It mainly affected the Catholic Church. Between 1980 and 2010 there have been some changes in the religious offer of the Catholic Church as a response to the challenges of secularization. Review of events for young people aged between 15 and 29 showed that the Catholic Church has different ways of encountering with decreasing influence in society. A lot of movements, unions, associations and groups were founded. They want to attract young people in the range of education and fun and at the same time preserve faith and Christian values. After the review of different offers and circulations of numbers of members it was established that there was an essential increase in variety of offers of the Catholic Church for young people. At the same time there was an increase in influence on the part of young people that was raised in Christianity