The human relationship and the Christian faith in helping profession

Human relation and belief in helping proffesion Even today, probably more than in previous times, "being human" primarily means to be responsible not only to himself but also to the outside world, to other people and especially the order of being that goes beyond us. Responsibility is together with understanding, rational self-sacrifice, empathy, prosocial behavior, etc.. also one of the basic presumptions for successful performance of helping profession. Helping workers are largely motivated for exercise of their profession by desire to help a fellow. Only later, discovering that the reality is somewhat more prosaic and, moreover, that their work is very demanding on the performance, emotional commitment and the energy expended, they cannot largely expect any return delivered. In addition to this all they meet series of prejudices, not only by laymen, but also by professionals. This work presents human relationships and Christian faith in a helping profession and their implementation in one of the largest shelters in Bohemia, in the Home of St. Francis in Pilsen. Key word: helping profession, sanctuary house, helping start, belief, human relatio