Katecheza maryjna w nauczaniu religii w szkole

Abstract

The history of leading the catechised to Christ through catechesis on Mary, the Mother of God, has a long tradition on the Polish lands. The prophetic words of Mary that she would be blessed by all generations began to fulfil in the difficult times of catechisation in the post-war Poland. The analysis of available religious education curricula as well as student textbooks and methodological guides shows that the Marian element was heavily exposed in the Polish catechesis. The Marian catechesis in teaching at school was the strategy stemming from the theological and pastoral assumptions adopted by the Church and the good planning. The catechetical aids included the units all of which related to Mary or the Marian themes were placed in certain points of the catechesis, or appeared in occasional forms because of falling holidays, liturgical seasons or Marian months. The most important elements shaping the Polish Marian catechesis concerned on the one hand the spiritual experience of Christocentric- and ecclesial-oriented Christianity, and on the other one the promotion of national and social values. It is also possible to confirm that the Marian path in catechetical instruction was a privileged moment under the Polish onditions and therefore should be continued

Keywords

• Marian catechesis
• school
• religious education
• Catholic Church
• faith