Nauczanie religii wobec zadania wspierania młodzieży w poznawaniu i doświadczaniu wiary w świetle założeń programowych

Abstract

The teaching of religion in schools is an integral part of the catechetical activity of the Church. Its role is to support the pupils in their interpersonal and Christian relations. It is essential that, in order to fulfil oneself, a person needs to learn about and experience faith. This is the element that has a great impact on the quality of the relations of the young people with God and on becoming an actual and trustworthy student of Christ in the community of Church, in the family and in the world. The aim of this article is to search for the answer to the question: to which extent and in what way does the educational activity designed in programme documents of the teaching of religion in elementary schools and high schools relate to the issue of learning about and experiencing faith by the young people. This is the reason why the issues of ‘learning about and experiencing faith’ will be discussed first. Later this will serve as a setting to the programme guidelines directly or indirectly referring to the support of the youth in elementary schools and high schools in their learning and experiencing faith. Bulk of the attention was drawn to the issues of the religious knowledge to be passed on the young people and on generating the chances for the implementation of the faith in personal life.