Pomoc katechezy w rozwiązywaniu przeżywanych przez katechizowaną młodzież konfliktów (na przykładzie badań empirycznych)

Abstract

The paper takes up the problems of conflicts experienced by the catechized youth, and justifies their significance on the basis of Ogólna Instrukcja Katechetyczna (The General Religious Instruction) and the adhortation Catechesi tradendae. First it shows the problems of conflicts contained in the catechetic materials for adolescents, edited by Rev. J. Szpet. It has been stated that the materials contain three catecheses directly devoted to this issue. There are, however, catechetic units in which it is possible to draw on to various states of conflict. Then, on the basis of empirical research, the conflicts discussed at the religious instruction have been shown (family, religious, moral, generational, sexual and the like conflicts). The valuable part of the paper is that it shows the ways in which the catechist could help in solving conflicts. 75 per cent of the subjects think that the catechist is of no help for them in this respect. According to the young people, what makes this question more difficult is the curriculum of religious instructions, the attitude of the catechist, schoolgirls and schoolboys, and a large number of pupils at the catechesis. The author adds authentic statements of the subjects, and their postulates concern the need for a new curriculum, more catecheses about the conflicts and their solutions and more methods that activate people. The important questions are well illustrated by the enclosed tables (with the test Chi square). The final conclusion says about the need to include the opinion of the youth when forming new curricula.