Miejsce żony w powołaniu i posłudze diakona stałego w świetle „Wytycznych dotyczących formacji, życia i posługi diakonów stałych w Polsce”
Role of a wife in vocation and ministry of permanent deacon according to „Directory for the Formation, Life and Ministry of Permanent Deacons in Poland”

Summary/Abstract: The very important issue in considering the vocation of a permanent deacon in the Church in Poland is a presence of his wife. The permanent diaconate, although accessible for the single, is mostly taken on by married men. From all 31 permanent deacons who serve in Poland in 8 dioceses, only one remains in celibacy. Within the Church in Poland we have just began to acquire first experiences of a role of a wife in vocation of a husband and father who is committed to serve as a permanent deacon. I have no doubts that what we need most in the beginning is a kind of sensitivity and openness to notice that experience. We also should pay attention not only to deacons’ opinions, but even more to statements and reflections of their wives. The article analyzes statements that refer to deacon’s wife or his family published in "Directory for the Formation, Life and Ministry of Permanent Deacons in Poland" from 2015.It is a document of the Polish Bishops’ Conference setting frames for the presence of permanent deacons in the Church in Poland.The Directory focusses on several important issues referring to a role and place of a wife in formation to ordination of a permanent deacon. It gives less attention to those aspects of marriage which refer to ministry and life of deacons. This disproportion is understood, however, and seems to be a result of discovering the vocation of permanent deacon in the Church in Poland.

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