Young People at Present and Their Preparation for Religious Life
Young People at Present and Their Preparation for Religious Life

Summary/Abstract: Religious consecration is a mere development of baptismal consecration, it is its improved expression and leads to service in the heart of the Church. Therefore, it is like the preparation for marriage, preparation for another way of dedication of life is one of the fundamental tasks of the Church community. The article deals with the subject on the border between of the canon law and of the pastoral theology: the formation of contemporary youth for their religious vocations. This is primarily the formation of the personality leading to maturity for a lifetime decision enshrined in family education and in the consequential pastoral care of vocations in the dioceses. A specific type is then the pastoral care of vocations in religious institutes. This will be exemplified with the example of initial formation in the Czech province of the Order of Preachers, in the case of the Dominican Brethren and of the Contemplative Nuns. In conclusion, are summarized and evaluated the statistical data about the status of candidates for religious life in the Czech Republic and the reasons for the low number of vocations at present.

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