Duchowa misja uniwersytetu katolickiego według św. Jana Pawła II
Spiritual Mission of the Catholic University According to St. John Paul II

Summary/Abstract: The University as a “unique center of creative work and radiation of knowledge, serving the good of humanity,” although it grows out of the tradition shaped by the Church, in contemporary globalized societies it is in crisis because it was largely dependent on utilitarian thinking and mercantilist factors and transformed into a model serving the interests of the social and economic evolution of these societies. The article is an attempt to comprehensively define the mission of a Catholic university on the basis of the Ex Corde Ecclesiae Constitution of John Paul II and his speeches to the university world and cultural environments. This mission consists in: 1) searching for “the whole truth about nature, man and God” referring to faith and reason and their ability to derive truth from two sources: revelation and created reality; 2) creating a community based on truth, one vision of human dignity, Christian values and upbringing into Christian and human maturity; 3) preparing students to realize their vocation in the Church and in the world, including participation in the evangelization of cultures as well as building culture and civilization worthy of man.

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