325 KB0 KB192120252023Petkovšek, Robertštevilka:4letnik:83str. 985-1002ISSN:0006-5722DOI:10.34291/BV2023/04/PetkovsekCOBISSID_HOST:179033603URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-PTE6SK9EslTeološka fakultetaBogoslovni vestnikCongregation of the MissionEuropeEvropaMisijonska družbamistika krščanske ljubeznimystics of charitythe poorubogiVincencijanska družinaVincent de PaulVincentian familyIzzivi za identiteto Misijonske družbe sv. Vincencija Pavelskega v sodobnem evropskem prostoru| Challenges for the identity of the Congregation of the Mission in the Contemporary European Context|Today, at the time of radical social, cultural, and spiritual change, the Church and its institutions are returning to the question of their original identity as revealed in the Gospel and how to live and realize their identity in the modern world of newness. Our contribution addresses this question through the example of the Congregation of the Mission. The first part analyses the notion of identity, which, in the case of human identity (individual or collective), is not a static but a temporally dynamic concept. P. Ricour characterizes this identity as ipseity, i.e., creative fidelity, characterized by the fact that it re-creates itself in time, without denying its origin but recreating it in ever new forms. Identity does not limit man but enables him to create himself anew. Man’s identity is, therefore, the fundamental form and attitude of his spirit, which he creates as he lives and creates himself over time. St. Vincent, who founded the Congregation of the Mission in the spirit of Jesus Christ to preach the good news to the poor, sees its fundamental characteristics in its Christocentricity, its “eccentric” serving, its spirituality of incarnation, and in bringing mercy. In the context of contemporary European society, which is secularised and confronted with emerging digital technology, the Congregation of the Mission lives its original spirituality as caritas in relation to man and as the mysticism of charity in relation to God. The work of the Vincentian missionary is not the result of human economy but of God’s incalculable and mysterious economyV sodobnem času radikalnih družbenih, kulturnih in duhovnih sprememb se Cerkev in njene ustanove vračajo k vprašanju svoje izvorne evangeljske identitete in k temu, kako živeti svojo identiteto danes v svetu novosti. Prispevek obravnava to vprašanje na primeru Misijonske družbe sv. Vincencija Pavelskega. V prvem delu najprej analizira pojem identitete, ki v primeru identitete človeka (individualne ali kolektivne) ni statičen, ampak časovno dinamičen pojem. To identiteto je P. Ricour označil kot ispeiteto, kot ustvarjalno zvestobo, za katero je značilno, da sebe v času ustvarja na novo, ne da bi zatajila svoj izvor – ampak ga v vedno novih oblikah poustvarja. Identiteta človeka ne ovira, ampak mu omogoča, da se na novo ustvarja. Identiteta človeka je zato tista temeljna forma in drža njegovega duha, ki jo človek ustvari, ko skozi čas živi in ustvarja samega sebe. Kako Misijonska družba, ki jo je sv. Vincencij ustanovil v duhu Jezusa Kristusa, da bi ubogim prinašala blagovest, vidi in živi svojo identiteto? Sv. Vincencij njene temeljne lastnosti vidi v njeni kristocentričnosti, v služenju, v duhovnosti utelešenja in v prinašanju usmiljenja. V kontekstu sodobne evropske družbe, ki je sekularizirana in se srečuje s pojavom digitalne tehnologije, Misijonska družba svojo izvorno duhovnost uresničuje in živi kot caritas v odnosu do človeka in kot mistiko krščanske ljubezni v odnosu do Boga. Končno delo Misijonske družbe ni rezultat človeške ekonomije, ampak nepreračunljive in skrivnostne Božje ekonomijeTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaUniverza v Ljubljani, Teološka fakulteta