role model in Christian life: example of Father Medard Parysz OFMCap’s ministry, chaplain of the Warsaw Uprising

Abstract

The activities of chaplains remain one of the least known episodes of the Warsaw Uprising. Young people who are beginning to shape their worldview or recover from life’s failures are full of ideals. In their lives, clergy gave testimony of faith and played an important role in the life of the Church. During World War II, not only representatives of the diocesan clergy joined the fight, but also the religious clergy. Pastoral activity during the Uprising was carried out by all monasteries in the capital. The task of catechesis in today’s reality also involves personalistic education in Christian values. Catechesis should develop critical thinking and deepen interest in the past. The ability to analyse historical events and search for cause and effect relationships should be developed, and at the same time, interested people should be guided to independent intellectual work. The author uses the understanding of a personal model and its role in Christian life in historical and catechetical aspects.