El compromiso de los laicos: El dinamismo del laico en la evangelización de la parroquia Nuestra Señora de los Dolores - Puerto Berrio Antioquia

Abstract

This work was born from the reflection on the role of the laity and its role in the universal Church, but above all from an experience of mission and discipleship, the result of baptismal maturity, the announcement of Jesus Christ in the midst of different groups of people and communities. parishes in particular. Thanks to the analysis of the reality that arises in the encounter with the believers and their surroundings, where the life of the people in all their fields takes place. On the one hand, it is evident that as the years go by and the changes of the era occur, this naturally affects the spaces of the family, society and therefore in the Church, affecting attitudes of indifference, apathy and neglect of the Christian faith. On the other hand, faith in God, love and Catholic tradition in the life and culture of the peoples, are the greatest wealth that is manifested in the firm and solid faith of many baptized people, in popular religious piety and a charity that encourages them, expressed and manifested in solidarity with the poorest and most unprotected, the commitment to Evangelization, which, as a ferment of mass, light of the world and salt of earth, is condensed into an unconditional and very relevant service; they are the "committed laity" of whom it is important to deepen and speak, with the purpose of further recognizing their functions and their work within the Universal Church. This work consists of three chapters and is the result of the research work carried out with the committed laity of Our Lady of Sorrows Parish, in Puerto Berrio (Antioquia). The first chapter, is the approach of the problem that places us in the environment and contour of the dynamism of the laity committed in the Parish of Our Lady of Sorrows, ends with the methodological design, which presents the strategy to respond to the problem and achieve the objectives of the Research; The qualitative approach, the phenomenological epistemological perspective, the type of ethnographic research are applied, with information gathering techniques such as: direct field observation, the survey and the semi-structured interview. The second chapter is the referential framework that takes reflections on man as a religious being and the documents of the Catholic Church on the commitment of the Laity in evangelization. The third chapter is the analysis and interpretation of the information that contains the results and conclusions of the inve