Józef Stala

Józef Stala ( born December 6, 1966 in Mielec / Poland), ordained priest on 25 May 1991, Polish Roman Catholic theologian, professor at the Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow and editor in chief of the international Wissenschaftsperiodikums "The Person and the Challenges ".

Life

Józef Stala, was born on December 6, 1966 as the third of four children in Mielec, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland. He is the son of the teacher Edward Stala and the housewife Helena Stala, born Gajek. On December 18, 1966 Stala in the parish of St. Nicholas of Borowa, his home village, was baptized by priest Józef Wierzbicki. The Sacrament of Confirmation was donated to him by Bishop Jerzy Karol Ablewicz on April 24, 1980 in Borowa.

1973-1981 Stala visited the elementary school Adam Mickiewicz in Borowa and 1981-1985 Lyceum in Mielec, mathematical-physical branch, from which he graduated in 1985 with the Matura. From 1985 to 1991 he studied philosophy and theology at the seminary in 1985 and 1986 Gościkowo paradise and from 1986 to 1991 in Tarnów.

On May 25, 1991 Stala was consecrated in the Cathedral of Tarnów by Bishop Józef Życiński a priest. His first Mass he held on 30 May 1991 in the parish church of his hometown Borowa. Immediately after his ordination Stala worked as a chaplain and secretary to Bishop Józef Życiński. 1991 to 1992 he was a curate in the parish of St. Wojciech, Boleslaw, about 36 kilometers north of Tarnów, and then to 1993 vicar in the parish of St. Casimir, Nowy Sacz, about 70 kilometers south of Tarnów.

Scientific activity

On May 31, 1991 Stala completed his studies with a Master of Theology at the Pontifical Academy of Theology Krakow (now Pontifical University of John Paul II ) from. 1993 appointed him Bishop Józef Życiński to doctoral studies at the Theological Academy in Warsaw Kathololische. According to a special study with a focus on catechesis at the Theological Academy in Warsaw on 15 May 1995, he earned a licentiate and his PhD on June 8, 1998.

Stala habilitated in 2005 with a published in 2004 Thesis: Katecheza o w Polsce po małżeństwie i rodzinie Soborze Watykańskim II ( catechesis in marriage and family in Poland after the second Vatican Council ) at the Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow. In 2011, he was ( kontekście Próba refleksji nad nauczaniem Jana Paweł II w polskich uwarunkowań ) with the thesis on W kierunku integralnej Edukacji religijnej w rodzinie ( Holistic religious education in the family ( an attempt to reflect on the teachings of Pope John Paul II with a view on the situation in Poland) ). appointed professor at the Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow.

Today ( 2013) is Stala priest of the Diocese of Tarnow (Poland ), Professor of Theology ( Catechetics ), Vice-Dean for Scientific Affairs for Development and International Cooperation and Chair of educational catechesis at the Theological Faculty, Department of Tarnow ( WTST ), the Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow. He also fulfills the role of the coordinator of the Erasmus program at WTST and is editor of the international Wissenschaftsperiodikums "The Person and the Challenges".

Works (selection)

The majority of the publications of Stala is in Polish. As a result, only a selection of his publications in German and English is listed:

• J. Stala, E. Osewska: Anders educate in Poland. The educational concept XXI in the context of a constantly changing Europe of. Century. Polihymnia, Tarnów 2009, ISBN 978-83-7270-765-9.
• J. Stala: Family Catechesis in Poland at the turn of the century. Problems and challenges. Biblos, Tarnów 2008, ISBN 978-83-7332-674-3.
• Edited by E. Osewska, J. Stala: Religious Education / Catechesis in the Family. A European Perspective. UKSW, Warszawa 2010.
• J. Stala: Man as a person: The determining basis for John Paul II in his picture of the family in "The Person and the Challenges" 2 (2012 ) No. 2, pp. 41-59.
• J. Stala: Transcendence as a defining feature of the person in anthropology and the pedagogy of John Paul II in "The Person and the Challenges" 2 (2012 ) No. 1, pp. 61-75.
• J. Stala: The personalistic basis for education in the Catholic school in " Angelicum " 88 (2011 ), pp. 997-1007.
• J. Stala: Selected aspects of education at the Catholic school in " Angelicum " 88 (2011 ), pp. 751-761.
• J. Stala: Impulse John Paul II on religious education in the family in " Studia Bobolanum " 4 (2011 ), pp. 153-163.
• J. Stala: The religious education in the family in the context of the situation in Poland " Biuletyn Edukacji Medialnej " (2011) No. 1, pp. 173-183.
• J. Stala: How good it is to live in the reach of God's Word and the Eucharist. A look at the eucharistic education of young people in " Theologica " 46 (2011) 2, pp. 311-322.
• J. Stala: Internet - Church - Communication in " Studia Pastoralne " (2011) No. 7, pp. 566-574.
• J. Stala: aspects of the activities of the academic staff at the Faculty of Theology, Department of Tarnów, in the service of science. in "The Person and the Challenges" 1 (2011) nr 2, p 11-19.
• J. Stala: The person and the challenges of the present in the light of the succession and the teaching of the Holy Father John Paul II "The Person and the Challenges" - an international scientific periodical. in "The Person and the Challenges" 1 (2011) No. 1, pp. 13-23.
• J. Stala, basics of religious education in the family in the context of the realities of the present time, " Studia Teologiczno - Historyczne Śląska Opolskiego " (2010) nr 30, s 263-272.
• J. Stala, pedagogical and catechetical implications of the ideas of John Paul II for the sacramental formation. Ten years of high school reform in Poland, " Studia Bobolanum " (2010) nr 4 s, 155-167.
• J. Stala, curricula and textbooks for the teaching of religion in the State primary schools in Poland, " Bogoslovni vestnik " 70 (2010) No. 3, p 405-414.
• J. Stala Let 's go forward with hope. Pedagogical and catechetical aspects, such as the Christian receives the signs of the times in the present world, " Roczniki liturgiczne " 1 (56 ) (2009 ), p 435-447.