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190 HENRYK LUCZAKto catechesis. The apprehension of catechesis has varied over the ages but its aim has remainedthe same: it is to make people: „fully mature, with the fullness of Christ himse!f (Ep. 4.13).The Church has always understood the need for and the importance of cat.echesis and realizedthat cątechetic ·work is crucial to the future of the whole CathoHc nation as T\'ell as that of theindividual. It comes as not surprise, then, that also in our time catechesis occupies the foremostplace in pastorał ministry of the Church.In the present Polish situation, marked by both spontaneous and directed secularization,catechesis as seen in the 1971 programme still bears the stamp of authentic Church ministryto the young. Its basie goal is to bring the participants to the salutary meeting with Jesus ChrisLFrom the point of view of theology, the catechesis is trinitarian, Christocentric, ecclesiasticand Marian; in anthropological terms, it is personal, national and apologetic. The main obstacleto catechesis lies in the inadequate preparation of catechists fork work with the young. A highproportion of Polish catechists, trained for catochesis in the old style, implement an intellectualisticconception of catechesis, trying to convey the maximum amount of informationabout the Christian doctrine.