CUSTOMS SERVICE CHAPLAINCY IN POLAND
Journal Title: Studia z Prawa Wyznaniowego - Year 2008, Vol 11, Issue 11
Abstract
The history of the specialized chaplaincy of Customs, financial and Treasury service dates back to the beginnings of the Second Polish Republic. At the time of the People's Republic of Poland pastoral care in the civil service was not possible. Along with the normalization of Church-State relations in the Third Polish Republic, there appeared a need to provide special pastoral care for Customs Service officers at the beginning of the 1990s. In the middle of the 1990s, following the example of the police chaplaincy, the Customs Service chaplaincy was established. On 19 October, 2006, the Conference of the Polish Episcopate included the functionaries of Customs Service of the Republic of Poland in the military chaplaincy of the Military Ordinariate of Poland. On 31 October 2007 the Minister of Finance and a representative of the Conference of the Polish Episcopate for Customs Service concluded an agreement on the organization and functioning of the Catholic Customs Service chaplaincy. At the level of each of 16 Customs Chambers in Poland full-time employment for one chaplain is to be created (in the rank of customs undercommissioner) and at the ministerial level, for one cleric dean (in the rank of customs commissioner), who is supposed to coordinate pastoral work in Customs Chambers. Chaplains in Customs Service are supposed to carry out pastoral duties provided for by Church law. For example, they should organize pastoral care for the functionaries and employees of Customs Service and their families, as well as for veterans and retirees and pensioners of Customs Service. In addition, they should organize, conduct and supervise classes in normative ethics and organize church service (also on the occasion of the holidays of Customs Service and national holidays). Such pastoral care of functionaries and employees can foster the right moral code of conduct and help avoid temptation (usually penalized in Polish law), which can in turn contribute to building up a state free from a number of negative social phenomena (for example corruption) and to developing a positive social attitude which will manifest itself in compliance with the law (also customs law) and respect for the profession of a Customs officer.
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Zdzisław Zarzycki
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