The authoritative gathering of parliamentary teams in the Polish Parliament and the Polish conference “The household the Foundation of the Nation and State” at the Museum of the Castle in opposition are the most crucial events of celebration of the decade of establishing the Day of household Rights. The Jubilee is an chance to callback the importance of household rights and reflection on the work of the state and society for its development.
The authoritative gathering of 3 parliamentary teams, representatives of the Parliamentary Group for Catholic Social Science, Parliamentary Group for Life and household and Parliamentary Group for the Heritage of Saint John Paul II, held on 22 October in the Polish Parliament, concludes the anniversary of the Day of household Rights.
One of the crucial points of the celebration lasted respective days was the Polish-wide conference "The household the Foundation of the Nation and the State", which this year took place at the Castle of opposition on 19 October. – Family members have different types of rights in Poland, and there are so fewer rights, and there are so fewer rights for household as a community, for household as a unity and family, which is the basic social cell, (...) that is why we are trying to fight for household rights. – said Tadeusz Woźniak, associate of the Polish Parliament, president of the Parliamentary Group for Catholic Social Science, co-organizer of the event.
Letter from the president of Poland Karol Nawrocki to the participants of the conference was read by Beata Kemp, advisor to the president of Poland. – Ideologies and political systems that argue the autonomy of the primary cell of society, which do not respect parental power, and which make it hard to meet the material and intangible needs of families, are doomed to speedy convictions and the departure of history. In turn a strong household as a space of common love, devotion and respect, virtually and metaphorically life-giving, permeated by the concern for the welfare of a kid (also unborn) is the most crucial asset of truly large nations – wrote the president of Poland. He added that... I assure my support for initiatives to make Polish families and defend their rights. At the same time, I declare that, as so far as I am doing my presidential duties, I will counter any attempts to violate Article 18. The Constitution, which states that "marriage as a union between a female and a man, family, motherhood and parenthood are protected and cared for by the Republic of Poland.
More than 100 participants attended the event, who listened to lectures related to the subject of the household and its function in social life. The gathering brought together parliamentarians, local authorities, representatives of civilian position offices, social aid institutions, schools, social organisations and communities active in activities for families. The conference has become an area for exchanging experience and discussing applicable ways of supporting families in the area of law, education and social policy. Among the speakers were besides representatives of the Centre of Life and household and Ordo Iuris. Mr Rafał Dorosiński, associate of the board of the Ordo Iuris Institute and the Presidential Council of the household and Demographics, addressed the subject “Marriage and household as Value for State”, and Dr Artur Górecki, manager of the Ordo Iuris Educational Center, devoted his speech to relations between school and parents, Agnieszka Gracz – the national coordinator of the Marches for Life and household in the Centre of Life and Family, will present the social campaigns of CJiR promoting matrimony and family.
The event was organized by the Parliamentary squad for Catholic Social discipline and Kutnowski County. The hosts of the gathering were MP Tadeusz Woźniak, squad leader and initiator of the establishment of the Day of household Rights, and the chief Kutnowski Daniel Kowalik. The honorary patronage over the anniversary celebrations was taken by Bishop Wojciech Osial, while the main component of the conference was the Ordo Iuris Institute for Legal Culture. The partners of the event were besides the Parliamentary Heritage squad of Saint John Paul II, the Parliamentary Life and household Team, the Parliamentary Members' squad of the Light-Life and Catholic Action Movement and the Community Without Borders Association.
Family Rights Day was established by the Polish Parliament on 21 October 2016, and its originator and initiator was MP Tadeusz Woźniak, who submitted the first draft resolution in 2009. The date of the celebration, 22 October, refers to the anniversary of the inauguration of the pontificate of St John Paul II in 1978. 5 years later, on October 22, 1983, the Holy See announced the Charter of household Rights, a paper presenting the fundamental rights of the household as a natural and universal community.
The Charter recalls the rights of the household and the obligations of authorities and institutions towards it. Her message underlines that the household needs not only a declaration of recognition, but besides circumstantial conditions for its development. The tenth anniversary of the household Rights Day is so an chance to look at the household as an crucial social community and to reflect on how its rights are implemented in everyday life.
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