“Alone with Him”: Carmen Hernández Barrera and the Formation of Christian Initiation within the Neocatechumenal Way
Wojciech KACZMAREK
Katedra Dramatu i Teatru, Instytut Literaturoznawstwa, Wydział Nauk Humanistycznych, Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II, Al. Racławickie 14, 20-950 Lublin, Poland , Polandhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5176-8755
Abstract
The paper presents the life and work of Carmen Hernández Barrera (1930-2016), co-initiator, together with Francisco (Kiko) Argüello, of the Neocatechumenal Way. The missionary vocation Hernández Barrera wished to pursue already as a young woman transformed in her life into a service for the sake of evangelization and formation of the catechumenal way of fulfilling the Christian initiation. The article shows how Hernández Barrera’s deep relationship with Christ, the suffering and loneliness she experienced, as well as her close contacts with the founders of the conciliar renewal, influenced the content of the catecheses she preached and the ecclesial formation of neocatechumenal communities.
Keywords:
evangelization, Carmen Hernández Barrera, Christian initiation, Neocatechumenal WayKACZMAREK, W. (2023). „Sama z Nim”. Carmen Hernández Barrera i budowanie wtajemniczenia chrześcijańskiego w ramach Drogi Neokatechumenalnej. Ethos. Kwartalnik Instytutu Jana Pawła II KUL, 35(3 (139). https://doi.org/10.12887/35-2022-3-139-10
Wojciech KACZMAREK
Katedra Dramatu i Teatru, Instytut Literaturoznawstwa, Wydział Nauk Humanistycznych, Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II, Al. Racławickie 14, 20-950 Lublin, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5176-8755
Katedra Dramatu i Teatru, Instytut Literaturoznawstwa, Wydział Nauk Humanistycznych, Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II, Al. Racławickie 14, 20-950 Lublin, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5176-8755
