%0 Journal Article
%T The virtue of fortitude is the foundation of every vocation
%A Majkrzak, Henryk
%J Sympozjum
%V 2022 - Volume XXVI
%R 10.4467/25443283SYM.22.021.17389
%N Issue 2 (43)
%P 211-227
%K Bishop, God, virtue of fortitude, soul, Eucharist, Jesus Christ, Church, priest, marriage, Holy Mass, heaven, Redeemer, vocation, sacrament, judgment, religious, Savior
%@ 2543-5442
%D 2022
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/sympozjum/article/cnota-mestwa-fundamentem-kazdego-powolania
%X 
	Today, technology, computer science and medicine are developing rapidly. Humanity can be proud of these achievements! However, the entire humanities have plunged into a deep crisis, so much so that there is talk of a crisis of philosophy, theology, ethics and literature. This, in turn, gives rise to a crisis of vocations, which is a well-known cause in Poland and Europe. Seminaries and monasteries are closing, and marriages often break up. The author of the article puts forward a thesis – which he then develops and justifies in the further part of the publication – that this crisis is also related to the lack of the cardinal virtue of fortitude. Its manifestation is the courage that is needed to choose a vocation and then pursue it despite the difficulties that arise. The vocation to the priestly, religious, married and single life, which is dedicated to God and people, is extensively discussed.