Pastoral da Juventude do Meio Popular “cirandando” em formação: aproximações entre a pedagogia pastoral e a pedagogia libertadora

Abstract

The dissertation Pastoral da Juventude do Meio Popular “cirandando” in formation is a study that has as focus discuss educational experiences performed by PJMP, with the young people from low income classes, in the scope of the Catholic church. The research paper considered the various understandings of what comes to be the Pastoral, questioning the ways that the Catholic church adopted its pastoral actions throughout its history, especially in Latin America and in Brazil. Having its praxis marked by the liberating conception, the study derives from this theological discussion, in order to contextualize the place that will arise the Pastoral da Juventude do Meio Popular. Born in a specific historical, theological and pastoral context, inspired by the Liberation Theology and by the ecclesial notion of the Education for Liberation, the PJMP is one of the important outcome of the closest approximation between the Catholic church and the society, mainly with the low income classes and their young people. Thus, coming from the conception of a pastoral for liberation, this study expatiate on the pastoral practices performed by PJMP, focusing on its pedagogic action and the role that it plays in the education of the young people. Its proposal consists in, from the pedagogical actions - “cirandas” - analyze the proximity between the Pastoral Pedagogy and the Pedagogy for Liberation, establishing a dialog with the educational thoughts of Paulo Freire and his formulations around an Education for Liberation, making sure of the role of the popular culture in the educational practices. It talks about, therefore, the reflection around the PJMP and its educational actions together with the young people of the low income classes, which intended to offer contributions to think of the education of the young people.