Prof. dr hab. pastoral theology, employee of the Department of Pastoral Theology of the Catholic University of Lublin; head of the Section of Pastoral Theology and Catechetics at the Faculty of Theology of the Catholic University of Lublin; member: PosT-Netzwerks der mittel- und osteuropäischen Pastoraltheologinnen und Pastoraltheologen and the European Society for Catholic Theology, as well as the Scientific Society of the Catholic University of Lublin, Lublin Scientific Society, Polish Theological Society—Branch in Radom. Author of books: The Church's charitable function after the Second Vatican Council, Lublin 1998; Charity service of the Church in Poland, Lublin 2004; The apostolic dimension of charity volunteering in Poland, Lublin 2012. Co-editor of the Lexicon of pastoral theology, Lublin 2006. In his research, he focuses on the following issues: charity activities of the Church, Christian volunteering, special and specialist pastoral care, theology of the laity and forms of lay apostolate. Correspondence address: przygoda@kul.pl. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2430-719X; https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Wieslaw-Przygoda.