%0 Journal Article %T The Dignity of Women and the Example of Mary according to John Paul II %A Galant %A Tina %A Pinezi£¿ %A Mirjana %J - %D 2019 %X Sa£¿etak Mary is a role model to all - women and men. She is the image of the Church, the image of what every human being must achieve: holiness, obedience and eternal life with God. She accomplished all this because she was chosen by God and pronounced her ¡°fiat¡±. Without her free consent, God could not have redeemed the world with the birth of Jesus Christ. She is a role model in motherhood and in virginity, in giving oneself to another and in attaining close union with God, what is the very purpose of existence. Although she is a role model to all, Mary is particularly a role model to women who, following her example, can achieve a deep union with God and their true essence, and become ¡°keepers of the human heart¡±. Therein lies her special dignity. The dignity of women modeled on Mary was developed especially by John Paul II in the documents ¡°Redemptoris Mater¡± and ¡°Mulieris Dignitatem¡± that underlie the development of this topic %K Mary %K Woman %K Dignity %K Motherhood %K Virginity %K the Order of Love %U https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=342779