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Doctoral Dissertations, Master's And Bachelor's Theses: The Catholic History Of Western Pennsylvania

Gathered Fragments

No abstract provided.

Rev. John J. Hugo & Suburban Parish Life In Cold War Pittsburgh, Charles T. Strauss

Gathered Fragments

No abstract provided.

Gathered Fragments Vol. Xxiv

Gathered Fragments

No abstract provided.

"Constructing Religious Community. A Spiritan Rereading.", Pedro Fernandes C.S.Sp.

Spiritan Horizons

No abstract provided.

Collaborative Justice: An Analysis Of The Use Of "Justice" In The Writings Of Lisa Sowle Cahill, Dennis W. Feltwell

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation explores the role of justice in the writings of Catholic ethicist Lisa Sowle Cahill. Since 1990, Cahill has supported theological voices participating in the public forum, which she describes as a meeting ground for diverse intellectual and religious traditions. Good argumentation is necessary but not sufficient to resolve ethical dilemmas within the politically liberal context in which Cahill makes her claims. Instead, her commitment to justice underwrites those narratives and practices which demand one's fullest possible participation in contributing toward the common good. Cahill's notion of justice develops correlatively to the degree that she integrates the principles of …

Book Reviews, John C. Bates

Gathered Fragments

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Interpreting Material Cooperation As A Function Of Moral Development To Guide Ministry Formation, Steven Squires

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

While not exactly back room political bargaining, the traditional use of cooperation has been by moral theologians attempting to define the level of cooperation for a particular situation. This chosen definition, in turn, may help focus the range of appropriate actions in response to the situation's circumstances. In this customary usage, an organization's associates (employees) may assist the implementation of relevant responses to a cooperation analysis, whether the issue is clinical or organizational in nature. They have not been integral to the decision-making process - until now. Cooperation has been the proverbial candle under the bushel (Matthew 5:15). This paper …

Index Of Persons, Christian De Mare Cssp

A Spiritan Anthology

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Theological And Ecological Foundations For Youth Ministry In Relation To The Archdiocese Of Mbarara, Uganda - East Africa, Leo Tinkatumire

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation is titled: Theological and Ecological Foundations for Youth Ministry in Relation to the Archdiocese of Mbarara, Uganda - East Africa. The Archdiocese of Mbarara, located in the traditional kingdom of Nkore in southwestern Uganda, is undergoing societal shift. Due to the pervading influences of Western civilization and technology, the conservative and often static culture of native tribal communities with their adherence to informal education, traditional customs and worship and a predominantly agrarian economy, is undergoing steady but dramatic transformation. Amidst this process of transition, the Church is struggling with the immediate need to adjust the message and methods …

The Liturgical Theology Of Aidan Kavanagh, Osb: Synthesis And Critique, Michelle Gilgannon

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation explores the liturgical theology of the late Aidan Kavanagh, OSB. His particular approach to liturgy helped to shape the implementation of the liturgical changes instituted by the Second Vatican Council. His early published works were instrumental in explaining the goals of these liturgical changes, while his later works offered a not-so-subtle critique of how the changes had begun to impact the American Church. Fr. Kavanagh based the importance of liturgy on several unique and potentially controversial subjects. To Fr. Kavanagh, liturgical theology is theologia prima and the foundation of all other secondary theology. Participation in the liturgy and …

The Contribution Of Foundational New Testament Theological Themes To The Meaning Of Basic Bioethics Principles, R. Dennis Macaleer

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Beauchamp and Childress' Principles of Biomedical Ethics is a well accepted approach to contemporary bioethics. Those principles are based on what Beauchamp and Childress call the common morality. This dissertation employs New Testament theological themes to enhance the meaning of contemporary principles of bioethics. Beginning with the incarnation in the New Testament, the invitation-response hermeneutic is developed as a hermeneutic to use in studying the New Testament. The primary New Testament text for this study is the twin commands from Jesus to love God and love one's neighbor. Three theological themes are developed from this study and these three themes …

Homosexuality And The Formation Of Conscience: An Examination Of Traditional Catholic Anthropological, Theological, And Ethical Evaluations In Light Of Contemporary Moral Markers, John Slovikovski

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The question of homosexuality remains a daunting task to be addressed by the Church as well as theological ethicists. Lively, and often biased opinions have been presented in the last two centuries; however, use of traditional sources, such a Scripture, Natural Law, empirical data, and Tradition result in a doubt of fact, which, according to the established tradition of the Catholicism, requires the Church to follow the safest course of action, i.e., upholding the traditional heterosexual norm. Given that some individuals experience an irreversible homosexual orientation coupled by a lack of a vocation to a celibate lifestyle, which in turn …

Origins Of The Spiritan Consecration To The Holy Spirit On May 27, 1703, Christian De Mare C.S.Sp.

Spiritan Horizons

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Human Development As Integral Development: The Social Teaching Of The Church In An African Context, Joseph Kariuki Kamau

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

It has been commonly held that the main cause of underdevelopment is the lack of capital. This dissertation is based on the observation that underdevelopment still persists in Kenya despite billions of dollars in foreign aid from Western Europe and North America. The main focus of this dissertation is an attempt to understand an effective remedial action to such an economic situation of underdevelopment. The dissertation seeks to find the remedy for underdevelopment by the methodological means of demonstrating how a holistic understanding of human development entails integral development in Kenya.

The thesis and the overview of this dissertation are …

Sacrament Of Deification: The Eucharistic Vision Of Alexander Schmemann In Light Of The Doctrine Of Theosis, Janet Puppo

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study posits that the Eastern Christian doctrine of theosis, or deification, informs, enhances and illuminates Eucharistic understanding. It argues that the Eucharistic vision of Orthodox priest and theologian, Father Alexander Schmemann, offers the most cogent evidence in support of the intrinsic link between the Eucharist and the doctrine of theosis. Based on Schmemann's observations that a Eucharistic crisis exists in the Church as a result of liturgical indifference and secularism, this study seeks to retrieve the patristic vision of the Eucharist that synthesized the world, the Church and the Kingdom of God in an interdependent and harmonic balance. The …

Volume 17 — Power Of The Powerless! Solidarity And Collaboration As Mission, The Ecumencial Association Of Nigerian Theologians

Bulletin of Ecumenical Theology

No abstract provided.

Spiritan News, No. 150, Congregazione Dello Spirito Santo

Spritan News

Spiritan News, No. 150/ November-December 2003

• The French Seminary in Rome --(p.1)
• News Items --(p.3)

Post-Conciliar Models Of Sin And Reconciliation: Towards A Contemporary Paradigm, James Cross

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The central proposal of this dissertation is that now, in the wake of the Second Vatican Council (1962-5), official Roman Catholic teaching on sin and sacramental reconciliation is not, but ought to be, based upon a contemporary paradigm of sin and reconciliation--i.e. a paradigm which is concordant with, and adequate in light of, the teachings and goals of this Council. According to the author, an existing "liturgical-narrational" model of sin and reconciliation ought to be elevated to the status of such a paradigm or supermodel.

The author arrives at this conclusion after examining two critical post-Conciliar documents--the revised Rite of …

A Study Of The Principle Of Subsidiarity In Catholic Social Thought: Implications For Social Justice And Civil Society In Nigeria, Simeon Iber

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation examined the centrality of the principle of subsidiarity in Catholic social teaching, in bringing about social and moral reconstruction of society and in particular the Nigerian social context. The origin of this principle has been traced to the natural human inclination to build a healthy relationship between the individual and society, such that, the society will provide generous help and support to individuals to help themselves. Subsidiarity is a way of organizing individuals and social groups in community to help each other in pursuing their interests with common goals, the ultimate purpose being to assist one another and …

Volume 15 — Inter-Religious Dialogue, The Ecumencial Association Of Nigerian Theologians

Bulletin of Ecumenical Theology

No abstract provided.

Volume 14 — Nigeria: Religion And Conflict Resolution, The Ecumencial Association Of Nigerian Theologians

Bulletin of Ecumenical Theology

No abstract provided.

Supplement To Spiritan News, No.134, Congregazione Dello Spirito Santo

Spritan News

Supplement to Spiritan News, No. 134

• Our Jubilarians 2001 --(p.1)
• The Jubilee of our Ordination --(p.3)
• 60th Anniversary of Profession Remembered in Tranquillity --(p.4)

Supplement To Spiritan News, No.129, Congregazione Dello Spirito Santo

Spritan News

Supplement to Spiritan News, No. 129

• Our Jubilarians 2000--(p.1)
• A Museum Becomes a Pulpit - Bagamoyo/Tanzania --(p.5)
• News Items --(p.5)

Christian Family As Church? Inquiry, Analysis, And Pastoral Implications, Ennio Pasquale Mastroianni

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this dissertation is to determine in what sense the Christian family can be called Church: not at all, analogically, and/or univocally. Integral to the dissertation is that the hierarchical magisterium of the Roman Catholic Church has developed significantly the ecclesial nature of the Christian family during the past three decades. During the Second Vatican Council the council fathers developed a seed text in which they use the term "domestic Church" to connote this ecclesial dimension of Christian marriage and the family which derives from it.

The core of this study is two-fold: first, to determine the meaning, …

Supplement To Spiritan News, No.115, Congregazione Dello Spirito Santo

Spritan News

Spiritan News, No. 115/ October 1996

• Meeting of the spiritan Archivists of Europe --(p.1)
• Major Superiors meeting 1996--(p.2)
• Mass for the Intentions of Fr General --(p.4)

Supplement to Spiritan News, No. 115

• Are We Goging to Asia
• Our Jubilarians 1997
• New Initiative in Asia: Second Visit
• News from the Circumscriptions
• News Items

Spiritan West Africa Memorial: 1842-1996, Henry J. Koren Cssp

Spiritan Memorial

Contents

Preface (p.7-10)

Acronyms Used for Countries And Non-autonomous Areas (p.11)

Abbreviations Used for Major Spiritan Communities (p.12)

Other Symbols and Abbreviations (p.14)

Bibliographical Abbreviations (p.14)

Note about the First Line of Each Biographical Sketch (p.15-16)

Section One: The Period from 1842 to 1930 (p.17-188)

Section Two: The Period from 1931 to 1969 (p.189-292)

Section Three:· the Period from 1970 to 1996 (p.293-388)

Alphabetical List of Names with Entry Number, Year of Arrival or Start of Ministry in West Africa and Place of Birth: (p.389-402)

Volume 9 Numbers 1-2 — Christian Mission In The Third Millennium, The Ecumencial Association Of Nigerian Theologians

Bulletin of Ecumenical Theology

No abstract provided.

Supplément À Informations Spiritaines, Nº115, Congregazione Dello Spirito Santo

Informations Spiritaines (French)

Supplément à informations spiritaines, nº115/ Décision du Conseil général: 25 Octobre 1996

• Nos Jubilaires en 1997
• Nouvelle Initiative en Asie - Deuxieme Voyage
• Nouvelles des Circonscriptions
• Nouvelles Diverses

Informações Espiritanas, Número 115, Congregazione Dello Spirito Santo

Informações Espiritanas (Portuguese)

Informações Espiritanas, Número 115/ Outubro de 1996

• Encontro dos Arquivistas Espiritanos da Europa
• Encontro dos Novos Superiores Maiores
• Missa pelas intenções do Superior Geral
• Nova Iniciativa na Ásia: Segunda Viagem
• Notícias das Circunscrições
• Noticias Breves

Volume 7 Numbers 1-2 — Violence And State Security, The Ecumencial Association Of Nigerian Theologians

Bulletin of Ecumenical Theology

No abstract provided.