Authenticated report of the discussion which took place at Londonderry, : between six Roman Catholic priests, and six clergymen of the Established Church in the Diocese of Derry, March 1828.

Mode of access: Internet.

The church question in Ireland. : Speech as prepared by the late Right Hon. Spencer Perceval, for the debate on the first Roman-Catholic petition to the United Parliament, (13 May, 1805.) Now first published from the original MS. /

Mode of access: Internet.

Minutes of a correspondence between the Right Rev. John Dubois, Roman Catholic Bishop of New York, and the trustees of St. Joseph's Church, relative to the pastorship thereof.

The portrait (front.) is of Charles Constantine Pise, a parish priest at St. Joseph's Church at that time.

Older people and the church

Mode of access: Internet.

A synopsis of the moral theology of Peter Dens : as prepared for the use of Romish seminaries and students of theology /

Mode of access: Internet.

God and the supernatural, a Catholic statement of the Christian faith,

Editor's preface.-Introductory by the Rev. R.A.Knowx-The supernatural, by the Rev. C.C. Martindale.-The idea of God, by the Rev. M.C. D'Arcy.-The nature and destiny of man, by C. Dawson.- The problem of evil, by E.I. Watkin.-The person of Christ, by Father Guthbert.-The divine atonement, by Father Cuthbert.-The church as the mystical body of Christ, by E.I.Watkin.-The sacramental system,by the Rev. C.C.Martindale.-Life after death, by the Rev. C.C. Martindale.-Index.

Lectures on the pastoral office,

Mode of access: Internet.

The Catholic Christian instructed in the sacraments, sacrifice, ceremonies, and observances of the church. By way of question and answer.

The "Preface" contains the author's answer to Dr. Conyers Middleton's A letter from Rome.

Catholic thoughts on ... /

Vol. 1, published in the series: Present-day papers on prominent questions in theology, 4th series.

The Christian pastor and the working church,

Series title in part also at head of t.-p.

An amicable discussion : on the Church of England and on the reformation in general, dedicated to the clergy of every Protestant communion, and reduced into the form of letters /

Includes bibliographical references.

AÇÃO PASTORAL DA IGREJA CATÓLICA APOSTÓLICA ROMANA FACE AO DIREITO À INSERÇÃO SOCIAL DE PESSOAS EM SITUAÇÃO DE RUA

A proposta do presente estudo é verificar a ação pastoral da Igreja Católica junto ao povo de rua da cidade de São Paulo, tendo como objetivo formar um conceito teórico sobre a contribuição social da pastoral em um contexto urbano, a partir da ação de Entid ades de apoio ao povo de rua. A metodologia utilizada foi a bibliográfica. As implicações do estudo foram o direcionamento que a práxis pastoral está direcionada à priorização da superação e do reconhecimento da necessidade material e psicossocial de quem está morando na rua. A concretização da práxis se dá por meio de uma prática interventora sócio-politica, a qual visa a efetivação de medidas públicas para uma demanda de pessoas que usam a rua como moradia. A ação pastoral contribui ao mostrar a ausência de política pública que dificulta o reconhecimento deste grupo social como pessoas capacitadas a produzir e pertencer a sociedade em geral. E, ao mesmo tempo em que aponta a lacuna exposta pelo poder público, o agir pastoral sinaliza alternativa para o reconhecimento de pessoas que moram na rua com parcerias entre entidades não governamentais e movimentos sociais, como o MST, sendo assim uma via de reinserção social, além da promoção de Fóruns para a criação de medidas públicas com participação direta de pessoas que vivem na rua e albergues da cidade de São Paulo. Portanto, verifica-se uma práxis pastoral fundamentada por uma responsabilidade social dinamizada pela prática de parceria participativa que envolva as diversas esferas sociais para efetivação concreta dos direitos sociais da pessoa em situação de rua que vive em áreas urbana como a Cidade de São Paulo.

A Influência da Missão Integral na Prática Pastoral das Igrejas Irmãos Menonitas de São Paulo nos Anos de 2000 a 2010

Esta pesquisa pretende analisar, durante o período de 2000 a 2010, três Igrejas Evangélicas Irmãos Menonitas, sendo elas a Primeira Igreja Evangélica Irmãos Menonitas de São Paulo, a Comunidade Cristão das Boas Novas e a Primeira Igreja Evangélica Irmãos Menonitas do Campo Limpo, situadas nos respectivos bairros de São Paulo, Planalto Paulista, Campo Belo e Campo Limpo. Esta análise se dará à luz da Teologia da Missão Integral, de modo que será observado se tais igrejas de fato sofreram influências desta teologia neste espaço de tempo. As práticas pastorais destas igrejas serão observadas por intermédio de atas, boletins, anais de congressos, trabalhos publicados, informativos, documentos das igrejas Irmãos Menonitas de São Paulo e outros materiais que abordem o tema em questão. As áreas analisadas dentro da prática pastoral serão três, a saber, a educação através do ensino da escola bíblica dominical, a prática social e o culto (liturgia e pregação da Palavra). Também serão apresentados os conceitos de prática pastoral, Missão Integral e práxis cristã e, por fim, serão oferecidas propostas para uma práxis pastoral, à luz da Missão Integral, às Igrejas Irmãos Menonitas de São Paulo.

ORLANDO COSTAS: ENSAIOS NO CAMINHO PARA UMA PASTORAL EVANGÉLICA LATINO-AMERICANA

Nesta pesquisa se propõe analisar a pastoral evangélica latino-americana elaborada por Orlando Costas. Teólogo pastoralista, missiólogo e de origem porto-riquenha, Costas elaborou método e metodologia de pastoral a partir de sua confissão religiosa evangelical em diálogo ecumênico e em consonância crítica com a situação política, econômica, social e religiosa de Porto Rico e da América Latina. Costas, juntamente com Emilio Castro, foi um dos primeiros a lançar as bases para uma pastoral evangélica visando ao homem latino-americano. Criticou o modelo da teologia pastoral norte-atlântica centrada no pastor com sujeito da ação pastoral da igreja alegando ser; repetitiva, profissional e eclesiocêntrica. A pesquisa foi realizada em três passos, que se realizam nos capítulos um, dois e três, respectivamente, compreender o contexto político, econômico, social e religioso da vida de Orlando Costas a partir de Porto Rico, suas experiências de conversão-ruptura dentro da sua tradição religiosa e a nova percepção pastoral; analisar o desenvolvimento histórico teológico da pastoral evangélica, ou seja, os movimentos, conferências, instituições e teólogos que influenciaram o pensamento de Costas; e, apresentar os fundamentos missiológicos e teológicos da pastoral evangélica, em que se demonstra que a pastoral de Costas é missiológico-pastoral, pois assume a missio Dei como princípio arquitetônico e a pastoral como princípio hermenêutico para a ação missional e pastoral. Conclui-se que a proposta de Costas é de uma pastoral evangélica e ecumênica, contextual e autóctone, dentro e fora da igreja.(AU)

From the cathedral to the classroom : the emergence of new discourses on religious education

In 2009, Religious Education is a designated key learning area in Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Brisbane and, indeed, across Australia. Over the years, though, different conceptualisations of the nature and purpose of religious education have led to the construction of different approaches to the classroom teaching of religion. By investigating the development of religious education policy in the Archdiocese of Brisbane from 1984 to 2003, the study seeks to trace the emergence of new discourses on religious education. The study understands religious education to refer to a lifelong process that occurs through a variety of forms (Moran, 1989). In Catholic schools, it refers both to co-curricula activities, such as retreats and school liturgies, and the classroom teaching of religion. It is the policy framework for the classroom teaching of religion that this study explores. The research was undertaken using a policy case study approach to gain a detailed understanding of how new conceptualisations of religious education emerged at a particular site of policy production, in this case, the Archdiocese of Brisbane. The study draws upon Yeatman’s (1998) description of policy as occurring “when social actors think about what they are doing and why in relation to different and alternative possible futures” (p. 19) and views policy as consisting of more than texts themselves. Policy texts result from struggles over meaning (Taylor, 2004) in which specific discourses are mobilised to support particular views. The study has a particular interest in the analysis of Brisbane religious education policy texts, the discursive practices that surrounded them, and the contexts in which they arose. Policy texts are conceptualised in the study as representing “temporary settlements” (Gale, 1999). Such settlements are asymmetrical, temporary and dependent on context: asymmetrical in that dominant actors are favoured; temporary because dominant actors are always under challenge by other actors in the policy arena; and context - dependent because new situations require new settlements. To investigate the official policy documents, the study used Critical Discourse Analysis (hereafter referred to as CDA) as a research tool that affords the opportunity for researchers to map and chart the emergence of new discourses within the policy arena. As developed by Fairclough (2001), CDA is a three-dimensional application of critical analysis to language. In the Brisbane religious education arena, policy texts formed a genre chain (Fairclough, 2004; Taylor, 2004) which was a focus of the study. There are two features of texts that form genre chains: texts are systematically linked to one another; and, systematic relations of recontextualisation exist between the texts. Fairclough’s (2005) concepts of “imaginary space” and “frameworks for action” (p. 65) within the policy arena were applied to the Brisbane policy arena to investigate the relationship between policy statements and subsequent guidelines documents. Five key findings emerged from the study. First, application of CDA to policy documents revealed that a fundamental reconceptualisation of the nature and purpose of classroom religious education in Catholic schools occurred in the Brisbane policy arena over the last twenty-five years. Second, a disjuncture existed between catechetical discourses that continued to shape religious education policy statements, and educational discourses that increasingly shaped guidelines documents. Third, recontextualisation between policy documents was evident and dependent on the particular context in which religious education occurred. Fourth, at subsequent links in the chain, actors created their own “imaginary space”, thereby altering orders of discourse within the policy arena, with different actors being either foregrounded or marginalised. Fifth, intertextuality was more evident in the later links in the genre chain (i.e. 1994 policy statement and 1997 guidelines document) than in earlier documents. On the basis of the findings of the study, six recommendations are made. First, the institutional Church should carefully consider the contribution that the Catholic school can make to the overall pastoral mission of the diocese in twenty-first century Australia. Second, policymakers should articulate a nuanced understanding of the relationship between catechesis and education with regard to the religion classroom. Third, there should be greater awareness of the connections among policies relating to Catholic schools – especially the connection between enrolment policy and religious education policy. Fourth, there should be greater consistency between policy documents. Fifth, policy documents should be helpful for those to whom they are directed (i.e. Catholic schools, teachers). Sixth, “imaginary space” (Fairclough, 2005) in policy documents needs to be constructed in a way that allows for multiple “frameworks for action” (Fairclough, 2005) through recontextualisation. The findings of this study are significant in a number of ways. For religious educators, the study highlights the need to develop a shared understanding of the nature and purpose of classroom religious education. It argues that this understanding must take into account the multifaith nature of Australian society and the changing social composition of Catholic schools themselves. Greater recognition should be given to the contribution that religious studies courses such as Study of Religion make to the overall religious development of a person. In view of the social composition of Catholic schools, there is also an issue of ecclesiological significance concerning the conceptualisation of the relationship between the institutional Catholic Church and Catholic schools. Finally, the study is of significance because of its application of CDA to religious education policy documents. Use of CDA reveals the foregrounding, marginalising, or excluding of various actors in the policy arena.