This work discusses the field of genealogy, different types of records and data in them. The thesis describes the topic of comparison of data and record linkage. It further it also discusses the design and implementation of the resulting system. The developed system connects people from parish records to larger pedigrees. These are then stored in the form of a graph database. The success of the interconnection of records was tested on the provided data sets.

This thesis is about the legal position and administration of the elementary institutions of three churches in the Czech Republic. These churches are significant in the Czech Christian churches and they are based on other system of administration. The aim of this thesis is to make comparison of this three systems. The thesis is composed of five chapters, each of them dealing with different church. Chapter one introduced to the problem and it presents all churches. Chapter two is about parishes of Catholic Church, which is controled by a episcopal papal system of administration. In the Czech Republic is the most dominant Roman branch of church. The thesis react with this fact and the first part is mostly about this branch, only one chapter is about the other branches of this church. This chapter consists of eight parts. The first part is about the legal position of parishes, second part is about establishment, termination and change of parishes. The third and fourth parts are about the position of priests (third part is about parish priests, fourth part is about other priests in the parish) and the fifth part is about councils in the parish. Sixth part of this chapter describes the administration of property. Seventh part introduces to other legal persons and the last part introduces to the system...

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 2004. / Advisor: Dr. Valerie J. Conner, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Dept. of History. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Sept. 22, 2004). Includes bibliographical references.

The focus of this thesis is the parish library in Krásná (previously Šumburk) in the district of Jablonec nad Nisou. This set of books is nowadays stored in the bishopric´s depository of the town Litoměřice. The main parts of the thesis are analysis and catalog division of the parish library and its divided into ten chapters. In the introduction of this work are highlighted its goals, in the second and the third chapter author focuses on the history of Šumburk village and local parish and the main emphasis is primarily placed on the fate of the local clergy administrators. The following chapter includes the future development of the parish libraries. The thesis is also interested in proprietary notices in the books. Preserved parish and church inventories were also researched. In the following chapters is the library undergone to analysis which is focused on the content aspects of the time, local or linguistic analysis and all this also include information about signets or prints that forms a separate chapter. There is also a chapter on the state of preservation of books. In the conclusion, it is stated the evaluation of the whole thesis. The list of abbreviations, a list of sources and literature list is attached same as the transcript of inventory from 1783 and especially catalog of parish library.

In theoretical part there is a definition of conception of life situation in the way which is specific for modern social science mainly social work. Then there are introduced individual parts of life situation which are sources for priest, human relations in which they live and social environment in which they move. Then there are a second view on the life situation of priest now in therm of pastoral theology. Among the basic themes there are priest in itself, then chapelery as the place of pastoration and final theme is permanent formation. In practital part there is an introduction of collection of case studies which are dealing with practical life of 8 priests from Diocese of Brno.

This master's thesis deals with analysis, design and implementation of a web-based information system for support in searching in Parish Books. The given information system automatically generates notes according to imported GEDCOM file. These notes are stored in database and can be edited or removed. At the same time, the possible way to display geographic data of specific Parish Books on the map was analysed and designed, and will~be later implemented in cooperation with existing information system Geowiki .

The thesis focuses on activity of volunteers in the Chlumec church community. The introduction describes the formation of the Church within which the parishes subsequently emerged and includes a definition of the parish in the ecclesiastical documents. It describes the Chlumec nad Cidlinou parish as well as its brief history. It defines the term "volunteer" and the layperson and their mutual relationship. The volunteers of the distant past of the Chlumec parish are portrayed through the activities of the local literary fraternity. The interwar period is characterised by the activity of the Czechoslovak People's Party and the Orel association. Describing the activities of the Parish charity in Chlumec nad Cidlinou, it demonstrates the enthusiasm and desire to be useful in the period after November 1989. The conclusion includes a brief summary indicating the number of inhabitants in relation to the number of volunteers in each aforementioned period. Keywords Parish; volunteer; volunteering; Chlumec nad Cidlinou; Parish charity.

Thesis advisor: LAURI JOHNSON / This qualitative case study explored stakeholders' perceptions of Catholic identity in one suburban parish school in Massachusetts. Over a three-month period, data was collected from semi-structured interviews with the pastor, principal and five teachers, an online parent survey, document analysis, and observations of school events. Five major themes emerged from the data about Catholic identity: the role of service, the connection between the parish and the school community, the role of prayer and spiritual formation, the focus on academic excellence and its tension with inclusivity, and the principal-pastor relationship. All participants also voiced concerns about how the school's Catholic identity would be affected by the transfer of the pastor and the formation of a new parish collaborative. While the responses of participants reflected many of the characteristics of Catholic identity identified in the literature, service to others and the spiritual leadership of the principal were most closely identified with a strong Catholic identity. The presence of the pastor was also linked to Catholic identity, although participants desired more involvement of the pastor in the school. Finally, no one associated this Catholic school with the evangelizing arm of the Church. Recommendations for further research include the effect of the parish collaboratives on parish schools, the role of the Catholic school in the "New Evangelization," and the role of special education and service in Catholic identity. / Thesis (EdD) — Boston College, 2015. / Submitted to: Boston College. Lynch School of Education. / Discipline: Educational Leadership and Higher Education.

This essay is a study and analysis of the funnel beaker pottery at Gullarve 1:13 in Väte parish. The purpose of the study is to analyse the chronology of the settlement by determine the distribution, stratigraphic context and the ornamentation of the pottery. Another purpose is to discuss the geographical location of the settlement in the landscape.In this essay a short review of the pottery and the funnel beaker culture as well as a description of the pottery from the archaeological excavation from 1984 at Gullarve 1:13 is presented. Since the documentation of the archaeological excavation from 1984 is missing or is very inadequate, no spatial analysis can be carried out. The distribution of the pottery can’t contribute to the result of the essay, though if possible it probably would have provided some interesting results. A clear stratigraphic difference of pottery with ornamentation and flint is indicated. The earliest radiocarbon date of the settlement is approximately 5000 BC. The funnel beaker pottery is generally dated to 4200 BC, which suggests that the Väte settlements on Gotland are the earliest agriculture settlements in Sweden. This area provide a productive natural resource area around the settlement, including a sweet water lake and sandy soil, which indicates a typical funnel beaker settlement at Gotland. One can easily understand why the inhabitants of the early Neolithic settlement chose to live at Gullarve 7000 years ago.

Parish community members’ attitudes towards the relevant moral problems of the contemporary youth are analyzed in this work. In the first part of the work the analysis of the community concept, Church mission and its influence on the community, the peculiarities of the parish community and Church’s educational role in it is given. The second part studies the conception of the moral orientation and the factors which influence the development of the youth’s moral orientation and education. The analysis of the research results is given in the third part. Moral attitudes of the youth residing both in the city and in the country are discussed. The attitudes of active parish community members towards the moral youth problems were analyzed. The research showed that the main problem of the contemporary youth is the drinking problem. Community members tend to relate the appearance of moral problems with the negative influence of the people of some consequence. One third of the community members suggest solving these problems together with other community institutions: family, school, local government, church. One fourth of the respondents think that it would be useful to have culture clubs where children could spend their spare time meaningfully.