<p>This study examines the experience of visitors to the shrine of Sainte Anne de Beaupré in Québec, Canada. Drawing on ethnographic data, narratives and historical research, this project describes the ways in which Saint Anne is meaningful to people. I focus on the themes of pilgrimage and tourism, devotional expressions, visionary experiences and religious healing.</p> <p>While the earliest visitors to the shrine were primarily motivated by stories of the miraculous, contemporary visitors have many different motivations, blurring the scholarly boundaries constructed between pilgrimage and tourism.</p> <p>Devotional expressions at Sainte Anne de Beaupré, understood as “media of engagement” or “relationships of presence,” encompass a wide range of practices, meanings and functions. Power is invested and diffused through Saint Anne by forming “cogent connections” to her through the media of devotional expressions.</p> <p>This study also considers visionary experiences that are associated with Saint Anne, especially visions that are related to pilgrimage and religious healing at Sainte Anne de Beaupré. Rather than focusing on the “epiphany” of the visionary experience itself, I suggest that agency is key to understanding visions, particularly as they relate to issues of empowerment.</p> <p>Finally, I situate pilgrimage, devotional expressions and visionary encounters in the context of religious healing. The term healing encompasses a broad range of meanings, and I demonstrate that journeys to Sainte Anne de Beaupré involve a quest for therapy, self-transformation, identity and/or personal empowerment.</p> / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Thesis (DTh (Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology))--University of Stellenbosch, 2004. / This dissertation explores how Anglican and Protestant church perspectives on the papacy are increasingly changing, as they identify the need for and value of a universal ministry of unity that may potentially be recognised in the future as a legitimate and propitious structure of ministry, though not without modification.

This research and documentation project evaluates the architectural and historic significance of the St. Alphonsus Roman Catholic Church Complex for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. St. Alphonsus Church was founded as a German National Parish and operated by the Redemptorist Order of priests since 1882, providing religious, social, recreational, and educational opportunities in an imposing complex of five buildings occupying a full city block. The complex, composed of a Church, School, Athenaeum, Rectory, and Convent, is locally significant for its associations with German-American immigration and settlement in Chicago's Lakeview community area. The project includes a narrative description of the five properties and their surroundings, plus a statement of its historic and architectural significance during the period between 1882 and 1928. / Department of Architecture

6 ABSTRACT This thesis aims to provide information about the p rinciples of the care for the seriously ill, the dying, and the berieved in the context of the R oman-Catholic Church's pastoral activies. The theoretical section deals with the death from t he Bible's perspective, then with the death as well as the care for the berieved from the pasto ral point of view, and finally with the most suitable approach towards the individuals. In the p ractical part of the thesis, I assess the questionnaire that explores priests' and candidates ' for priesthood attitudes towards the matter of death and dying. The method is the literature an d primary sources analysis and questionnaires, which were used in my own research while collecting concrete experience Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

The thesis follows the history of the Roman Catholic Church in Czechoslovakia between 1948-1961. The first part includes broader theoretical context and the second part contains historical context of the issues which are discussed in the third part. On the example of Václav Boštík, the dean in Ústí nad Orlicí between the years 1934-1942 and 1945-1961, and using the micro-historical method, the thesis demonstrates the running of a parish in a district town during the first thirteen years of the communist totalitarian rule. The options and actions of dean Václav Boštík - an ecclesiastic administrator and statutory representative - in various situations and his decisions, which had a direct and significant influence on the parish, are analyzed in the thesis. At the same time, the presented local situation is compared with the steps of the state towards the Church on the national level, which shows one of possible pictures of the ecclesiastical history in Czechoslovakia in the second half of the 20th century. Key words 20th century, the Roman Catholic Church, Czechoslowakia, communism, Ústí nad Orlicí, Václav Boštík (1897-1963)

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T19:30:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Edgar da Silva Gomes.pdf: 32186125 bytes, checksum: a96016c1a6e2544116bfe20c7818ab24 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-05-07 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This research aims to deepen the debates regarding the questions involving the restructuring of the Roman Catholic Church in Brazil and link this restructure with Republican State after the Church-State separation of power by Decree 119-A in January 7th of 1890 of the Provisional Government of the Republic. It was a new situation that arises beyond the ecclesiastical elite, deeply used to be a part of the universe inside State´s power. With an insignificant diocese, that emerged during colonial and imperial times of Brazilian history, this important structure of the Catholicism administration was crushed duo to the ties that bound Catholic Church and State at the system of patronage. Since the first meeting of the episcopate in São Paulo in 1890 there was a great mobilization around the proposal that intent to expand the Diocesan network and with the support of the Saint Faith was put into practice an ambitious plan that consisting of erecting at least one diocese in each State of the Federation as soon as possible. The urgency explains itself, even with the lack of resources, across the fact that the republicanism provided to the states some sort of autonomy that never existed before. The first Republican Constitution, published in 1891 was not the church´s wolf exactly, but limited considerably the Church´s influence inside the power. The research realized for this project was majority made at the Archivio Segreto Vaticano and brings a significant variety of documents about the political articulations necessary to execute this project. As nothing in politics is innocent there were several contradictions in the course, as much as conspiracies and scheming involving partisan politics that we are so used to see and hear about and where the political alliances not always follows ideals but, in so many times, contradicted these ideals instead. In this way, the main objective of the ecclesiastical elite was achieved. Documents are quite specific in this regard. The purpose of this research was try to articulate some schemes that State and Church together make use of to overcome differences and to forge actions creating new forms of acquaintance and interests intending to favor themselves at the secular republic State / Esta pesquisa tem por objetivo central aprofundar o debate a respeito das questões que envolveram a reestruturação diocesana da Igreja Católica no Brasil e seus vínculos com o Estado Republicano pós separação Estado-Igreja, pelo Decreto 119-A, de 7 de janeiro de 1890, do Governo Provisório da República. Era uma situação nova que se colocava diante da elite eclesiástica brasileira, acostumada a fazer parte do universo de poder estatal. Com uma rede diocesana insignificante, eregidas ainda durante o período colonial e imperial brasileiro. Esse importante órgão da administração do catolicismo era achatado devido aos vínculos que prendiam Igreja-Estado no regime de padroado. Desde a primeira reunião do episcopado, em São Paulo, no ano de 1890, houve grande mobilização em torno da proposta de expansão da rede diocesana, com o apoio da Santa Sé, se colocou em prática um plano ambicioso de no menor tempo possível, erigir pelo menos uma diocese em cada Estado da Federação. A urgência, apesar da falta de recursos, se explicava, justamente pelo fato de, o republicanismo ter facultado aos estados uma autonomia antes inexistente. A primeira constituição republicana, promulgada em 1891, não chegou a ser o lobo da igreja , mas limitou bastante seu trânsito no poder. A pesquisa realizada, principalmente no Archivio Segreto Vaticano, traz uma variedade significativa de documentos sobre as articulações políticas que foram necessárias para executar esse projeto. Como nada em política é inocente, houve várias contradições no percurso, tramas e arranjos, que estamos acostumados a ver na política partidária, onde as alianças nem sempre seguem ideais, ao contrário, muitas vezes os contradizem. O objetivo a que se propôs a elite eclesiástica foi atingido. Documentos são bastante explícitos nesse sentido. A intenção na tese foi tentar articular algumas tramas de poder que Estado e Igreja, juntos, utilizaram para superar diferenças e forjar ações criando novas formas de convivência e interesses, que de alguma forma pudesse favorecê-los no Estado republicano laico

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2016-08-02T13:17:05Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Cleonice Rosa do Nascimento Servo.pdf: 3122575 bytes, checksum: 3f435ceac80298d175ce56aaeb312da3 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-02T13:17:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Cleonice Rosa do Nascimento Servo.pdf: 3122575 bytes, checksum: 3f435ceac80298d175ce56aaeb312da3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-03-10 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / This paper explore some issues experienced within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Santo André, located in the region known as the largest industrial park of Latin America, ABC Paulista, at the metropolitan area of the city of Sao Paulo, between 1964 and 1980, period of Civil-Military Dictatorship in Brazil. For this analysis, we considered social initiatives discussed, above all, from the Second Vatican Council, and with more vehemence, in Latin America, in the meetings of the Episcopal Conferences of Medellin, 1968, and Puebla, 1979. Based on actions promoted by Don Jorge Marcos de Oliveira and Don Claudio Hummes, we have tried to go through important historical moments about the struggle of the workers of the region and the support offered by the Catholic Church, through its movements, in a period of economic recession, social problems, political repression and intolerance by the Brazilian State. To understand this context, we get support on historical and critical reading about the period, documents that retains vestiges of that time, subject who lived their experiences that time and pastoral guidance documents from the Catholic Church The Don Jorge Marcos de Oliveira and Don Claudio Hummes initiatives influenced the actions of the working class in ABC Paulista and participated in the process of reorganization of labor unions in the late 1970’s, resulting in big strike movements that, therefore, reflected in the process of political opening / O presente trabalho explora algumas das questões vivenciadas no âmbito da Diocese de Santo André, localizada na região, então, conhecida como o maior parque industrial da América Latina, no ABC Paulista, zona metropolitana do Estado de São Paulo, entre os anos de 1964 e 1980, período de Ditadura Civil-Militar no Brasil. Para esta análise, consideramos as iniciativas sociais discutidas, sobretudo, a partir do Concílio Vaticano II, e com mais veemência na América Latina, nos encontros das Conferências Episcopais de Medellín, em 1968 e Puebla, em 1979. Partindo da atuação das figuras de Dom Jorge Marcos de Oliveira e Dom Cláudio Hummes, procuramos percorrer momentos históricos importantes para a luta dos trabalhadores da região e o apoio que a Igreja pode oferecer através de seus movimentos, num período de recessão econômica, problemas sociais, repressão e intolerância do Estado Brasileiro. Para compreender este contexto, nos apoiamos na leitura histórica e crítica sobre o período, documentos que conservam resquícios desta época, em experiências de sujeitos que viveram este tempo e nos documentos de orientação pastoral da Igreja Católica. As iniciativas de D. Jorge Marcos de Oliveira e Dom Claudio Hummes influenciaram a ação da classe operária no ABC Paulista e participaram do processo de reorganização sindical em fins da década de 1970, resultando nas grandes movimentações grevistas e que, consequentemente, refletiram no processo de abertura política

O presente estudo pretende verificar como é feita a transmissão de conteúdos religiosos para as crianças e jovens surdos, uma vez que trata da disseminação da palavra de Deus, a um público que é diversificado, que utilizam LIBRAS para sua comunicação. Por se tratar de um estudo pouco conhecido dentro de nosso município como aponta a nossa pesquisa, a literatura se tornou escassa, porém o estudo alcançou o objetivo de localizar em qual entidade religiosa do Município de Parnaíba Piauí é utilizado a LIBRAS como forma de evitar a evasão dos surdos dentro deste contexto. As recomendações preconizadas na literatura acentuam que os intérpretes devem constantemente buscar alternativas, como oferecer o uso de LIBRAS para que os surdos possam entender as mensagens bíblicas para que possam estar buscando conhecer Deus, e nossos ambientes religiosos possam ofertar uma melhor qualidade de entendimento da doutrina cristã. / The present study investigated how is the transmission of religious content for children and young deaf people, since this is the spread of the word of God, to an audience that is diverse, using Brazilian Sign Language (LIBRAS) for their communication. Because it is a little known study within our county as identified by our research, the literature became sparse, but the study has achieved the goal of locating in which religious entity in the City of Parnaíba (Piauí) is used LIBRAS as a way to avoid evasion of the deaf within this context. The recommendations outlined in the literature emphasize that interpreters must constantly seek alternatives, such as offering the use of LIBRAS for the deaf can understand the biblical messages that may be seeking to know God, and our religious environments may offer a better quality of understanding of the doctrine Christian.

This diploma thesis deals with history of Roman Catholic parish in Jistebnice in the period from 1945 till present. The first part of the thesis describes earlier history of the town Jistebnice and its parish. Other parts are concerned with postwar history of the parish. The thesis is organized chronologically according to particular priests who administered the parish. The key political events from the history of the Czech Republic, which had impact on the life of the Roman Catholic Church as well as the parish in Jistebnice, are discussed in the beginning of each chapter.

This diploma thesis deals with changes of the spatial organization of the Roman Catholic Church in the Czech Republic with specialization in Diocese of České Budějovice. It follows the territorial development of this diocese from the emergence of Czechoslovakia to the defined present time period and with a comparison with changing territorial- administrative division of the country, historical-political and demographic development in the company is looking for reasons for changes in territorial-administrative division of the Roman Catholic Church. The part of the diploma thesis are thematic maps, which picture the spatial organization of the Roman Catholic Church in the Czech Republic and Diocese of České Budějovice, which is examined, including comparison with the territorial-administrative division of the country.