The thesis deals with the topic of the pastoral letters of the Old Catholic bishop Augustin Podolák from the years 1971 till 1989, in other words during the time, when the bishop was deprived by the state of his state approval for spiritual functions. To illustrate the case the thesis include also three letters from the time after the revolution, that can shed some lite on the depth of the personality of Bishop Augustin. Beside the pastoral letters the thesis deals also with the history of the Old Catholic Church, because this history often influenced the content of the bishop's letters. Last but not least the thesis offers also a biography of the second Old Catholic bishop from his birth till his death.

Little has been written of either parochial or integrated educational history in northern British Columbia. Prince George College, founded in 1956 by Bishop Fergus O'Grady of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, represents a. particular attempt by the Catholic community of the Diocese of Prince George to offer a Catholic education for both Aboriginal and white students in northern British Columbia. Using the personal and professional files of the late Bishop O'Grady and other documentary evidence made available to me by the Archives of the Diocese of Prince George an attempt has been made to construct an image of Bishop 0'Grady's "vision" for Prince George College. Using letters, memos, minutes, personal notes, and a number of available monographs on the subject of parochial, Aboriginal, integrated,- and northern Canadian education, this thesis begins the process of piecing together some of the bishop's plans and visions for the school from its founding to its change of name in 1989 to "O'Grady Catholic High School" and eventual closing in June, 2001. Chapter One details the bishop's construction of not only the school's financial groundwork, but more importantly its ethos - a narrative rooted in century's old stories of the Oblates and their pioneering efforts to establish Christianity in northern B.C. The second chapter examines the role of volunteerism and parental support in staffing the school. In'particular, much credit must be given to the Frontier Apostles - a lay, volunteer organization started by Bishop 0'Grady - for the day-to-day running of the school for most of its thirty years. The third chapter looks specifically at the "integrated" nature of the school - the supposed presence of integration of both Aboriginal and white students. What is constructed is an image of the bishop's vision that finally provides some context to his plans for the school. The school lay on a foundation of a carefully constructed ethos, the sacrifices of hundreds of lay volunteers, and the involuntary financial subsidies provided by Aboriginal students from approximately 1960 to 1989. The school finally closed its doors in 2001 citing both financial difficulties and a lack of local parental support. Much can be learned from the mistakes of the past in any future attempts to re-open the institution. / Education, Faculty of / Educational Studies (EDST), Department of / Graduate

Pour la mission au Dahomey, il a été demandé à Mgr de Marion-Brésillac de fonder la Société des Missions Africaines. Aussi n’a-t-il pas été aisé pour les missionnaires de la SMA arrivés au Dahomey de préparer la relève en fondant le clergé local, même si cela était contraire à la doctrine de leur fondateur sur le clergé indigène. C’est finalement par l’insistance du Saint-Siège et par la détermination de Mgr Steinmetz, deuxième Vicaire apostolique du Dahomey que le clergé local a été institué. Mais contrairement à leurs aînés, les jeunes générations réclament l’amélioration de la qualité de leur formation. Les Supérieurs finissent par réagir favorablement aux requêtes des séminaristes. La Compagnie de Saint-Sulpice sollicitée pour la cause, passe la direction du Séminaire au clergé diocésain conformément aux termes du contrat avec les évêques tout en continuant à collaborer à la formation des séminaristes. La hiérarchie ecclésiastique étant totalement revenue au clergé local, elle est responsable de l’orientation de la formation des futurs prêtres en accord avec la Congrégation pour l’Évangélisation des Peuples. Les professeurs de Séminaires désormais pourvus des grades académiques canoniques, travaillent à l’harmonie et à la qualité de la formation des séminaristes béninois conformément à la Ratio fundamentalis de l’Église, dans un esprit d’inculturation. L’évangélisation s’étend et imprègne progressivement la culture béninoise de valeurs évangéliques. Des prêtres béninois ont marqué l’histoire nationale. Et le dynamisme tant des fidèles que du clergé du Bénin se remarque aussi au niveau de l’Église universelle. / For the mission in Dahomey, it was asked of Bishop Marion-Brésillac to found the Society of African Missions. So had it not been easy for the missionaries who arrived in the SMA Dahomey to prepare future generations by forming the local clergy, even if this was contrary to the doctrine of their founder on the native clergy. It was finally by the insistence of the Holy See and by the determination of Mgr Steinmetz, second Apostolic Vicar of Dahomey that the local clergy was established. But unlike the elders the younger generations call for better quality of their training. Superiors eventually responded positively to the requests of seminarians. Compagnie de Saint-Sulpice solicited for this cause, handed over going the direction of the seminary to the diocesan clergy in conformity with the terms of the contract with the bishops while continuing to contribute to the formation of seminarians.The hierarchy is fully returned to the local clergy, she is responsible for guiding the formation of future priests in agreement with the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Seminary for lecturers now furnished with the canonical academic degrees, work to the harmony and quality of training of Benin seminarians according to the Fundamentalis ratio of the Church in an inculturation spirit. Evangelism gradually extends and permeates the culture of Benin Gospel values. Benin priests marked the nation's history. And the dynamism of both the faithful and clergy of Benin is also evident at the Universal Church.

The following work will examine the historical genesis of the unit that will serve the Orthodox Church in the Czech lands. It will also defend the religious doctrine of that community and its relations with the state and other Christian denominations, especially with those that have historically had to reflect, and with those that have traditionally dominated the Czech territory and share in the co-importance of the national ethos. In our diploma thesis we try to respond to the questions of the origin of Orthodoxy, its development in history, its arrival in our territory, and its fate here. The subject of our research will be examined mainly from the historical point of view, but with some interdisciplinary intersections, especially in the field of literary history, linguistics, religion and comparative cultural studies in religion and collective psychology in determining and influencing the Czech nation's own national identity. Of course, all this with a critical distance, but also with a feeling for the spirit of the relevant epoch.

This essay aims to investigate representation and diversity in novels used in the English teaching inupper secondary school, and whether teachers take representation into account when choosing whatnovels to work with. A web survey was used to ask 71 teachers of English open questions regardingwhat novels they use in their teaching and why. The results demonstrate that the majority of the usednovels depict normative protagonists and settings, although there is some diversity and representationof different genders, races, ages, abilities and settings. It is also shown in the results that the majorityof the responding teachers do not think about representation when choosing what novels to workwith, while some respondents do indicate that they take aspects of representation into account. Theresults are discussed by drawing on ideas about representation, diversity and an intersectional genderpedagogy from Rudine Sims Bishop and Nina Lykke. / Denna uppsats syftar till att undersöka representation och mångfald i romaner som används iengelskundervisning i gymnasiet, samt om lärare har representation i åtanke när de väljer vilkaromaner de skall arbeta med. En webbenkät användes för att fråga 71 engelsklärare öppna frågorangående vilka romaner de arbetar med och varför. Resultatet visar att en majoritet av användaromaner skildrar normativa protagonister och miljöer, även att det finns viss mångfald ochrepresentation av olika kön, etniska tillhörigheter, åldrar, funktionsvariationer och miljöer. Det visarsig även i resultatet att majoriteten av responderande lärare inte har representation i åtanke när deväljer vilka romaner de skall arbeta med, medan några respondenter indikerar att de tar hänsyn tillaspekter av representation. Resultaten diskuteras med hjälp av idéer om representation, diversitet ochintersektionell genuspedagogik från Rudine Sims Bishop och Nina Lykke.

The master thesis deals with the biography of Mons. ThDr. Antonin Liska CSsR (1924 - 2003), the 11th bishop of České Budějovice. It reflects different stages of his life seen on the background of the changing situation of the Catholic Church in Czechoslovakia in the second half of the 20th century. The thesis presents mainly bishop Liška's family background in the South Bohemian countryside, his religious formation in the Redemptorist order before and during the Second World War, his theology studies in the after-war years, his secret ordination during the time of the rising totalitarian communist regime, his public ministry during the so called "normalisation" period, his activities in the underground church, his involvement in the Czech ecumenical translation of the Bible, his appointment as the auxiliary bishop of Prague in 1988 and his ministry as the head of the Diocese of České Budějovice from 1991 to 2002. The thesis is primarily based on written archive sources and personal testimonies given by relatives and collaborators of bishop Liška.

The thesis Bishop Antonín Podlaha and his publishing work in ČKD (Journal for the catholic clergy) in the field of catholic biblical studies brings up the summary of the articles of the biblical theme published in ČKD and analyzes this work from the point of his attitude towards the new modern approaches of the biblical work. The end of 19th century was crucial for the birth of modern methods of biblical work. Their acceptance in the Catholic Church at that time collided with the obstructions and the restrictions. Antonín Podlaha (1865-1932) was the bishop of Czech Catholic Church engaged in the new task of the Church in the modern world uniting the faith and the science. The work is supplemented by brief contents of the articles.

The first part of the doctoral thesis approaches its topic from the historical point of view: firstly, it summarises the history of the Diocese of Litoměřice from the erection of the Chapter of Canons in 1057; secondly, it briefly describes the history of the Diocese from its foundation in 1655 to 1989; thirdly, the events from 1989 to 2010 are discussed in detail, i.e. the episcopacy of Msgr. Josef Koukl after 15 years of vacant see in the context of the reconstruction of the Diocese after the fall of the communist regime, the situation in the Diocese during the episcopacy of Bishop Pavel Posád, the following period when the Diocese was administered by Dominik Duka and finally the time after Bishop Jan Baxant took canonical possession. The second part of the doctoral thesis is divided into six chapters and approaches the chosen period thematically according to the branches of the Canon Law. It tackles the governance of the Diocese, personnel and territorial-administrative matters, the exercise of the legislative, administrative and judicial power within the establishment and application of the Canon Law from 1990 to 2010. The thesis investigates activities of the Diocesan Bishops, of the Vicars General and Episcopal Vicars and of the Diocesan Curia; it deals with the exercise of the judicial power...

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Funerals are still considered as very important and well attended occasion in the black townships of South Africa. In the recent past, traditional African funerals practices have affected a number of powerful and complex systems that have been interaction in Africa. The three most important being traditional African cultures, modern Western culture and the environment. The study was conducted to establish factors that led to excessive funerals expenditures in some black townships communities of South Africa, in order to create a pastoral response to this phenomenon. The project was done in Ramatlabama village in the North West province and also in Soweto in the province of Gauteng. A qualitative methodological plan was followed allowing exclusive experiences to emerge. Families, adults and young church groups, clergy, Bishop, Social group and a Funeral undertaker , an in-depth qualitative analysis was employed in order to find the real reasons that led to excessive funeral expenditure. The data collected and analyzed revealed that factors such as impressing neighbors, meeting community and family expectation were the reasons for the phenomenon. There were other external factors that contributed indirectly to the practice and such as commercialization and politicization. In order to address this practice that is making the poor more vulnerable, the Shepherding Model of Gerkin’s and Pollard’s Theory of positive deconstruction was explored. It was found that the Clergy needed to be helped to be aware of the fact that excessive funeral expenditure requires a pastoral response with the right attitude and meaningful dialogues with those affected. The pastoral care-giver with adequate knowledge and exposure to life of pastoral care seeker will have a greater advantage to help most if not all families that usually find themselves in this predicament or dilemma. The best way for the church to help the poor families venture into the future, it’s by educating our communities on how not to spend beyond their means. / Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2013. / gm2013 / Practical Theology / unrestricted