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The impact of domestic violence on family cohesion: exploring a pastoral approach in the Masvingo Diocese

Text in English with summaries in English, Shona and Ndebele / Bibliography: pages 228-252 / The work being reported hereunder focused on spousal conflict as a threat to family cohesion,
while exploring a pastoral approach in the Masvingo Diocese in Zimbabwe. Experience as a
pastor has shown that domestic violence is cancerous in the Masvingo Diocese and this is
proved by alarming statistics about this province. Many marriages have been irrevocably
broken down and the moral fabric that used to characterise family cohesion seems to have
evaporated into thin air. It is on that premise that the objective of the study was to suggest
practical ways that can be employed to facilitate pastoral counselling among families,
encountering spousal issues in the Masvingo Diocese. The research is anchored in Viktor
Frankl’s Logotherapy, complimented by White’s narrative therapy. The research adopts a
mixed method approach which involved closed questionnaires, focus-group discussions and
structured interviews. Some 40 respondents constituted the study sample and they were
purposively sampled. The research sample consisted of four priests in the five deaneries and
36 ordinary members of the Catholic Church. The key results were that Logotherapy and
narrative counselling are effective methods of assisting people to find new meaning in their
lives. Practical ways which pastoral counsellors can adopt go a long way in ameliorating
internal household strife. It must as well be stated that, as a recommendation, pastors have to
take an active role in addressing this malicious domestic violence. Problems of domestic
violence can be solved through pastoral care and counselling. / Iyi itsvagurudzo yezvinokonzerwa nemhirizhonga dzemudzimba pakubatana kwemhuri,
pachiongororwa nzira yekufambisa chitendero muDunhu reMasvingo. Kubva muruzivo
seMufundisi, zvinoratidza kuti mhirizhonga yemudzimba yadzika midzi muDunhu
reMasvingo uye izvi zvinotsigirwa neumbowo hunotyisa hunowanikwa mudunhu iri. Michato
mizhinji yakakaparadzika zvisingagadzirisiki uye tsika neyemuro yaimbowanikwa
pakubatana kwemhuri inenge yakanyangarika pasina anoziva kwayakaenda. Nekuda
kwezvikonzero izvi, chinangwa chetsvagurudzo ino ndechekuedza kupa nzira
dzingashandiswa pakubatsiridza pakushandisa dzidziso yechitendero kuvanhu vanowirwa
nemhirizhonga yemudzimba muDunhu reMasvingo muZimbabwe. Tsvagurudzo ino
inotsigirirwa nedzidziso yaViktor Frankl yeurapi hwelogo iyo inosimbiswa nenhoroondo
yedzidziso yaWhite. Tsvagurudzo ino inoshandisa nzira dzakasiyana-siyana dzinosanganisa
mibvunzo yakavharwa, mibvunzo yokutsvaga pfungwa dzavanhu uye hurukuro
dzomumapoka saka boka richashanda mutsvagurudzo ino rine vanhu makumi mana avo
vakasarudzwa pachinangwa ichi. Chikwata cheboka iri chinosanganisira vaPriste vana uye
vatenderi makumi matatu nevatanhatu vanobva mumaDhinari mashanu. Zvakabuda
mutsvagurudzo yedzidziso dzeurapi dzelogo nenhoroondo yedzidziso yacho inzira kwadzo
dzingabatsira kune vakawanana kuti vawane mafungiro nemaonero matsva ehupenyu uye
nzira chaidzo dzingashandiswa nevadzidzisi vechitendero idzo dzinogona kugadzirisa pakuru
dambudziko remhirizhonga mudzimba. Zvinodawo kucherechedza uye sekurudziro
nemazano kuVafundisi kuti vanofanira kutora matanho akasimba pakugadzirisa chirwere ichi
chemhirizhonga mudzimba agogona kugariswa kuburikidza nebasa revadzidzisi nechitendero
nerairo yavo. / Isufundo lesi sikhangela ukuphambaniseka okwenzakalayo ekubambaneni kwemuli
yikuhlukumezana emakhaya sikhangele umbono webandla le Masvingo Diocese.
Okuhlanganwe lakho njengo Mufundisi kubonise ukuthi emakhaya kuyamemetheka
ukuhlukuzemana eMasvingo Diocese njalo kuvenzwa yibalo ezesabekayo
kulendawo.Inutshando eminengi idhilikile njalo Ubuntu lokuziphatha okwakutholakala
ekubambeneni kwemuli sokuuqukile kwaphephetwa ngumoya. Yikho injongo yesifundo
iyikubonisa undlela ezesebenzayo ezingasetshenziswa ukubonisa lokusiza
abahlukumenzwayo emakhaya endaweni yeMasvingo Diocese e Zimbabwe. Ukulonda
kubotswe kuViktor Frankl ekhangela ukwelatshwa ngemifanekiso (Logotherapy) kauye
incedisana le white’s narrative therapy. Umkhondo uthatha imibono etshiyeneyo
ehlanganisela imibuzo evalekileyo, ingxoxo ezihleliweyo lengxoxo phakathi kwamaqembu
njalo kwakhetwa isampula elabaphenduli abalitshumi lane abakethwa
ngokucophelela.Isampula ihlanganisa abafundisi abane kanye labebandla abangu 36
emadeanery amahlanu eMasvingo.Impumela eyinhloko yikuthi ukwelatshwa kwe logo kanye
lokwelatshwa okulandayo zindela eziphumelelayo ezingancedisa ababili emendweni ukuthola
likuzwisisa empilweni njalo ukuhamba phambili ekuthuthukiseni ukwenangaba
ukuhlukumezana emakhaya ngembono ku bokholo. Kumele kugaphelwe ukuthi
njengabafundisi abaqotho kufanele bathathe indima ekusebenzelaneni lalokhu
kuhlukumezana emakhaya. Inkinga yokuhlukuluzana emakhaya ingaqoniswa ngokunakekela
komfundisi lokukhulumisana. / Practical Theology / D. Phil. (Practical Theology)

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/27346
Date03 1900
CreatorsMuzenda, Vincent Tirivanhu Marova
ContributorsDames, Gordon Ernest
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
Format1 online resource (xvi, 264 pages ; color maps, application/pdf

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