MP003E  A "STAFF AND SANDALS": SPIRITUALITY FOR MISSIONARY IMPACT (A.Y. 2023/2024)

  • Accademic Unit
    Faculty of Missiology
  • Course
    Renewal Program for Missionaries

Objectives : The course will seek to answer the questions, does a spirituality shape our mission? How? What spirituality for the Church mission today?

Contents: The pilgrim church is missionary by her very nature ( AG 2). From her very conception, her missionaries have been deeply spiritual persons, i.e., men and women inflamed by the Spirit. This being so, the fundamentals of a missionary spirituality are articulated in the documents of Vat II ( AG 29) and the succeeding Magisterium. The various dimensions of this spirituality include Trinitarian, salvific, Pneumatological, Christological, Ecclesiological, pastoral, contemplative, anthropological and sociological (Cf. RM). The course will dwell on each of these dimensions illustrating them with the path-breaking and lived missionary experiences of heroic men and women who have gone before us. These experiences, it is hoped, will inspire us to seek and find a missionary spirituality adequate for our times in order to thrive ahead in the evangelising mission of Christ
Methodology: A combination of inputs and interactive sessions.

Means of evaluation: Interventions through questions and comments in the class, and a written assignment (26,000 characters) on a chosen topic pertaining to the course.

Information

  • Semestre: 2° Semestre
  • ECTS: 3

Teachers

Paul Rolphy PINTO
Paul Rolphy PINTO

Lesson schedule/Room

Semester Day From To Room Floor Building Notes
2° Semestre Mercoledì 8.30 9.15 T303 3 Traspontina
2° Semestre Mercoledì 9.30 10.15 T303 3 Traspontina

Bibliography

  • M. Collins REILLY, Spirituality for Mission: Historical, Theological, and Cultural Factors for a Present-Day Missionary Spirituality, Manila: Loyola School of Theology, 1976; J. Esquerda Bifet, “Spiritualità Missionaria”, in Dizionario Di Missiologia, Bologna: Edizioni Dehoniane, 1993, 481–86; H. Stanley Skreslet, Comprehending Mission: The Questions, Methods, Themes, Problems, and Prospects of Missiology. American Society of Missiology Series. Maryknoll (NY): Orbis Books, 2012; G. Richi Alberti (ed.), Era Digital y Anuncio del Evangelio, Madrid: Ediciones Universidad San Dámaso, 2021.