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Sixty Years of Community: St. Olaf Catholic Parish in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, 1952-2012
No full textThis paper will explore how the parish community of St. Olaf in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, established in 1952, reflects the Roman Catholic Church, specifically at the local, state, and national levels in the United States. It will also discuss the various changes that have occurred in the past 60 years of its history in terms of the various locations of worship for the members, the growth of the community outreach programs, and the effects of the Second Vatican Council. This ecumenical council was a meeting of Catholic bishops from around the whole that brought reform to the Catholic Church and affected the relationship of the Catholic Church to the world. The parish at St. Olaf has grown from having only 125 families in 1952 to over 1,000 families in 2012
Portrait of a Parish: a history of St Patrick's Church and Parish, Ingham, 1864-1996
No full textPortrait of a Parish, by Bianka Vidonja Balanzategui, is a well researched history of Saint Patrick's Church and Parish, Ingham, Queensland, Australia. It covers the period from 1864 to 1996. The Irish migrants who settled the district were soon joined by many Italians and some political confrontation was inevitable. The end of World War II heralded a period of reconciliation and intermarriages, as well as consolidation of rural and service industries. The author traces the pivotal and changing role of Catholic Religious in the church, education and social fabric of the community. She has produced a comprehensive history, complete with a unique collection of archival photographs, extensive source notes and references as well as appendices listing the dates of key events as well as the names of serving clergy and nuns
‘Chronicles of many strange Occurrences’: early modern English parish registers and the memories of local communities
No full textEnglish parish registers listing baptisms, marriages, and burials are commonly source mined for curiosities, but are rarely examined holistically. Building on recent work that has seen sixteenth-century registers as records of memory, this article analyses registers across the long seventeenth century (c.1580-1720) to show how the memories the contained – of individuals, communities, and the nation – were produced and understood. Registers were often local chronicles showing the continued vibrancy of the chronicling tradition. Where, however, scholars have argued that communal memories were designed to create a ‘usable past’ focussed on preserving economic rights, this article argues that such a past needs to be seen much more expansively. Parish registers existed in multiple schedules of time and hence a register as chronicle was a means not merely of fixing memories in calendrical time, but of making sense of the place of individuals and communities in the divine order of creation
Kim jest proboszcz zakonny? O relacji między przełożonym zakonnym a proboszczem w parafii powierzonej instytutowi zakonnemu
No full textThis article presents the problematic concerning the relationship between the local Superior and the religious pastor in a parish entrusted to a religious institute, when these offices are not held by the same person. The Author presents briefly a historical evaluation of the concept of the religious parish, i.e. the movement from the beneficium to the communitas. According to the Author there are 3 principles organising this commitment: the salvation of souls, the work (opus) of the institute, and the principle of conserving religious identity. Following these principles, the Author expresses his opinion regarding the limitation of the religious pastor as “pastor proprius paroeciae”, and emphasises the fact that the religious pastor is first of all a religious, without any special rights in the religious community. Lastly, according to the Author, it would be better for religious life to use the canonical office of moderator rather than that of the pastor (cf can. 517, 1983 CIC 1983).This article presents the problematic concerning the relationship between the local Superior and the religious pastor in a parish entrusted to a religious institute, when these offices are not held by the same person. The Author presents briefly a historical evaluation of the concept of the religious parish, i.e. the movement from the beneficium to the communitas. According to the Author there are 3 principles organising this commitment: the salvation of souls, the work (opus) of the institute, and the principle of conserving religious identity. Following these principles, the Author expresses his opinion regarding the limitation of the religious pastor as “pastor proprius paroeciae”, and emphasises the fact that the religious pastor is first of all a religious, without any special rights in the religious community. Lastly, according to the Author, it would be better for religious life to use the canonical office of moderator rather than that of the pastor (cf can. 517, 1983 CIC 1983)
TECHNOLOGICAL SYSTEM AND A PARISH COMMUNITY
No full textThe article considers the issue of how the Orthodox community as the most traditional social community adapts to the contemporary system of technologies. First, the author describes the phenomenon of technological system, identifies its main features, capabilities and limitations. Among the key features of the technological system, the article focuses on decentralization, weakening hierarchy and strengthening horizontal links, flexibility, self-regulation, adaptability, totality and the use of man as an algorithmically acting subject. The author emphasizes that the system approach in sociology plays an important role in the study of technological systems, and N. Luhmann’s approach is relevant for the study of parish communities, though the author mentions the limitations and critique of his works. The article examines contemporary church discourse about modernization of parish communities, which is also determined by the popularization of the views of Luhmann and other representatives of the system approach. The author also focuses on the most important question of the contemporary world under the technological development, which is the future of the mankind, and the article mentions concepts ‘cyborg’, ‘mutant’, ‘clone’, ‘virtual person’, and ‘posthuman’. The author makes a number of conclusions about how the parish community will react to the changes of the mankind, and what the most possible risks for the parish communities are considering such changes. Thus, the transformation of the parish community into a well-managed and well-functioning system or network means its rationalization, which at first seems necessary and solving urgent problems, but then one can see that it deprives the community of its vitality: a man finds himself in the community, but it does not seem to be Christian any more
Long Distance Paths as Catalysts for Local Development: The Role of Parish Councils
No full textLong distance paths are local resources, but previous research by the author
suggested that they are not fully exploited by many rural communities. The continuing
debate on rural governance following the publication of the Rural White Paper in
November 2000, together with a curiosity as to the potential development role of
parish councils resulted in the current research. This had three clear objectives.
• What socio-cultural, environmental and economic benefits could be derived
for local people from the presence of a long distance path?
• Do parish councils assist in unlocking this potential, and if so, how?
• Could this process be improved if parish councils acted differently?
A two-phase research approach was adopted. Initially telephone interviews were
used to conduct a broad based seeping study. This identified many relevant issues
and provided introductions that led to the second phase when three case study
locations were explored in greater depth. Here data was collected primarily through
face-to-face semi structured interviews supplemented with documentary evidence.
It was confirmed that there were minimal disbenefits but that the benefits were
potentially considerable. At least half of the parish councils contributing to the
research were found to participate in relevant local development to greater or lesser
degrees. However it appears that not all parish councils are willing or able to accept
responsibility for local development initiatives related to long distance paths. Some
thought that local businesses or other agencies should promote and lead projects,
whilst others were too busy dealing with routine matters. In addition parish councils
were not always receptive to suggestions for collaborative working with other
organisations. In all instances it was found that this local resource was not fully
exploited by parish councils.
Local authorities have more recently acknowledged the potential benefits brought by
long distance paths. Thus during the last ten years new routes have been devised
and it was found that parish councils were always consulted during the development
phases, whilst historically the reason for, and the method of development of long
distance routes was completely divorced from parish councils. In these latter
instances parish councils needed to adopt a proactive approach to harness maximum
community benefits. Generally however their activities were inhibited by several
identified constraints. These were concerned with a lack of representation, skills and
positive attitude towards local development initiatives.
Examples of successful local development were identified that maximised
endogenous resources and one of these is local people. It is suggested that if parish
councils are to be successful the Government should first allocate sufficient resources
for the capacity building of councillors and clerks which would enable them to take a
more positive role in local development initiatives
Pastors from Brochów parish in Mazovia from the nineteenth to the twentieth century according to sources from parish archives
No full textThis article is the first attempt to present profiles of selected pastors from Brochów parish
in Mazovia from the nineteenth to the twentieth century. The inspiration for this article was
a list of parish priests, which was found by the author ‘’Chronicle of the Brochów parish
1946-1974”. The author approached the chronicle from the existing state of knowledge.
Using this approach the author developed the basic material to present some pastors from
Brochów parish. The author presents the pastors’ activities in the most crucial moments
of parish life, for example during World War I and II. The author attempted to present a picture of the struggle for the identity of the parish community for over two centuries. Furthermore, the article presents profiles of pastors working in the parish after II World War. This is
the first attempt to present this issue
Millennium of a parish or place?
No full textAutor govori o tisućljeću jedne župe ili mjesta.The author speaks of the millennium of a parish or place
The Reformation in Fife, 1560-1640
No full textThis thesis traces the establishment and development of a functioning reformed
church in the parishes of Fife after the official Reformation of 1560. Based
principally on archival sources, especially the records of the kirk sessions which
governed the church at parish level, it examines how ecclesiastical institutions
developed and interacted with laypeople, and evaluates the progress made in the
challenging task of inculcating Protestant values and identity in Fife’s parishioners.
The first section examines the development of the reformed church in three chapters
on the parish ministry, church discipline, and reformed worship respectively. The
progress made in providing parish ministers and establishing kirk sessions was
hesitant, and it took several decades before the church’s institutions were functioning
healthily across Fife. This gradual process of reformation was not what the original
reformers wanted, but it may have in fact eased the transition to the more firmly
Protestant parish culture that emerged around the turn of the century.
The second section looks more thematically at three key aspects of the church,
focusing mainly on this latter period. The fourth chapter analyses the ministry as a
profession, while the fifth chapter goes on to discuss the efforts made to instruct the
laity in more detailed Protestant understandings from the 1590s onwards. The sixth
and final chapter returns to the subject of discipline, describing the main targets of the
disciplinary regime and evaluating the effectiveness of discipline. The church that
emerged in the seventeenth century was relatively healthy, staffed by a stable and
well-educated ministry, and was starting to make much stronger efforts to educate and
discipline the laypeople of Fife.
The thesis concludes that while the Scottish Reformation still emerges as an
ultimately successful transformation, the path to religious change was more
complicated than has been appreciated by historians
The Parish Community and Parish Priest Today
No full textU ovom izlaganju autor se upire pretežito u svoje dugogodišnje iskustvo župnika i istodobno proučavatelja i provoditelja obnove, započete već i samom pripravom Drugog vatikanskog koncila od 1960. godine. O tome je i tijekom minulih više desetljeća dosta pisao i održao mnogo predavanja na raznim skupovima. I na ovim tečajevima ovo mu je sada četrnaesto izlaganje. Izražava zahvalnost organizatorima što su ga uz ovaj 50. TPT pozvali upravo za ovu temu. Ovdje zato sada iznosi, bez posebnih znanstvenih pretenzija, tek ono, malo više općenito, što se čini i sada aktualnim. Najprije se u nešto opširnijem dijelu daju bitne povijesne i ekleziološke naznake formiranja župne zajednice u partikularnoj (mjesnoj) Crkvi (dijecezi), razvitak identiteta prezbiterija kao tijela oko biskupa, i identiteta župnika kao voditelja župne zajednice pod autoritetom biskupa. Razlaže se u bitnim crtama tijek obnove pastoralnih struktura na crti: mjesna Crkva (dijeceza) – župna zajednica, koliko i kako je župa pastoralni subjekt i zašto se često govori i spominje kriza župe kao organizacijske strukture u sadašnjoj društvenoj situaciji. Iznose se usklađeno sa sadašnjom definicijom župe prema Zakoniku kanonskog prava (1983.) praktično ostvarljive pastoralne strukture župe kao crkvene zajednice u suvremenoj našoj hrvatskoj, pa i u europskoj situaciji. Kako preko župne zajednice što djelotvornije unositi i svjedočiti autentično evanđeoske vrjednote u pluriformno sekularizirano društvo, usprkos medijski nametljivo proklamiranom moralnom relativizmu i pretežito življenom moralu? Kako izgrađivati kršćansku duhovnost, šire shvaćenu i shvaćenu kao kulturu? Ukazuje se na moguće strukture suvremene župne zajednice i neka, po sudu autora, nezanemariva načela u praktičnom župnom pastoralu.This article is founded on the author’s long experience as a parish priest as well as studying and implementing renewal which began with the very beginning of preparations of the Second Vatican Council in 1960. He wrote and conducted many a lecture and address about this over the past decades. Here now, this is his 14th lecture at this course (week). The author is grateful to the organisers for inviting him to the 50th TPT to talk on this particular topic. Here the author does not present any special scientific pretensions but relays something a little more general as things appear to be more appropriate to the current situation. Firstly, the author presents a wider description of some significant historical and ecclesiological features to forming a parish community in the particular (local) Church (diocese); developing the identity of the presbyter as a body around the bishop; and the identity of the parish priest as the leader of the parish community under the authority of the bishop. There is a discrepancy in vital points during the renewal of pastoral structures on the line: local Church (diocese) – parish community; to what point and how is the parish a pastoral subject and why there is such frequent mention of the parish crisis as an organisational structure in current social circumstances. These are presented in harmony with the current definition of a parish according to the 1983 Code of Canon Law as a practically possible pastoral structure of the parish as an ecclesiastic community in our contemporary Croatia as well as in the European situation. How can we effectively introduce and witness authentic Evangelic values in a pluralistic, secular society, despite aggressive media proclamations of moral relativism and generally lived morals? How can we build Christian spirituality to be accepted widely and to be accepted as a culture? The author also points out some possible structures of a contemporary parish community and of some – according to the author’s opinion – unavoidable principles in practical parish pastoral
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