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    The Challenge Of Living Intercultural Community Life With Specific Reference To The Canossian Sisters Daughters Of Charity Servants Of The Poor
    (Tangaza University College, 2003) Namuthuwa, Cecilia P.
    The author having lived in various intercultural communities has experienced both the richness and challenges of intercultural living. It is in this line she would like to explore the challenges of intercultural living vis-A-vis the Canossian Sisters Daughters of Charity Servants of the Poor. This paper does not intend to give the sociological or anthropological reasons for the challenges encountered by intercultural living. Rather, the author will explore some characteristics of culture and how cultures influence the people who live it. She will also try to explore some values of culture and the need for different people to be open to appreciate other cultures and possibly learn them. The author will try to see how intercultural living can be facilitated among the FdCC whose basic charism is "The Greatest Love" which Jesus showed on the Cross. In this, the author will also mention challenges encountered by intercultural living of which she will try to explore basically some topics relating to Charity/hospitality in the Bible vis-A-vis intercultural generosity called for everyone both in the OT and NT. Climaxed on the Eucharist as the ultimate form of hospitality by Jesus. This will not be an exegesis, rather simply references to certain passages. Lastly, the author will try to explore the obstacles encountered in an intercultural Canossian community, and the role of the authority in helping to facilitate the health and integrated intercultural living.