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    The Mission Renews the Church
    (Tangaza University College, 1999-02) Francesco, Pierli
    When I realise especially through prayer and a deepened reflection that we are the Church of Christ, the Church which is a gift, grace, and chance. We will easy realise also that we have to take care for the Church in order to make her more and more the community living for Christ and for others. The expression given above enlightens us that to be the Church of Christ is also a task which must be fulfilled. A logic consequence of its acceptance will be a reflection over the mystery of the Church missions. Our task is to take care of the Church we belong to and make it a community of joy. We must discover the Christian enthusiasm in our spiritual life, enthusiasm in giving witness. Our task is the co-operation with the grace of the Holy Spirit who leads the Church and makes her always new and holy. Our task is to do that the Bride Christ that is our Church be always beautiful and Christ could find her constant delight. We live in a time when the Pastor of the Universal Church, John Paul II, points out for us the tasks of a new evangelization. He calls us to the renewal of the Spirit, what will allow us to show again to the world the unchangeable truth of the Gospel as the only truth about God and people. The renewal which is always needed in the Church has one of its sources in its mission calls and task. Our openness for those who are not aware of the greatness of the gift given to the human race, which is the Church, is finally turned towards ourselves, makes new our Christianity and strengthens us in faith which opens our hearts for sisters and brothers. And it is why I chose this topic. I was born and grew up in Poland, I know the reality of Polish Church, but now I'm in Africa and I see many challenges, not only for myself but for the whole Universal Church. In this paper I would like to present the brief history of Polish missionary activity, participation of Poles in the evanngelization. Polish Church is a part of the Global Church, a part of the mission which is the continuation of the mission of Christ, guided by the Holy Spirit. I will try to support this with the teaching of the Church and suggest some ideas that our mission would be effective, and may renew the Church.
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    Marriage and the Hereafter in the Kitiul Yansi A Psycho - Religious and Missionary Analysis For Inculturation in Africa
    (Tangaza University College, 1999-02) Kikasidi, Jean-Marie Ebul Bul
    Today more than ever in the past, clan structures in which marriage took roots are disintegrating. The kitiul system is one of the matrilineal customary forms of marriage that still prevails. It portrays the communal continuance of the family lineage and the preservation of the unity of the visible and invisible families within an anthropology of clan relatedness. Captivated by the psycho-religious, theological, missionary, pastoral and soteriological questions that it raises in the Church, I selected this topic of marriage and the hereafter. Aiming at an inculturated form of marriage for Yansi Christians, our methodology will be expository, deductive, analytical and comparative. It dwells upon socio - anthropological field research already done by others in the African context. That is, as source, we made moderate attempt to consult quite an amount of French and English literature on different fields of marriage and salvation. However, the scope of this study remains that of kitiul customary marriage in the Yansiland, so to come up with a contextual idea of inculturation. The scheme of our essay follows the different chapters purposely organised. They develop and separate the intertwined themes conveyed in this work. The first chapter much longer than others intends to narrow down the presentation of the Yansi location, their system of marriage based on their world - view, and the socio-religious function of the kithd. The second chapter sketches out the Church teaching on marriage and the presents the sacramental life of these people in their pastoral milieu. The third one assesses and discusses critically church and kitiul traditions on marriage and pave the way to the fourth chapter that deals with inculturation. All together, this essay modestly tries to analyse the marital situation among the Yansi in order to implement properly the teaching of the Church; to empower her people and promote better communal life in a Church known as a family.
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    Penance and Reconciliation: Liturgical Celebration from an African Perspective
    (Tangaza University College, 1998-02) Casti, Mush
    Penance and Reconciliation: Liturgical celebration from an African perspective" therefore, aims at providing a theological reflection on some African values which can be applied in the Reconciliation ceremony in the Church, especially form the point of view of the usage of signs and symbols. The community aspect, which is a characteristic of all African celebrations, has a special emphasis here, particularly in the ecclesial dimension of the Liturgical celebration of Penance and Reconciliation. It is very important, then, to understand the African concept of sin and forgiveness so that we can speak fairly about reconciliation in Africa. However, special reference is made to the people of my own tribe and this comes from a more experiential knowledge. I hope, therefore, my experience will provide most of the material for this essay, though I will also rely very much on library research. I hope this reflection will provide some light on how to inculturate the liturgical celebration of Reconciliation not only among the Wachagga of Kilimanjaro but also in any African society. The suggestions that I will give in this essay come from my own reflections. It is my hope that they may be beneficial also to others in similar situations. If someone finds them useful and implements them, my endeavour will have been abundantly rewarded. 4
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    Liturgical Inculturation Of The Mass among the Iteso People
    (Tangaza University College, 1998-02-16) Ichuloi, Anthony
    The study of this subject is based on the information gathered from knowledgeable people involved in pastoral work: priests, catechists, religious sisters, and the traditional old men and women. This broad collection is geared to a comprehensive understanding of worship and inculturation of the Mass as it will be wholistically and logically presented in this essay. The information was gathered within a period of four months. The great part of it is from oral sources which will actually give credibility and solid ground to my work. This is basically because much is talked and written about inculturation in the general understanding of its concept, while specifically very little is done about inculturation of the Mass. To go beyond that, nothing is said about inculturation of the Mass among the Iteso people. This is the reason why chapter four of this paper will entirely embrace oral findings. I canied out the interview with a number of informants. The research was done separately with each informant with the focal idea of finding correct information when all different materials gathered were synthesized. The informants co-operated well by answering the questions I asked each of them. They showed incredible enthusiasm since they openly admitted that the liturgy today does not appeal to most of the Iteso faithful who seem to live double lives- one traditional and the other Christian. The language I used in the research was the local language called Ateso not excluding English and Kiswahili. The general survey of this essay therefore, will include clarification on the terminology used, the views and principles of inculturation of the Mass, the Iteso understanding of sacrifice and the various traditional sacrificial prayers; the Iteso symbols are elaborately used and discussed in an implicit approach. The teaching of the Church, including Scripture and Magisterial statements are explicitly discussed too. Finally practical pastoral recommendations are suggested and feature throughout the essay, finding their ftilfilment in the hope inculturation of the Mass will give to the local Iteso faithful.
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    Inculturation from a Scriptural Perspective
    (Tangaza University College, 1998-02) Nampota, Paul
    This essay is a reflection on the issue of inculturation. It is good to keep in mind that inculturation has always been in the heart of the church, right from the beginning. Of the many examples available to show how seriously the Church has taken this issue of inculturation, I have picked two: (I) the Church of the Apostles whose story we read in Luke-Acts; and (2) the Church of Africa. Also, there is considerable weight given the issue of inculturation at Tangaza College, where I am presenting this essay as a partial fulfillment of the degree Bachelor of Arts and Religious Studies awarded by the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA). This stimulated my interest in the subject, and I began reading more on this topic. While reading, I came to realize that there is a development of theology called "Theology of Inculturation.' This theology attempts to reflect inculturation in the areas of Liturgy, Christ°logy, Christian Anthropology, only to mention a few. So far I have not seen any literature which reflects on inculturation as seen from a Biblical perspective. All the same, I learned much from Fr. Nicholas Foggliaco.' Fr. Lacomara2 also reflects in his classes how inculturation has been used in the development of Israel's faith in the One God. From them I learned that there are many other ways we can use Scripture to reflect on the issue of inculturation. Encouraged by what they taught me, I thought it wise to reflect on my own about a topic of inculturation to see what other themes I could uncover in Scripture. Since Scripture is a wide field, I limited myself to the New Testament, and even more specifically, to the Book of Luke-Acts. Hence this essay reflects "Inculturation in the light of Luke-Acts." In the first chapter, I define inculturation. Also, I tried to see how we can talk about inculturation today, when things change so fast and cultures are changing. And if we can rightly speak of inculturation at all, who are to be involved in these efforts in our Church of Africa today. The second chapter has three parts, following the divisions of Luke's Gospel: The Infancy Narrative, The Ministry, and The Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus. Through this process, I have come to reflect about the 'Incarnation as a divine step to inculturation.' The second chapter shows further that inculturation is "letting our daily lives be transformed by the Gospel and giving of a new expression to the Gospel in our daily lives.'3 In this attempt, Luke the Evangelist has been my resource theologian. I reflected on the theme of inculturation in the story of Jesus that Luke presents in the Gospel and the birth and development of the Church in the Book of Acts. Hence the outline of the second chapter is as follows: * Incarnation as a divine step to inculturation. This is the main theme of the chapter. * Theology of inculturation in the Book of Luke-Acts. Focusing on Luke as a theologian of inculturation in addition to being a historian and apologist of the Christian faith. * And through the stages mentioned above: infancy, ministry, and passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the essay reaches its goal in exemplifying Incarnation as a divine step to inculturation. The third chapter concentrates on how the Church has carried out the divine plan to save all humankind by adopting inculturation as a vessel for communicating this salvation to the people of the nations. Outstanding in this work of saving humanity is the Holy Spirit who is the key agent of inculturation. Through the human instruments of Peter, Paul, Bamabas, and other disciples, the Spirit communicated the saving message of God to the Gentiles and enabled them to accept this message as their Good News. This has all been possible by the use of inculturation. In the conclusion I have tried to draw together and show how the Church of Africa continues the same story of Jesus and the Church of the Apostles in the furthering of salvation to the people of Africa through inculturation under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Hence this essay's title, "Inculturation from a Scriptural Perspective." The Bible translation used for quotations in this essay is: The Catholic Study Bible, edited by Donald Senior, printed by the Oxford Press, New York, 1990.
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    Inculturation in the Missionary Activity of Ss. Cyril and Methodius And it’s Significance For Evangelization in Contemporary Africa
    (Tangaza University College, 1997-02) Wroblewski, Wieslaw
    In this paper I will not try to answer to all the problems of the evangelising work in Africa, rather on the example of Ss. Cyril and Methodius - so called Apostles of Slays, - I would like to present what we can learn from those two Saints in order to make our evangelising work more effective. Their experience can help the Church incarnate the Gospel, so that those who accept Christianity may remain be rooted out in their own cultures. Cyril and Methodius could help us to understand that all cultures have many positive values which can enrich the Universal Church making her truly Catholic. First of all I would like to present the figures of both Saints and the value of their missionary work among the Slays who had totally different cultural roots from the Greek culture from which Cyril and Methodius had come. I would like to further reflect on what could be meaningful for those who work in the vineyard of Lord in the African context today.