Diploma in Religious Formation

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    The Evangelical Counsels as Means of Communion Among The Carmelite Missionaries in Kenya
    (Tangaza University College, 2018) Ebere, Ugwoke Juliana
    This Research Paper presents the evangelical counsels as means of communion. It is divided into three chapters. The first chapter explores the evangelical counsels as a means of communion as presented in the documents of the Church which comprises: the meaning and understanding of the evangelical counsels in Church’s teaching, evangelical counsels as means of building communion which is rooted in the Trinity as basis of love and communion. It also expounded on the Church as communion, Evangelical Counsels as means of communion as experienced and expressed by Blessed Francisco Palau and Missionaries’ Charism. The second chapter will deal with some of the challenges in living the evangelical counsels as means of communion, while the third chapter will be focusing on ways of overcoming the challenges. The evangelical counsels of poverty, chastity and obedience is a very important mark of religious consecration in the Catholic Church. Baptism is the fundamental Sacrament of Christian initiation which opens the door to the other Sacraments in the Catholic Church. Baptism is also the foundation on which religious consecration, through the profession of the evangelical counsels is built. The evangelical counsels further dedicate a person to God’s people in a particular congregation ratified by the authority of the Church.” In his Letters, Blessed Francisco Palau wrote to his daughters in Lerida and Aytona, he advices them to be of one heart animated by one and the same spirit. His wish is made alive in the formula of the profession of the Carmelite Missionaries; […] in union with all the Carmelite Missionaries, I resolve to persevere in my vocation, living my religious consecration in the joy of a sisterly community and in the service of the Church.” Every Carmelite Missionary strives to live a life of communion which in the core of their Charism; “to be an authentic sign of communion in the church” and our community is seen as a small Church. According to the Formation Guide of the Carmelite Missionaries, Incarnated Grace on the Way, “The call to follow Christ who consecrates us for the Kingdom is the characterized presence of the mystery of communion; the living Charism incarnated in Francisco Palau, enriched by his ecclesial experience and enfleshed in each sister who accepts and lives it in fidelity as the profile of the Carmelite Missionary.
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    Growing in The Personal Response to God Through Evangelical Counsels Among Salvatorian Sisters in Congo
    (Tangaza University College, 2019) Keshijina, Ngand Flavie
    As a sister of the Divine Savior (Salvatorian), and also as a student in the Institute of Spirituality and religious formation, the researcher would like to make a reflection on consecrated life in a manner that reflects what she has gained in her studies in Spirituality ; how a religious must personally grow in his or her relationship with God and his or her neighbour. This paper explores the subject which directly focuses on Growing in the personal response to God through the Evangelical counsels among Salvatorians sisters in Congo. This section of the work presents the background of the topic and the purpose and the conclusion. The work is presented in three chapters. The first chapter of the work looks at the personal response to God, which is divided into three sections. The first section begins with a Biblical understanding of God’s call, the second examines personal response to God through Salvatorian life ; and the third explores the Gift of a personal calling in consecrated life. The second chapter deals with the theme of responding to God’s call through the Evangelical counsels, which will again be divided into three sections. The first section deals with the understanding of the evangelical counsels. The second section looks at the Evangelical counsels as the basis of community life and the third section explores the Evangelical counsels as a way of love and faithfulness to God. The third chapter explores growth in personal response to God’s presence. The chapter is divided into three sections. The first section explores the importance of spiritual growth in consecrated life. The second examines growth in relationship with God through personal response to one’s gift of the individual’s vocation, and the last section focuses on personal growth as Salvatorian sister.