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    Mentoring in On-Going Formation
    (Tangaza University College, 2004) Aririatu, Evelyn Akuoma
    During my studies I constantly heard people talk about the ministry of mentoring, thus, my interest and choice of this topic. In this long essay I would like explore the meaning, the depth and application of this ministry. In the process of my writing, I hope to focus on mentoring and its place in Religious life after final vows. The reason for this is that, this aspect of mentoring seems to be neglected or overlooked by many religious congregations, concentrating, as they do, on mentoring only in Initial Formation. The other strong motivation for my choice of this topic is the fact that on-going mentoring was very much valued and encouraged by St. Julie Billiart our Foundress. From her writings I have discovered that, she spent most of her time mentoring her sisters during her lifetime. She encouraged and mentored our early Sisters in love and friendship. The success of this small group of women was due in no small amount, to her constant attention to their spiritual and professional development. Today I feel there is a need for our sisters to review, and reclaim this aspect of our heritage of mentoring. We need to read again her letters to her young sisters and allow ourselves to be once again inspired by her gift of mentoring. For the need of our sisters to have a spiritual and a professional companion in their life journey is still relevant today as it was then. These are the issues this long essay hopes to address. I will start with the definitions of mentoring, and will also look at the general foundation of mentoring, as it appears in the Old and New Testaments. Central to this is Jesus who is model and mentor par excellence. No discussion of the role of mentors could ignore its place in African Traditional Culture where it is a long established tradition and is intrinsic to the development of young Africans. Finally in the last chapter I will deliberate on the importance of on-going mentoring and make some recommendations. So I welcome all my readers to join with me in this reflection of my long essay on mentoring, perhaps my story may not be different from yours.
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    Spiritual Discernment In The Initial Formation Programme Of Evangelizing Sisters Of Mary
    (Tangaza University College, 2003) Tesha, Honorata
    My topic is based on spiritual discernment as l see it being applied to the initial formation programme of the Evangelizing Sisters of Mary. (ESM)., I have been prompted to do this topic from reflecting on my personal experience of religious missionary vocation starting in my family, through aspirancy, postulancy, novitiate and early years of my religious life. The purpose of my research is to look at the contribution spiritual discernment could make to our formation programme. Part of this will include some comments and observation on the discernment of vocation from our Sisters To assist me in the collection of some ideas and comments regarding discernment of vocation, I sent some of our Sisters a simple questionnaire and interviewed about twenty Evangelizing Sisters of Mary, to find out how they discerned their vocation in each stage, the difficulties they encountered and how free they were, when they discerned their vocation. I also interviewed some of the members of the Apostles of Jesus since we share the same Charism. I sent questionnaires to the mistresses of each of the initial Stages of Formation in the countries where our formation houses are based; Jinja-Uganda, Moshi-Tanzania, Nakuru- Roneai and Ongata Rongai-Kenya The work is divided into four chapters starting with the general introduction. Chapter one handles the general information of ESM and the role they play in the church. Chapter two gives the church's mind on formation in relation to the ESM, „— Chapter three looks at the spiritual discernment and it could be used in the initial formation of the ESM. Chapter four brings this work to its end with recommendations and conclusion The Appendix presents questionnaires, some guidelines on discernment and some photos to elaborate my work. The work will serve as an informative undertaking aimed at clarifying the ESM a discernment process for our initial formation that will help candidates and sisters discern their vocation more clearly.
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    Discipleship and Formation: Comboni As A Model
    (2003) Besigye, Christopher
    This essay argues that to become a disciple, one should be willing to listen, learn and be with the Master. What we have found challenging is to go beyond our human limits and abandon ourselves into the hands of the Master. This helps the disciples to follow the Master in facing whatever difficulties and problems in their Christian life. Daniel Comboni an ideal disciple challenges us in his life to be faithful disciples. Religious formation should help the Candidates to be themselves, and to avoid pretence. This enables them to grow to Christian and religious maturity. This work is divided into five Chapters. In Chapter One, we explain the terms disciple, and discipleship with emphasis on formation in the formation house. Secondly, we also present Daniel Comboni and Comboni Missionaries. The second Chapter deals with discipleship in the Bible. We underline discipleship and the formation of disciples in both the Old and the New Testaments. We conclude this Chapter with the cost of discipleship. The third Chapter presents Comboni as a model of discipleship, his call, and his cost of discipleship and as an ideal disciple for the Christians. This is followed by Chapter four, which deals with the formation of Comboni Missionaries and the challenges of our formation. The fifth Chapter presents the summary of the previous Chapters with proposals and suggestions regarding the formation.
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    Lasallian Formation and The Bilen Marriage Covenant: A Case for Inculturation
    (Tangaza University College, 2002-03) Iyob, Aron
    The main purpose of this paper is to enrich the Lasallian formation program in Eritrea by incorporating into it some elements from the Blin marriage tradition. Therefore, Chapter I deals with Lassallian religious formation, the Lasallian charism, Lassallian spirituality and the identity of the De La Salle Christian Brother. The second chapter deals with Blin marriage. It explains who the Blin people are, their concept of marriage, the way they intermarry, and how they handle engagement and marriage. The third chapter deals with how the elements of Blin marriage can be incorporated into Lassallian religious formation in Eritrea. As for the methodology followed for this research, the author has mainly used books written regarding Blin people, and others which have similarities in cultural concepts, and conducted interviews with few Blin people who have deep knowledge regarding Blin marriage.
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    Formation of Lay Leadership and Its Influence on Pastoral Planning and Organisation
    (Tangaza University College, 2016) Ssegujja, Emmanuel
    The study on formation of lay leadership and how it influences pastoral planning and organization comes timely and as it will be explored in the literature that the mission and vocation of the laity in the Church unless clearly understood affects the Church and its mission. In Ecclesia in Africa, the Holy Father Pope John Paul II called on the African Church to use all possible means to ensure that the “laity are helped to become increasingly aware of their role in the Church, thereby fulfilling their particular mission…, so that in their places of work they will be faithful witnesses to the Gospel” (EA, 90).Though a lot has been written about the laity and their vocation in the Church, a lot of challenges still confront them in the daily exercise of their duties and this study sees formation as a key to empowerment of the laity, if they are to make meaningful contribution in the area of pastoral planning. Pastoral planning though vital still remains a challenge in many parishes yet when well understood contributes to the renewal of vitality in any parish or diocese, the researcher seek to respond to this by clearly explaining the elements of pastoral planning and the various challenges that come with it. The researcher has worked in a number of parishes involved in catechetical teams, pastoral councils and various lay movements but whenever the laity could ask a question “what can we do to make our ministries better”, this question after deep reflection could touch on the issue of formation of the laity and this affects so much the pastoral planning and organization process of any ministry. The researcher has witnessed the laity demanding to know their place in ministry, yearning to do the work of God better but with no one to teach them how to do things that is why formation of lay leadership and its influence on pastoral planning was identified as a research gap this study seeks to addressed. This study seeks to establish a relationship between formation of lay leaders and pastoral planning and this is based on the assumption that pastoral planning and elements that come with it are complex yet a good parish cannot do away with them. If pastoral planning is to bear fruit, then those entrust with the role of leading others in a parish setting need to be formed first in their vocation and mission in the Church and lastly trained in the area of how to achieve this mission through pastoral planning and organization.The paper is divided into five chapters, chapter one gives a background to the research, insertion experience, statement of the problem, objectives, research questions, scope as well as justifications. Chapter two covers the literature review, mainly what different scholars say about the laity, their vocation and mission and pastoral planning. Chapter three entitled Research Design deals with data collection and analysis and Chapter four entitled theological reflection deals with what the Bible, Tradition and the magisterial teachings of the church say on the formation of the laity, vocation and mission and the aspect of pastoral planning. Chapter five deals with the Action plan for formation of lay leaders in Dandora Parish and lastly a general conclusion of this research.
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    Formation of the New Israel and Its Mission In Luke-Acts
    (Tangaza University College., 2002-02) Tessema, Teklu
    It was just a few days before Christmas 2000 that Stephen alma, student of Law at Nairobi University and active member of the youth group at Consolata Holy Trinity Church. Kileleshwa, approached me with questions that troubled him. Stephen fired one question after the other do not understand at all the relationship between the God of Israel and the Christian God. How did the God of Israel become the God of Christians? Are we Israelites or are we Christians? I am really confused. Is there any possibility of tracing the relationship between the two from a purely biblical point of viewr Stephen's questions led me down a deep reflective path. I turned to Luke who wrote predominantly for Gentiles, many of whom probably also wondered, like Ouma. about the connection between the Israel of Old and the New Israel? Perhaps more than any other New Testament writer, Luke goes to great lengths to show his readers what constitute a New Israel. This work comes as the fruit of this reflection. However, the essay as such does not deal with the relationship between the God of Israel and that of the other nations. Rather, it attempts to analyse the fidelity of God to the divine promises made to Israel and to show how the New Israel that emerges out of the biblical people of God, is a fulfilment of these promises. I do not claim that I have discussed in this essay all the core values that both the OT and Luke narrate regarding the formation of the New Israel. Nevertheless, I have attempted to say something on most of them, at least in passing. My hope is that readers of this essay will come to understand how the New Israel that emerges out of the Old Israel is a testament of God's faithfulness. The essay has been divided into three chapters. Chapter one briefly presents OT background which I believe has played a significant role in the development of Lucan theology. It deals with the covenantal relationship between Yahweh mid Israel that has its future expectation based on prophecies and promises. Chapter two has two local points. First. it takes up these promises and prophecies as Mey climax !n the person of Jesus in the Lucan writings, and second, it shows how Luke portrays the formation of the New Israel. The third chapter deals with how the mission ot Jesus continues through the new community, making salvation available to all. As far as the biblical texts in this essay are concerned RSV is used.
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    Formation of Human Conscience: A Way of Liberation and Redemption
    (Tangaza University College, 2007) Omondi Watta, Joahness
    This paper deals with the issue of human person and conscience formation from the perspective of Luo tradition and Christian tradition. We shall examine the reason why it is important to review the formation program in the Christian life. Due to the fact that early missionaries didn't put into consideration the idea of inculturation, there have been problems concerning the way a Luo Christian should live his/her Christian life faithfully without being involved in syncretism. Moreover, we shall look into some of the ways in which a Luo attitude can be changed through inculturation. This can be done by inculturating Christianity into the Luo traditional values of the people themselves. So, our attention is focused on the formation of human conscience among the Luo people of western Kenya, as well as the understanding and formation of human conscience in the Scriptural and theological aspects. We further look into ways in which inculturation of Christian formation of human conscience can be made possible from the perspectives of Luo tradition, touching especially on the areas of community, family and pastoral problems and solutions. The main area of concern is "inculturating" I Christianity into Luo ways of life as a concern to the traditional values and customs.
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    Jesus as Model of Leadership in Religious Formation
    (Tangaza University College, 2001-03) Jilala, Veronica
    I believe that each one of us has experienced leadership in one-way or another. For example, if you are an elder brother or sister among your brothers and sisters in your family, you may have had the experience that in the absence of your parents, you were told to look after them. Sometimes in school, you may have been among the student leaders, or maybe as a class representative. All these are ways of experiencing leadership. My own experience of leadership from my culture is so different to some extent from what I have observed and experienced in religious life. Leadership that directs faith to God takes the whole being of a person as flesh and spirit. This led to my desire to develop and see how someone could become a good leader especially in religious formation and on the leadership of Jesus Christ. I know the topic is very broad, and I would not claim to exhaust it. So I will be rather selective. The paper is divided into three chapters. The first chapter is briefly explained what is a religious formation, its stages, purpose, process and who is a formator with her/his formees. Then, I will sketch the challenges, problems in the process of formation and necessary skills for formator to exercise effectively. The second chapter deals in leadership of Jesus Christ as a model where Christian leadership is rooted. I will approach it by emphasizing the origin, and modality of Jesus' leadership in the image of shepherd and servant. I will conclude this chapter with these characteristics that are rooted in love. The third chapter will point out Christ-like leadership. It will speak of the purpose of leadership as the growth of a person and community. I will analyse requirements for leadership that include willingness to be contact with God and seek wisdom from him. Lastly, I will summarize by sketching the attitudes of effective leadership in form of love, service, living and sharing.
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    Cross-Cultural Formation of Future Missionaries in the Context of the Society of African Missions
    (Tangaza University College, 1999-02-12) Pociask, Janusz
    In this long-essay I will try to present my views on cross-cultural formation of future missionaries. Because the topic is very broad, I would not be able to exhaust it, so I will be rather selective. Also, I was encouraged by my tutor to narrow the topic to the formation of future missionaries in the context of the Society of African Missions. By doing that I was to contribute to the future formation of students within my own missionary institute. Nevertheless, I hope that the key issues in the areas of cross-cultural formation highlighted here are universal and can be applied, understood and read in the broader context of any missionary congregation. In the first Chapter I intend to show the need and novelty of cross-cultural missionary formation as well as existing Church documents regarding this topic. In the following Chapters I will try to follow the methodology called SEE-JUDGE-ACT. Therefore, in Chapter Two I will briefly describe the present developments regarding cross-cultural formation in the SMA context, presenting what has been done so far and how the formation is carried out in practice. In the Chapter Three I will evaluate critically the present recruitment system and things the formation system lacks in preparing well-formed candidates to missionary priesthood. Also, I will take into account such things as inculturation of formation; preparation for being witnesses to the people; preparation for a collaborative ministry and formation within the Charism of missionary institutes. In the last chapter I want to point out some general guidelines for future adaptation and implementation of new changes in different SMA houses of missionary formation. The purpose of this paper would be rather to encourage existing international houses of formation to look for their own solutions to their particular needs and ways of improvement.
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    Tourism and Mission With Particular Reference to Kenya
    (Tangaza University College, 1998-02) Sambua, Sosthenes Aloyce
    On March 25, 1980, the SCC issued a document entitled "Norms Jim the cooperation among the local Churches and Jim better distribution of the clergy". In No.1 the document emphasises that the aim of cooperation is to fulfill the mandate of Christ: "Go to the whole world and preach the Gospel to every creature" iMK 15:15). This is the task for the whole Church; bishops, priests, Religious, clergy and laity. Attention is drawn to the local Churches and the need to re-structure so as to meet the challenges of the 'signs of the times'. This is because there are new phenomena that require specialised attention. Some of these are: Trans-migration into industrial regions, Urbanisation and Tourism' A lot of reflection and work has been done on migration and urbanisation already, but hardly has tourism been reflected upon. It is the task of theologians to articulate the areas in tourism that require Church and/or missionary attention. The aim of this paper is to contribute, though modestly, to that articulation by showing that modern tourism is economically very beneficial to many countries and individuals. At the same time tourism cannot be confined to private enterprise. Our argument is that tourism is an international as opposed to personal enterprise, involving multi-nationals hence it is related to international political system and economic order which can be a strong force of exploitation, oppression and as a consequence very destructive to traditional economic, social and cultural systems, hence destruction of families and human dignity. However, we will not treat the question of origin and development of tourism, neither will we talk about what is called 'theological fourism"2. Instead we will look at how modern tourism affects individuals, communities and countries and see the challenges it offers to Christian mission. A further question may be asked as to what has tourism to do with Christian? Or mission? Our first answer is the words of Cardinal Lavigerie: "Every human cause is a missionary cause". We may add that every missionary cause is a Christians business. In other words, whatever affects human life and dignity affects missionaries and Christians at large. Tourism does exactly that. In his encyclical Redemptoris Mission, Pope John Paul II affirmed strongly the validity of the missionary activity of the Church today. It is the primary service the Church can offer to humanity. He continues: "But what moves me even more strongly to proclaim the urgency of tnissionary evangelisation is the fact that it is the primary service which the Church can render to every individual and to all humanity in the modem world"(RM 2c). The second answer is that Christianity is a sustained effort to reflect and discover the situations affecting individuals, scrutinise these with the word of God and come up with ways of liberating them. This is what we attempt to do in this paper. The first part then discusses definitions, concepts, trends in tourism and its effects. The second part looks at the challenge posed to mission by the effects of tourism and how tourism can be used for evangelisation, while the third part outlines some structures and spirituality for missionary tourism. My main source of information and material is CONTOURS'.