Discipleship in the Congregation Of The Mercerdarian Missionary Sisters
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2005
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Tangaza University College
Abstract
This paper is a study on discipleship in relation to the charism of my
Congregation — Mercedarian Missionaries Sister. The relevance of this study lies on the
fact that it has helped me, and hopeful will help other religious, to reflect on our call to
pay more attention to the marginalized in the light of Mark's Gospel. It is also a
challenge to my Congregation, especially my Province, to evaluate our commitment to
our option to the most abandoned and neglected in our society.
The paper is divided into three chapters: the first explains how discipleship is in
the Gospel of Mark. Here, we define what discipleship is and we go on singling out the
requirements of true disciples; we also look at the mission of a disciple. The second
chapter is about the Mercedarian Missionaries' understanding of discipleship. This is
where we focus on the foundress' understanding of discipleship and how we understand
and interpret it today.
The third chapter is basically a comparison between discipleship in Mark and'
the Mercedarian Sisters. This is where we try to see the relationship existing between
how Mark looks at discipleship and how we Mercedarians look at it today and what can
we improve in our understanding of it. After each chapter, follows a brief conclusion
and at the end there is the general conclusion.
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requirements of discipleship, risk of discipleship, Characteristics of the disciples of Jesus, The mission of the disciple, Foundress' Vocauon, Lutgarda's Understanding of Discipleship, Major Characteristics of Being A Disciple