Cross-Cultural Formation of Future Missionaries in the Context of the Society of African Missions

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dc.contributor.authorPociask, Janusz
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-11T08:22:21Z
dc.date.available2019-02-11T08:22:21Z
dc.date.issued1999-02-12
dc.description.abstractIn 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.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12342/554
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTangaza University Collegeen_US
dc.subjectMissionariesen_US
dc.subjectAfrican Missionsen_US
dc.subjectCross-Culturalen_US
dc.subjectSocietyen_US
dc.subjectFormation of a Global Churchen_US
dc.subjectFormationen_US
dc.subjectRecruitmenten_US
dc.titleCross-Cultural Formation of Future Missionaries in the Context of the Society of African Missionsen_US
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