Catechesis as Pastoral Praxis For Developing Mature Faith In Karuri-Banana Hill Parish Of Nairobi Arch Diocese

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dc.contributor.authorGichuki, George
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-06T07:55:26Z
dc.date.available2018-11-06T07:55:26Z
dc.date.issued1997-02
dc.description.abstractModem man is experiencing a crisis in faith today. This crisis may not be felt with the same intensity everywhere, but it is there nonetheless. The crisis may evoke two reactions; one negative of an impending disaster. According to this view Christian faith is doomed to oblivion gradually. The other positive, one would see the crisis as an opportunity to rethink, re-plan, rebuild and reinterpret. According to this view, I realize that Christian faith is not irrelevant to the modem world, but its relevance must be brought out anew and presented in an idiom that a simple Christian will understand and appreciate. I believe that this is the vital role of catechesis today and my essay I hope will contribute positively. The first chapter in my long essay is an introduction, which give a general view or outlook of the essay. The second comprises the insertion of the pastoral agent in the life and pastoral activity of the people in question. Dialogue, questionnaire and close observation were my main tools to enter into their reality. The materials gathered in second chapter are backed-up and judged in the third chapter according to Christian principles and values involved in that society. Within the fourth chapter, I paid special attention to some pastoral cares and ministries that the pastoral situation is crying for. Fifth and the last chapter is a plan of action for that parish. The theoretical reflections proposed in the preceding second and third chapter are complimented with some practical suggestions. The procedure of objectives and targets is taken from the booklet of James O'Halloran, Pastoral Planning with Tears.' The aim of this long essay is also to encourage the use of social and religious analysis as a necessary tool to discover the needs of the people in the pastoral field. This requires the insertion of the pastoral agent in the social reality and his/her conversion to the human dignity and option for the poor and to the use of Christian and cultural values. The method of the "Pastoral Circle" is completed by the "Hermeneutic Mediation" and "Dialectic of Theory and Praxis" presented by Clodovis Boff in his book "Theology and Praxis". This combination of methods facilitates the process of working upon that reality to understand it and find its sense and meaning in the light of the History of salvation in that particular situation.2 The method of "Pastoral Circle" proceeds in this way: Insertion in the social reality, description of that situation, analysis of the same situation, theological reflection in the light of the gospel, social doctrine of the Church and cultural background of the people, planning for action to transform that situation and evaluation followed by starting again the process. This help to see the reality clearly and confront it with the will of God. Fundamentally if God's Word is revelation, humanity's response is faith. If the initiative belongs to God, the response belong to humanity. Therefore I consider revelation of God as a call for faith. Faith is a personal and vital encounter with the living God, a total acceptance of the revealing and giving person by a loving surrender of one's whole being and an unreserved commitment to live for him and to order one's life according to his Word. In my pastoral experience for some four years in Karuri or Banana Hill Parish in Nairobi Archdiocese I realized that developing a mature faith is desperately needed and the means to achieve it is through catechesis as pastoral praxis. It is this special interest in Banana parish and likewise in many other places that led me to reflect deeply on the issues of catechesis for developing a mature faith as a pastoral commitment for Karuri Parish. For sure the theme is very general, no specific age, area or group of people. I intend therefore to limit myself within Karuri parish, just for the purpose of taking up a specific sample and reality.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12342/352
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTangaza University Collegeen_US
dc.subjectContent of Catechesisen_US
dc.subjectTrinitarian Christo-Centric Catechesisen_US
dc.subjectSources of Catechesisen_US
dc.subjectSocial Cultural Values - Authentic Need Of inculturationen_US
dc.subjectEcumenical Dimension of Catechesisen_US
dc.subjectImparting Catechesisen_US
dc.subjectMinistries of Special Pastoral Careen_US
dc.titleCatechesis as Pastoral Praxis For Developing Mature Faith In Karuri-Banana Hill Parish Of Nairobi Arch Dioceseen_US
dc.typeOtheren_US
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