How African Small Christian Communities Implement the Pastoral and Missionary Vision of Vatican II

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dc.contributor.authorHealey, Joseph G.
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-24T07:28:45Z
dc.date.available2019-04-24T07:28:45Z
dc.date.issued2013-07
dc.description.abstractAs we continue to celebrate the 50-year Anniversary of the Second Vatican Council we recall the historical foundations of African Small Christian Communities (SCCs) in the People of God Model of Church and in the communion ecclesiology of Vatican II.A study of five documents of Vatican II reveals that Small Christian Communities are one of the great fruits of the council and an awakening of the church as the People of God. The founding fathers of AMECEA had a vision of implementing Vatican II’s ecclesiology of communion in Eastern Africa that focused on the communion (koinonia) and service (diakonia) aspects. Both African Synods built on the foundations of Vatican II and highlighted the pastoral and missionary role of SCCs. We can look at the praxis of SCCs in Eastern Africa though the lens of the three speakers at the Theological Symposium 2013. Pastoral, parish-based SCCs are part of the “new face” of the parish and a significant part of a new way of being parish from below. The parish is a communion or network of SCCs within the “communion of communities” ecclesiology. We are optimistic that the experience of SCCs as a New Model of Church from the grassroots as witnessed by SCC members in Africa will bring significant changes in new pastoral structures corresponding to our contemporary communion ecclesiology and the ecclesial reality on the local level.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12342/828
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTangaza University Collegeen_US
dc.subjectAfricaen_US
dc.subjectSmall Christian Communitiesen_US
dc.subjectPastoralen_US
dc.subjectMissionaryen_US
dc.subjectVisionen_US
dc.subjectVatican IIen_US
dc.titleHow African Small Christian Communities Implement the Pastoral and Missionary Vision of Vatican IIen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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