Comboni Missionary Sisters As Social Ministers in Kenya From 1964 To 1998

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dc.contributor.authorEsposto, Rita
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-28T07:02:20Z
dc.date.available2019-01-28T07:02:20Z
dc.date.issued1998-04
dc.description.abstractThe thirty-four years of life the Comboni Missionary Sisters have lived in Kenya, their involvement in the fabric of life of many Kenyans, their methodology of mission, the objectives and future goals as well as some suggestions for a better approach to mission, are part and parcel of this paper and the very reason for its existence. This essay is divided into three main chapters based on the see-judge-act research methodology. The sisters' commitment in health, women's promotion and education has been described, evaluated and some new proposals given as new ways to bring about a more contexualised ministry and relevancy in today's Kenya. I believe this to be the first scientific attempt to research and analyse the style of presence of the Comboni Missionary Sisters in Kenya, and furthermore, to be the first concrete application of the teaching dictated by the principles of social ministry into real life situations. Moreover, the novelty and beauty of this essay is that it is an experiential one based mostly on the lived praxis of the people it deals with. A questionnaire was used to gather the initial data. Twenty-six of them were sent out to various sisters involved in different ministries. Interviews were carried out as a means to collect first hand verbal information about the data researched. A great deal of the information making up this paper is also coming from the knowledge I gathered during my two years as a student of Social Ministry as well as from my personal reflection derived from belonging to the community of the Comboni Missionary Sisters. I have chosen to delve into the various aspects characterising the presence of the Comboni Missionary Sisters in Kenya primarily driven by the fact that this missionary family holds as a major priority the commitment to the integral development of women. The founder, Daniel Comboni, strongly believed in the presence and role of women in mission. Women were given a place of relevance in his Plan for the Regeneration of Africa. Comboni "was in fact convinced of the importance of education, particularly of women and young girls, and emphasised the necessity for lay women and missionary sisters to bring about a change in the condition of the African woman. For Comboni, consecrated women in Africa could help the African woman to be freed from poverty and oppression. In welcoming the light of the Gospel message, the African women would receive the power to lead their own people to freedom. '" This has been also my desire as I went about doing my research and I truly wish that my work and efforts will serve the cause of further reflections aimed at bringing about an always fuller life both for the Comboni Missionary Sisters in Kenya and the Kenyan women as well.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12342/487
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTangaza University Collegeen_US
dc.subjectChurch in Independent Kenya from 1963en_US
dc.subjectSocio-political situationen_US
dc.subjectKenya Christian Historyen_US
dc.subjectComboni Missionary Sisters in Kenyaen_US
dc.titleComboni Missionary Sisters As Social Ministers in Kenya From 1964 To 1998en_US
dc.typeOtheren_US
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