A Case Study of the Spirituality Of The Franciscan Sisters of St. Joseph

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dc.contributor.authorAringo, Margaret
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-07T11:50:49Z
dc.date.available2019-01-07T11:50:49Z
dc.date.issued1998-04
dc.description.abstractThe presentation of this study is divided into three parts, as follows; Chapter One discusses the spirituality of the Franciscan Sisters of St. Joseph. It begins with the general background, then it deals with the charism, spirituality of the Institute. Chapter Two deals with the evangelical counsels of chastity, poverty and obedience. Chapter Three discusses the apostolate of the sisters. It also analyses the data collected from the sisters through the use of the questionnaire. The study ends with specific references to the Franciscan Sisters by giving some reflections and observations. God is the initiator of each and every call. He has the absolute freedom to call one to himself to a particular style or type of life. God may call young women to a religious life style and therefore she is invited to live in a particular or specific religious community. The one invited to religious life has the freedom to respond to God's initiative and gratuitous call which depends completely upon God In responding to this call, the religious women exercises her humanness by seeking oneness, unity and integrity with her God. The religious is called to love God wholeheartedly without qualifications, conditions, or reservations. Today, the religious face serious challenges in responding to God's call in the world. Their identity as religious is often challenged. Today's religious men and women live in a period where most of the formal structures that had supported religious life in the past are questioned and some are also reviewed. Hopefiilly this study and reflection will help the religious restructure their purpose and place in the world. The real priorities in religious life are questioned quite seriously. The dichotomy in attitudes and the shift in values have blocked the realities of the pristine ideal. For many, a dichotomy exists between human-spiritual, individualcommunity, action-contemplation, work-prayer. But in reality, these are not contradictions. Attitudes towards poverty, celibacy, authority-obedience have changed due to shifts in values concerning human person, and evangelical life. Community dynamism calls members for openness and this offers challenges for growth towards the better. New areas of apostolate, new avenues and values are inviting the religious to review their former and traditional apostolate. The Franciscan Sisters of St. Joseph (FSJ), like every other religious congregation live within a technological and consumerist society filled with demands of all sorts. The difference in attitudes, shifts in values and morals, the number of members who join the congregation and those who leave, etc., tend to influence their lives, their theological stability and their inner consciousness concerning the religious identity. These factors also influence their call and response to religious life. The FSJ have based their Constitutions, with regard to their life of prayer, community life, vow of obedience and vow of poverty, on Franciscan spirituality. Since this work is a case study of the Franciscan Sisters of St. Joseph, for the primary data, the author administered a questionnaire among the same sisters plus five other Congregations following the Franciscan spirituality. She also delivered a questionnaire to another Congregation following the Jesuit Spirituality. The general background of the questionnaire gives the details on the age, related differences in Religious Profession and their level of education. The next section deals with the way the sisters live and express their charism and spirituality within their community living, vowed life and apostolate. The last section refers to the Constitutions of the Franciscan Sisters of St. Joseph. The author gathered information by herself The objective for the field study was to find out what the Franciscan spirituality means to the sisters and whether it gives a relevant meaning to their lives or offers some challenges to the living out of their religious commitment. The responses did help reflect the living of the Constitutions. This whole study is meant to promote suggestions on how best the sisters could best live their vocation in today's Church and society.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12342/468
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTangaza University Collegeen_US
dc.subjectSpirituality of the Franciscan Sisters of St. Josephen_US
dc.subjectThe Evangelical Counselsen_US
dc.subjectCharism of the Instituteen_US
dc.subjectVow of Celibacyen_US
dc.subjectVow of Povertyen_US
dc.subjectVow of Obedienceen_US
dc.subjectCall to Witnessen_US
dc.subjectApostolates of the Franciscan Sistersen_US
dc.titleA Case Study of the Spirituality Of The Franciscan Sisters of St. Josephen_US
dc.typeOtheren_US
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