Collaboration between the Ordained and the Laity for Effective Administration of Apostles of Jesus Shrine-Karen
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2017
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This section presents the information to the understanding of the entire research.
It includes the background of the study, statement of the problem, objectives of the
research and research questions, the justification of the study, the scope and significance
of the study, justification of the research, and delimitation of the study. According to the leading scholars Lovell and Batten, collaboration is working
with the people, not working for them and has its origins in the world of developmental
studies, community work and non-directive ministry
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. On the other hand, ministry
derives its meaning from “diakonia” a Greek word implying to serve. Thus collaborative
ministry in the church refers to a fundamental desire to work together in responding to
each ones vocation of being at the service of each other and putting our giftedness and
charisms to the growth of mission entrusted to us by Christ.
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This response to being in
communion with each other is rooted in the one baptism we receive as Christians and
therefore a response to the call of working together to express our unity in the one God
and with the one mission of Christ handed on to the church.
Collaboration between the Laity and the ordained is a necessity in the church in
a sense that it brings together the ordained pastors and the laity to realize their
responsibility of responding to their call of sharing in the mission of Christ. This is
affirmed by the Second Vatican Council in her document Lumen Gentium (LG) that
emphasizes that all faithful form one body of Christ (the church) and the different gifts and charisms of each member are connected with those of others and strengthened by a
common sharing(Cf. LG 13).The Council further asserted that there is “diversity of
ministry but unity of mission (Cf. AA 2)” in the church hence the need for working in
collaboration in the different apostolates we are called to serve in the church as the
mission and goal is one and for Christ.
The VII Ordinary General Synod of Bishops (1987) acknowledges the fact that
lay active participation in the church is initiated by the holy spirit who continues to
renew the youthfulness of the church by inspiring her members to aspire for holiness
through collaboration between the laity and the ordained, active participation in liturgy,
catechesis and in all other apostolate groups within the church
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. In the subsequent post-
synod exaltation ‘Christifideles Laici (1988)’, Pope John Paul II asserts that
collaboration of all faithful exists in the spiritual order where all are called to bring the
message of Christ and his grace to all as well as in the temporal order where all are
called to permeate and perfect the spiritual reality with the evangelical spirit. This assertion challenges the reluctance of the ordained in sharing responsibilities pertaining
to the Laity while at the same time calls the laity into active participation and
collaboration in the administration of their Church.
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Administration, Jesus Shrine-Karen, Laity, Ordained