Liturgical Inculturation Of The Mass among the Iteso People
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1998-02-16
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Tangaza University College
Abstract
The study of this subject is based on the information gathered from
knowledgeable people involved in pastoral work: priests, catechists, religious sisters, and
the traditional old men and women. This broad collection is geared to a comprehensive
understanding of worship and inculturation of the Mass as it will be wholistically and
logically presented in this essay.
The information was gathered within a period of four months. The great part of
it is from oral sources which will actually give credibility and solid ground to my work.
This is basically because much is talked and written about inculturation in the general
understanding of its concept, while specifically very little is done about inculturation of
the Mass. To go beyond that, nothing is said about inculturation of the Mass among the
Iteso people. This is the reason why chapter four of this paper will entirely embrace oral
findings. I canied out the interview with a number of informants. The research was
done separately with each informant with the focal idea of finding correct information
when all different materials gathered were synthesized. The informants co-operated
well by answering the questions I asked each of them. They showed incredible
enthusiasm since they openly admitted that the liturgy today does not appeal to most of
the Iteso faithful who seem to live double lives- one traditional and the other Christian.
The language I used in the research was the local language called Ateso not excluding
English and Kiswahili.
The general survey of this essay therefore, will include clarification on the
terminology used, the views and principles of inculturation of the Mass, the Iteso understanding of sacrifice and the various traditional sacrificial prayers; the Iteso
symbols are elaborately used and discussed in an implicit approach. The teaching of the
Church, including Scripture and Magisterial statements are explicitly discussed too.
Finally practical pastoral recommendations are suggested and feature throughout the
essay, finding their ftilfilment in the hope inculturation of the Mass will give to the local
Iteso faithful.
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Liturgical, Inculturation, Iteso, Pastoral Issue, Mass