| CODE | MRT5430 | ||||||
| TITLE | Spirituality of Consecrated Life | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Moral Theology | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | PART ONE: Four are considered to be the originators of the basic “Rules” of religious life: Sts Basil, Augustine, Benedict and Francis. All other founders/foundresses compiled “Constitutions”. PART TWO: St Ignatius of Loyola PART THREE: While the course will delve in an introductory manner into the aforementioned foundations of Religious Life, it will then offer a deeper reflection on the theology of religious life presented by Vatican II up to Vita Consecrata: - The divine-ecclesial origin of consecrated life; - Function and importance of consecrated life within the Church; - The universal vocation of all the Christians to sanctity and the particular vocation of the consecrated persons; - Spiritual theology of community-living and the vows; - The charismatic origin of consecrated life: its mission in the Church; - The theological effects of consecration on the individual and the Church in general. PART FOUR: Secular Institutes: The Provida Mater and Primo Feliciter. Objectives At the end of this course, participants would be able to: a. appreciate the richness of ways in the following of Christ that developed throughout history; b. understand that Christian spirituality needs to be incarnated in the concrete historical, social and ecclesial situation of a given moment of history. Reading List - AA.VV., Dizionario Teologico della Vita Consacrata, Milan, Ancora Books, 1994. - CABRA PIER GIORDANO, Breve Corso sulla Vita Consacrata, Brescia, Queriniana, 2004. - CENCINI AMADEO., Vita Consacrata, Turin, Pauline, 1994. - SCHNEIDERS SANDRA M., Religious Life in a New Millennium, New Jersey, Pauline, 2000. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||
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