| CODE | PLC5910 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Ministry Placement | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 8 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Pastoral Theology, Liturgy and Canon Law | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | During the first year of the S.Th.L, the student is expected to work in a parish/community setting on projects linked to four of the six main areas of the Course: Pastoral Planning, Social Ministry, Catechetics, Liturgy, Church Development; Pastoral Counselling/Spiritual Direction. LEARNING OBJECTIVES Through this field placement, one should be able to: (i) develop appropriate ministerial responses in particular experiential contexts; (ii) identify and articulate areas of needed personal and professional growth which emerge out of the experience of ministry as well as develop a self-evaluation process which will help continual growth; (iii) acquire the practice of theological reflection within ministerial experiences. READING LIST • CIOLA N. (ed.), La parrocchia in un’ecclesiologia di comunione, Bologna 1995. • FISCHER M.F., Pastoral Councils in Today’s Catholic Parish, Mystic 2001. • LANZA S., Convertire Giona. Pastorale come progetto, Roma 2005. • PICKETT W.L., A Concise guide to Pastoral Planning, Notre Dame 2007. • WIJSEN F., HENRIOT P., MEJIA R. (eds), The Pastoral Circle Revisited. A Critical Quest for Truth and Transformation, New York 2005. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Practical | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Carl Mario Sultana |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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