| CODE | FDT5040 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Holy Orders and Consecrated Life | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Fundamental and Dogmatic Theology, including Ecumenism | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit delves into the theology of Holy Orders — the sacrament which imparts a special character to those who are called to serve God’s People through a ministry of service. Self-oblation is pivotal in Holy Orders because those called to consecrate themselves through these sacred rites offer themselves whole-heartedly to God and his People. The study-unit also takes up the contemporary state of Consecrated Life, with its challenges, positive and negative changes brought about by a genuine attempt at renewal. This part of the study-unit attempts to understand and evaluate the wisdom of lived experience as handed down in the Tradition of the Church. While being appreciative of Tradition, new paths are explored, offered both by contemporary projects and perspectives, as well as by magisterial teachings that rethink and reinterpret this particular Christian way of life for today. Study-Unit Aims: The study-unit aims at: 1) investigating the Consecrated Life as a particular form of Christian Life embraced as a stable state in the life of the Church; 2) proposing to participants with the farious forms of Consecrated Life; 3) elucidating fundamental characteristics of this state of life in general and in particular; 4) synthesizing a solid renewed theology of Consecrated Life; 5) drawing from the historical development of Consecrated Life for an understanding of the present situation which projects participants creatively into the future; 6) formulating the chief tenets of the sacrament of Holy Orders; 7) appraising the sacramentality of Holy Orders. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1) identify the various forms of Consecrated Life; 2) understand the theological jargon which define Consecrated Life and their implications; 3) appreciate Consecrated Life as an essential Christian state of life within the Church; 4) grasp the biblical and theological foundations of Consecrated Life; 5) appreciate and study the Great Rules of Consecrated Life; 6) understand the Canonical status of different forms of Consecrated Life in the Church; 7) integrate the various aspects of the sacrament of Holy Orders; 8) assess the ways sacramental grace operates in the sacrament of Holy Orders. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1) build solid argumentation on the Theology of Consecrated Life; 2) place Consecrated Life in its proper role and mission within the Church; 3) interpret Consecrated Life as a Christian stable form of living inter-related to other forms of Christian life; 4) distinguish between one form of Consecrated life from another; 5) identify charisms and the way these are lived in the Church through the forms of Consecrated Life; 6) envisage the role of sacramentally ordained ministers in the Church; 7) formulate the evolving role of ordained ministers within the community. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - CABRA PIER GIORDANO, Breve Corso sulla Vita Consacrata, Brescia, Queriniana, 2004. - SCHNEIDERS Sandra M., Finding the Treasure. Locating Catholic Religious Life in a New Ecclesial and Cultural Context (Religious Life in a New Millennium 1), New York/MH 2000. - SCHNEIDERS SANDRA M., Religious Life in a New Millennium, New Jersey, Pauline, 2000. - Benedict XVI, Pope, The Apostles, Huntington/Indiana 2007. Catechism of the Catholic Church, London 1994, paragraphs 1536-1600. - Paul VI, Pope, Encyclical Letter Sacerdotalis Caelibatus (24 June 1967). Supplementary Readings: - AA.VV., Dizionario Teologico della Vita Consacrata, Milan, Ancora Books,1994. SCHNEIDERS Sandra M., Selling All. Commitment, Consecrated Celibacy and Community in Catholic Religious Life (Religious Life in a New Millennium 1), New York/MH 2001. - CENCINI AMADEO., Vita Consacrata, Turin, Pauline, 1994. - CHITTISTER Joan, The Fire in these Ashes. Spirituality of Contemporary Religious Life, Sheed and Ward, London 1995. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Tutorial | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Charlo Camilleri Hector Scerri |
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