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Handbook 2020-2021 KRISTU JYOTI COLLEGE Aggregated to the Faculty of Theology of the Pontifical Salesian University, Rome By Your Light we see the Light HANDBOOK AND CALENDAR 2020– 2021 Bosco Nagar, Krishnarajapuram, Bengaluru 560 036, India Phones: Principal: 9449362433; Registrar: 7795234212 E-Mail: kjcprincipal @gmail.com [email protected]; Website : www.kjc.org.in 1 2 CONTENTS I. GENERAL INFORMATION 5 II. AUTHORITIES AND OFFICIALS 11 III. THE ACADEMIC YEAR 15 IV. ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS & EXAMINATIONS 17 V. PROFESSORS 1. Permanent Professors 30 2. Visiting Professors 32 VI. THEOLOGY 1. Bachelor of Theology (B.Th.) Course 37 (1) Curriculum 38 (2) Syllabus 45 2. Master of Theology (M.Th.) Courses 93 2.1 Master of Theology (M.Th.) Course with Specialization in Catechetics and Youth Ministry 94 (1) Articulation of the Course 94 2.1.1 M.Th. Specialization in Catechetics 94 2.1.2 M.Th. Specialization in Youth Ministry 97 (1) Curriculum of Catechetics and Youth Ministry 100 (2) Syllabus of the Courses of Catechetics and Youth Ministry 103 2.2. M.Th. Specialization in Liturgy 133 (1) Articulation of the Course 133 (2) Syllabus 141 VII. PHILOSOPHY (1) Curriculum 156 (2) Syllabus 162 3 VIII. DIPLOMA COURSE: FORMATION OF FAITH EDUCATORS & YOUTH MINISTERS (1) Aim of the Course 182 (2) Phase I 182 (3) Phase II 185 (4) Phase III 185 IX. Certificate COURSE IN Pastoral Communication 195 X. STUDENTS (1) Master of Theology 202 (2) Bachelor of Theology 204 (3) Philosophy Course 211 (4) Diploma in Formation of Faith Educators and Youth Ministers 214 (5) Religious Congregations and Archdioceses of Students 216 (6) Study Houses in Bengaluru 219 XI. CALENDAR 2020-2021 223 XII. KJC Publications 235 4 I. GENERAL INFORMATION 5 Kristu Jyoti College, the Studentate of Theology of the Salesians of Don Bosco in Bangalore, traces its origin to October 26, 1967. His Eminence Cardinal D.S. Lourdusamy, the then Archbishop of Bangalore, blessed the college building in the presence of Rev. Fr. Aloysius Ricceri SDB, the then Rector Major of the Salesians of Don Bosco, on February 24, 1968, thereby officially inaugurating the college. The college serves the different Salesian Provinces of India, as also students belonging to other Religious Orders and Congregations and dioceses. Kristu Jyoti College has been affiliated since 1981 to the Faculty of Theology of the Pontifical Salesian University, Rome, conferring the Bachelor’s Degree in Theology (B.Th.). The Church pays special attention to the formation of her ministers. Church directives require that priests undergo a minimum of four years devoted to an intense and specifically priestly formation. These directives are implemented at this college, with particular emphasis on the Salesian dimension, traced out by St. John Bosco. A programme of theological formation involves far more than mere intellectual input, assimilation and reflection. Among other things, it calls for the formulation of projects of pastoral action involving practical strategies pertaining to processes, methods, verification and rectification, all in the light of the Gospel and the signs of the times. From the very outset, Kristu Jyoti College has been deeply involved in and committed to the uplift and welfare of the specific locality where it is situated, and of the city of Bengaluru as a whole. This involvement and commitment assumed different thrusts in the concrete. With a view to a more organised and articulated service to society, the Social Service Guild of Kristu Jyoti College (SSG) was constituted as a registered society on December 12, 1973. It has been functioning ever since and grown from strength to strength. One red-letter day which marks the annals of this guild is the event familiarly styled: “Freedom at Midnight”, when, on 6 November 6, 1975, thanks to the intervention of the members of the Social Service Guild of Kristu Jyoti College, 40 families of bonded labourers in Chikka Basavanapura, (men, women and children), were set free. The SSG accompanied these families during the difficult journey from bondage to freedom, and helped them set up a Cooperative Society. Currently, the SSG is involved in ten of the villages neighbouring Kristu Jyoti College (Anandapura, Bhattarahalli, Chikka Basavanapura, Halehalli, Janata Colony, Jyoti Nagar, Kithaganur, Kithaganur Colony, Priyanka Nagar and Swatantara Nagar). Among the different programmes which the SSG has articulated in its response to the concrete challenges are: scholarship programme for the children, crèches, tailoring centres, the formation of self-help groups and animation programmes. At about the same time, the students of Kristu Jyoti College began their involvement in yet another sector, viz., the care of the marginalized youth (Youth at Risk), particularly street urchins, in the city of Bengaluru. What began as a tentative, fledgling initiative in June 1979, grew by leaps and bounds and still figures prominently in the vision and involvement of Kristu Jyoti College. It is to the credit of Kristu Jyoti College that, even now, the youth workers in six important centres dedicated to the welfare of street urchins in Bengaluru, viz., Bosco Mane, Bosco Yuvodaya, Bosco Yuvakendra, Bosco Sumanahalli, Bosco Yuvakara Grama and Bosco Nilaya, are practically all past pupils of Kristu Jyoti College. A third sector of the involvement of the students of Kristu Jyoti College concerns the service rendered in the different parishes of Bengaluru. The students have been serving in 21 different parishes on a week-end basis, with a special focus on faith formation and youth animation. As a response to a new challenge, the students of Kristu Jyoti College have recently taken up the pastoral care of the migrant and professional students in our locality. It is the goal of Kristu Jyoti College to realize the formation of priests for India by integrating intellectual formation with spiritual growth and pastoral effectiveness. 7 With a view to a more qualified service to the Church in India, Kristu Jyoti initiated in 1992 - the year of the Silver Jubilee of its foundation - the Second Cycle of Theological Studies. Since 1995, the college has been aggregated to the Faculty of Theology of the Pontifical Salesian University, Rome, and offers a Master’s Degree in Theology (M.Th.) with specializations in Faith Education and Youth Ministry. The college has a well-equipped Department of Faith Education and Youth Ministry known as Visvadeep. The department aims at qualifying the students of theology, as well as others, in the fields of Faith Education and Youth Ministry. The department also offers Audio-Visual Programmes in the above and related fields. Since 1984, this department has also been conducting a seven-month Diploma Course in Faith Education and Youth Ministry. The college subsequently began a three-month Certificate Programme in Theology, primarily as a feeder-course of theological initiation for those wishing to participate in the Diploma Course in Faith Education and Youth Ministry, for which a basic knowledge of theology is an essential requirement. As a further response to a pressing need, Kristu Jyoti College has also begun conducting a two-year course in Philosophy from June 1996. Another initiative of the college is the three- month Course on Liturgical Animation, which commenced in June 1998. From 2010 the college began to offer a M.Th. with specialization in Liturgy. Kristu Jyoti College has a well-equipped library with around 85,354 volumes. The library subscribes to more than 200 philosophical and theological journals from India and abroad. The library has a small but growing collection of Bible videos. The library has been computerized and provision has been made for its progressive expansion. The Students’ Council ensures the effective and responsible participation of the students in the educative process. It is a body of representatives, directly elected by the students, which acts 8 as the liaison between the students and the staff, and has well- defined functions in keeping with theStatutes and Regulations of Kristu Jyoti College. The college publishes a journal: Kristu Jyoti - a quarterly with a three-fold orientation: youth pastoral, theological and catechetical. In keeping with the charism of the Salesian Congregation, the journal focuses its attention on youth. Various aspects of the Christian faith and their bearing on the lives of young people are studied. Practical suggestions are offered on the methodologies to be adopted in educating young people to the faith in a manner that is both relevant and scientific. As part of further development, from 2016, on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the College, it has extended the course in Philosophy to a three-year Bachelor’s Degree Course from IGNOU and began a three-month certificate course in Pastoral Communication. The college also publishes: Bosco Udayam, a periodical which aims at building up communication among the Salesians of Asia and interpreting the spirituality of St. John Bosco in the light of the problems and possibilities of modern Asia with special attention to its youth. The college has a publishing centre of its own: Kristu Jyoti Publications, which manages the journals and organizes the publication of books, especially those authored by the staff. Kristu Jyoti College is inserted within the religious congregation of the Salesians of Don Bosco; and as such, has its identity and realizes the values which characterize the Salesian consecration and mission the world over. In the academic field, the relationship between Kristu Jyoti College and its aggregating body, the Pontifical Salesian University, Rome, is regulated by the Statutes and Regulations, approved by the Congregation for Catholic Education, and the Conventio drawn up between the college and the Pontifical Salesian University, Rome. 9 10 II. AUTHORITIES AND OFFICIALS 11 1. Chancellor of the Pontifical Salesian University (Rome): Rev. Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime SDB, Rector Major of the Salesians of Don Bosco 2.
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