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The Virtue of Penance in the United States, 1955-1975
THE VIRTUE OF PENANCE IN THE UNITED STATES, 1955-1975 Dissertation Submitted to The College of Arts and Sciences of the UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for The Degree Doctor of Philosophy in Theology By Maria Christina Morrow UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON Dayton, Ohio December 2013 THE VIRTUE OF PENANCE IN THE UNITED STATES, 1955-1975 Name: Morrow, Maria Christina APPROVED BY: _______________________________________ Sandra A. Yocum, Ph.D. Committee Chair _______________________________________ William L. Portier, Ph.D. Committee Member Mary Ann Spearin Chair in Catholic Theology _______________________________________ Kelly S. Johnson, Ph.D. Committee Member _______________________________________ Jana M. Bennett, Ph.D. Committee Member _______________________________________ William C. Mattison, III, Ph.D. Committee Member iii ABSTRACT THE VIRTUE OF PENANCE IN THE UNITED STATES, 1955-1975 Name: Morrow, Maria Christina University of Dayton Advisor: Dr. Sandra A. Yocum This dissertation examines the conception of sin and the practice of penance among Catholics in the United States from 1955 to 1975. It begins with a brief historical account of sin and penance in Christian history, indicating the long tradition of performing penitential acts in response to the identification of one’s self as a sinner. The dissertation then considers the Thomistic account of sin and the response of penance, which is understood both as a sacrament (which destroys the sin) and as a virtue (the acts of which constitute the matter of the sacrament but also extend to include non-sacramental acts). This serves to provide a framework for understanding the way Catholics in the United States identified sin and sought to amend for it by use of the sacrament of penance as well as non-sacramental penitential acts of the virtue of penance. -
YVES CONGAR's THEOLOGY of LAITY and MINISTRIES and ITS THEOLOGICAL RECEPTION in the UNITED STATES Dissertation Submitted to Th
YVES CONGAR’S THEOLOGY OF LAITY AND MINISTRIES AND ITS THEOLOGICAL RECEPTION IN THE UNITED STATES Dissertation Submitted to The College of Arts and Sciences of the UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for The Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Theology By Alan D. Mostrom UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON Dayton, Ohio December 2018 YVES CONGAR’S THEOLOGY OF LAITY AND MINISTRIES AND ITS THEOLOGICAL RECEPTION IN THE UNITED STATES Name: Mostrom, Alan D. APPROVED BY: ___________________________________________ William L. Portier, Ph.D. Faculty Advisor ___________________________________________ Sandra A. Yocum, Ph.D. Faculty Reader ___________________________________________ Timothy R. Gabrielli, Ph.D. Outside Faculty Reader, Seton Hill University ___________________________________________ Dennis M. Doyle, Ph.D. Faculty Reader ___________________________________________ William H. Johnston, Ph.D. Faculty Reader ___________________________________________ Daniel S. Thompson, Ph.D. Chairperson ii © Copyright by Alan D. Mostrom All rights reserved 2018 iii ABSTRACT YVES CONGAR’S THEOLOGY OF LAITY AND MINISTRIES AND ITS THEOLOGICAL RECEPTION IN THE UNITED STATES Name: Mostrom, Alan D. University of Dayton Advisor: William L. Portier, Ph.D. Yves Congar’s theology of the laity and ministries is unified on the basis of his adaptation of Christ’s triplex munera to the laity and his specification of ministry as one aspect of the laity’s participation in Christ’s triplex munera. The seminal insight of Congar’s adaptation of the triplex munera is illumined by situating his work within his historical and ecclesiological context. The U.S. reception of Congar’s work on the laity and ministries, however, evinces that Congar’s principle insight has received a mixed reception by Catholic theologians in the United States due to their own historical context as well as their specific constructive theological concerns over the laity’s secularity, or the priority given to lay ministry over the notion of a laity. -
Pope Says Pastors Must 'Serve, Not Use' Laypeople
Pope says pastors must ‘serve, not use’ laypeople By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY – Clericalism is a danger to the Catholic Church not only because on a practical level it undermines the role of laity in society, but because theologically it “tends to diminish and undervalue the baptismal grace” of all believers, whether they are lay or clergy, Pope Francis said. “No one is baptized a priest or bishop,” the pope said in a letter to Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops and president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. The fundamental consecration of all Christians occurs at baptism and is what unites all Christians in the call to holiness and witness. In the letter, released at the Vatican April 26, Pope Francis said he wanted to ensure that a discussion begun with members of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America March 4 “does not fall into a void.” The topic of the March discussion, he said, was on the public role of the laity in the life of the people of Latin America. In the letter, Pope Francis said that in lay Catholics’ work for the good of society and for justice, “it is not the pastor who must tell the layperson what to do and say, he already knows this and better than we do.” “It is illogical and even impossible to think that we, as pastors, should have a monopoly on the solutions for the multiple challenges that contemporary life presents,” he said. “On the contrary, we must stand alongside our people, accompany them in their search and stimulate their imagination in responding to current problems.” Pastors are not conceding anything to the laity by recognizing their role and potential in bringing the Gospel to the world; the laity are just as much members of “holy, faithful people of God” as the clergy, the pope said. -
Lay Ecclesial Ministry As Vocation: a Particular Call to Mission for Laity in the Roman Catholic Church Shannon Loughlin
Duquesne University Duquesne Scholarship Collection Electronic Theses and Dissertations Fall 2010 Lay Ecclesial Ministry as Vocation: A Particular Call To Mission for Laity in the Roman Catholic Church Shannon Loughlin Follow this and additional works at: https://dsc.duq.edu/etd Recommended Citation Loughlin, S. (2010). Lay Ecclesial Ministry as Vocation: A Particular Call To Mission for Laity in the Roman Catholic Church (Doctoral dissertation, Duquesne University). Retrieved from https://dsc.duq.edu/etd/836 This Immediate Access is brought to you for free and open access by Duquesne Scholarship Collection. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Duquesne Scholarship Collection. For more information, please contact [email protected]. LAY ECCLESIAL MINISTRY AS VOCATION: A PARTICULAR CALL TO MISSION FOR LAITY IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH A Dissertation Submitted to the McAnulty College andGraduate School of Liberal Arts Duquesne University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by Shannon Loughlin December 2010 Copyright by Shannon Loughlin 2010 LAY ECCLESIAL MINISTRY AS VOCATION: A PARTICULAR CALL TO MISSION FOR LAITY IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH By Shannon Loughlin Approved September 30, 2010 ________________________________ ________________________________ Maureen R. O‟Brien, Ph.D. William M. Wright IV, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Theology Assistant Professor of Theology (Committee Chair) (Committee Member) ________________________________ ________________________________ Anna Floerke Scheid, Ph.D. George S. Worgul Jr., Ph.D., S.T.D. Assistant Professor of Theology Chair, Department of Theology (Committee Member) Professor of Theology ________________________________ Christopher M. Duncan, Ph.D. Dean, McAnulty Graduate School of Liberal Arts iii ABSTRACT LAY ECCLESIAL MINISTRY AS VOCATION: A PARTICULAR CALL TO MISSION FOR LAITY IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH By Shannon Loughlin December 2010 Dissertation supervised by Dr. -
American Catholics Radical Response to the Social Gospel Movement and Progressives
Journal of Catholic Education Volume 24 Issue 1 Article 5 7-2021 Social Reconstruction: American Catholics Radical Response to the Social Gospel Movement and Progressives. Paul Lubienecki, PhD Boland Center for the Study of Labor and Religion Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/ce Part of the Adult and Continuing Education Commons, Christianity Commons, History of Religion Commons, Labor History Commons, Other Education Commons, and the United States History Commons Recommended Citation Lubienecki, PhD, P. (2021). Social Reconstruction: American Catholics Radical Response to the Social Gospel Movement and Progressives.. Journal of Catholic Education, 24 (1). http://dx.doi.org/10.15365/ joce.2401052021 This Article is brought to you for free with open access by the School of Education at Digital Commons at Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School. It has been accepted for publication in Journal of Catholic Education by the journal's editorial board and has been published on the web by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons at Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School. For more information about Digital Commons, please contact [email protected]. To contact the editorial board of Journal of Catholic Education, please email [email protected]. Social Reconstruction 83 Journal of Catholic Education Spring 2021, Volume 24, Issue 1, 83-106 This work is licensed under CCBY 4.0. https://doi.org/10.15365/joce.2401052021 Social Reconstruction: American Catholics’ Radical Response to the Social Gospel Movement and Progressives Paul Lubienecki1 Abstract: At the fin de siècle the Industrial Revolution created egregious physical, emotional and spiritual conditions for American society and especially for the worker but who would come forward to alleviate those conditions? Protestants implemented their Social Gospel Movement as a pro- posed cure to these problems. -
Letters from Early Modern English Nuns in Exile
“NO OTHER MEANS THAN BY PEN”: LETTERS FROM EARLY MODERN ENGLISH NUNS IN EXILE by Tanyss Sharp, B.A. Honours A thEsis submittEd to thE Faculty of GraduatE and Postdoctoral Affairs in partial fulfillmEnt of thE requiremEnts for thE dEgreE of MastEr of Arts in History CarlEton UnivErsity Ottawa, Ontario © 2020, Tanyss Sharp ii Abstract This thesis explores how early modern English nuns in exilE on the European continent purposEfully utilizEd lEttEr writing as a stratEgy of communication with the outside world. Cut off from their homEland and familiEs by both geographic distancE and physical Enclosure, lEttErs provided womEn religious with a mEdium to ensure their convents’ survival and presErve English Catholicism. This critical analysis of nuns’ lEttErs reveals the multidimEnsional nature and intEntional construction of their correspondencE. Nuns made deliberatE epistolary choicEs. They employed stratEgic language, utilizEd flattEry and humility, as wEll as exaggeration and gossip to achiEve their objEctives. A comparison of individual epistolary experiEncEs demonstratEs that lEttErs wEre vital for maintaining familial and kinship tiEs, financial and spiritual economiEs, political EngagemEnt, and the transnational diffusion of information. iii Acknowledgements This thesis could not have beEn complEtEd without the support and encouragemEnt of numErous peoplE. This thesis was funded in part by SSHRC and OGS, which made it significantly EasiEr to accomplish and allowEd for a vital resEarch trip. During my timE in England and Belgium the assistancE of thosE at the British Library, National Archives, BodlEian Library, Ushaw CollEge, Ghent StatE Archives, ArchdiocEsE of MEchelEn-BrussEls and Bisschoppelijk ArchiEf Bruges was invaluablE to my resEarch ExperiEncE. In particular, I would like to thank Abbot GEoffrey Scott of Douai Abbey for his timE and allowing me accEss to his archive. -
THEOLOGY of the LAITY 1 R. Aubert, La Théologie Catholique Au Milieu Du Xxe Steele, Louvain, Irish Theological Quarterly, 21 (1
THEOLOGY OF THE LAITY THE outline proposed for this discussion on the theology of the laity is far too ambitious, and yet it would be difficult to deny that any of the topics proposed is devoid of theological interest. For what it is worth, it has been suggested that the following headings be developed: (1) the concept of the layman; (2) the framework of the concept: ecclesiology; (3) the categories: the sacerdotal, prophetic, and royal character of the Christian layman; (4) the apostolate of the layman; (5) the connection of a theology of the layman with the theology of history and the theology of terrestrial reality; (6) the spirituality of the layman. I shall take this as my outline, with the addition of a preliminary section on the importance of a theology of the layman. I. IMPORTANCE OF A THEOLOGY OF THE LAITY In commenting on Aubert's recent book1 on some aspects of Catholic theology in mid-twentieth century, Father Kevin McNamara made the following reflection: Catholic Theology in recent years has dedicated itself in a special way to a sympathetic understanding of modern life and thought, in the hope of winning the contemporary world for Christ. The efforts of theologians to find a place in the Christian scheme of things for the ideas that have become in a special way identified with the modern mind have focused atten- tion on new objects of study and have been responsible for certain theological developments. The frontiers of theology have been extended in three directions particularly, so that today we have three almost completely new departments in theology: a theology of the laity, a theology of history, and a theology of terrestrial realities.2 In our discussion today we are concerned with one of these areas directly and with the other two indirectly. -
The Light from the Southern Cross’
A REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF DIOCESES AND PARISHES IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN AUSTRALIA IMPLEMENTATION ADVISORY GROUP AND THE GOVERNANCE REVIEW PROJECT TEAM REVIEW OF GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF DIOCESES AND PARISHES REPORT – STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL Let us be bold, be it daylight or night for us - The Catholic Church in Australia has been one of the epicentres Fling out the flag of the Southern Cross! of the sex abuse crisis in the global Church. But the Church in Let us be fırm – with our God and our right for us, Australia is also trying to fınd a path through and out of this crisis Under the flag of the Southern Cross! in ways that reflects the needs of the society in which it lives. Flag of the Southern Cross, Henry Lawson, 1887 The Catholic tradition holds that the Holy Spirit guides all into the truth. In its search for the path of truth, the Church in Australia And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness seeks to be guided by the light of the Holy Spirit; a light symbolised of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, by the great Constellation of the Southern Cross. That path and like the stars forever and ever. light offers a comprehensive approach to governance issues raised Daniel, 12:3 by the abuse crisis and the broader need for cultural change. The Southern Cross features heavily in the Dreamtime stories This report outlines, for Australia, a way to discern a synodal that hold much of the cultural tradition of Indigenous Australians path: a new praxis (practice) of church governance. -
The Catholic Church and Its Impact on Public Policy in Contemporary Democracies
Western Michigan University ScholarWorks at WMU Dissertations Graduate College 6-2018 The Catholic Church and Its Impact on Public Policy in Contemporary Democracies Dawid Tatarczyk Western Michigan University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/dissertations Part of the Catholic Studies Commons, and the Policy History, Theory, and Methods Commons Recommended Citation Tatarczyk, Dawid, "The Catholic Church and Its Impact on Public Policy in Contemporary Democracies" (2018). Dissertations. 3303. https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/dissertations/3303 This Dissertation-Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate College at ScholarWorks at WMU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at WMU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND ITS IMPACT ON PUBLIC POLICY IN CONTEMPORARY DEMOCRACIES by Dawid Tatarczyk A dissertation submitted to the Graduate College in Partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of PhilosoPhy Political Science Western Michigan University June 2018 Doctoral Committee: James Butterfield, Ph.D., Chair Priscilla Lambert, Ph.D. Gunther Hega, Ph.D. Claudius Wagemann, Ph.D. CoPyright by Dawid Tatarczyk 2018 THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND ITS IMPACT ON PUBLIC POLICY IN CONTEMPORARY DEMOCRACIES Dawid Tatarczyk, Ph.D. Western Michigan University, 2018 The overarching aim of this dissertation was to examine the extent to which the Catholic Church is still a significant public policy actor in 35 economically developed democracies. The research design used in this project draws on three distinct approaches, each addressing a different puzzle but when integrated together they provide an answer to the main question. -
SPIRITUALITY: ABCD's “Catholic Spirituality” This Work Is a Study in Catholic Spirituality. Spirituality Is Concerned With
SPIRITUALITY: ABCD’s “Catholic Spirituality” This work is a study in Catholic spirituality. Spirituality is concerned with the human subject in relation to God. Spirituality stresses the relational and the personal though does not neglect the social and political dimensions of a person's relationship to the divine. The distinction between what is to be believed in the do- main of dogmatic theology (the credenda) and what is to be done as a result of such belief in the domain of moral theology (the agenda) is not always clear. Spirituality develops out of moral theology's concern for the agenda of the Christian life of faith. Spirituality covers the domain of religious experience of the divine. It is primarily experiential and practical/existential rather than abstract/academic and conceptual. Six vias or ways are included in this compilation and we shall take a look at each of them in turn, attempting to highlight the main themes and tenets of these six spiritual paths. Augustinian Spirituality: It is probably a necessary tautology to state that Augus- tinian spirituality derives from the life, works and faith of the African Saint Augustine of Hippo (354-430). This spirituality is one of conversion to Christ through caritas. One's ultimate home is in God and our hearts are restless until they rest in the joy and intimacy of Father, Son and Spirit. We are made for the eternal Jerusalem. The key word here in our earthly pilgrimage is "conversion" and Augustine describes his own experience of conversion (metanoia) biographically in Books I-IX of his Confessions, a spiritual classic, psychologically in Book X (on Memory), and theologically in Books XI-XIII. -
Contemporary Challenges for Vatican II's Theology of the Laity
Contemporary Challenges for Vatican II’s Theology of the Laity: The Nigerian Church Experience by Francis C. Ezenezi A Thesis submitted to the Faculty of Regis College and the Theological Department of the Toronto School of Theology In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Theology awarded by the University of St. Michael’s College © Copyright by Francis C. Ezenezi 2015 Contemporary Challenges for Vatican II’s Theology of the Laity: The Nigerian Church Experience Francis C. Ezenezi Doctor of Philosophy in Theology University of St. Michael’s College 2015 Abstract Vatican II stipulates that the laity by virtue of their baptism are constitutive members of the Church and should play their role in the mission of the whole Christian faithful in the Church and the world. More than fifty years since the beginning of the Council, the Church in Nigeria is still struggling to understand itself as well as to discern the identity, the role and participation of the lay Christian faithful in the mission of the Church. This thesis explores and analyzes the strengths and limitations of the current dominant ecclesiology of the Roman Catholic Church in Nigeria, and constructively suggests various means of overcoming some of these deficiencies. It will proffer and argue that the contemporary challenges which Vatican II’s theology of the laity faces today in the Nigerian Roman Catholic Church call for a Church that is not only participatory, but also prophetic as well as a Church that engages and is constantly in solidarity with the people of God. -
Catholic Health Care and the Diocesan Bishop
The Catholic Lawyer Volume 40 Number 1 Volume 40, Summer 2000, Number 1 Article 5 Catholic Health Care And The Diocesan Bishop Rev. John J. Coughlin, O.F.M. Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarship.law.stjohns.edu/tcl Part of the Health Law and Policy Commons, and the Religion Commons This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at St. John's Law Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Catholic Lawyer by an authorized editor of St. John's Law Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. CATHOLIC HEALTH CARE AND THE DIOCESAN BISHOP REV. JOHN J. COUGHLIN, O.F.M.* Over the course of the last decade, the provision of health care in the United States has been undergoing a radical transformation. The days when an insurer, such as Blue Cross and Blue Shield, paid a standard fee to a physician who provided a specified service to an individual patient are passing rapidly.' This fee-for-service concept, which characterized American health care from the end of World War II until the 1990s, is being supplanted by a variety of arrangements that fall under the general rubric of "managed care."2 The fundamental approach of managed care is to provide the patient with all necessary medical services at the lowest cost.3 The business- *J.C.D., J.C.L., Pontifical Gregorian University; J.D., Harvard Law School; Th.M., Princeton Theological Seminary; M.A., Columbia University; B.A., Niagara University. Fr. Coughlin was a law clerk to Hon.