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PONTIFICIA UNIVERSITAS URBANIANA FACULTAS MISSIOLOGIAE IMPLICATIONS OF DELIVERING A HOMILY IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF KAMPALA Attention to the Signs-of-the-Times in Communicating the Christian Message KIMBOWA Emmanuel Extractum ex Dissertatione ad Doctoratum in Facultate Missiologiae Roma 2010 1 VIDIMUS AC TYPIS EDENDAM APPROBAVIMUS: Prof. MEDDI Luciano-Moderator Prof. OBORJI Francis Anekwe-1st Correlator Prof. TEDESCHI Francesco-2nd Correlator Imprimi Potest: Prof. KANAKAPPALLY Benedict-Decanus Facultatis 28/4/2010 Imprimatur: Con approvazione ecclesiastica, Dal Vicariato di Roma Mons. Paolo Mancini Prelato Segretario Generale 12 May 2010 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT In the first place, I am greatly indebted to God for all the gifts I have received from Him in these years; without forgetting my parents Ssalongo Aloyzio Lwanga and Nnalongo Bernadette Nakitende. My gratitude also goes to the Archbishop of Kampala, His Grace Cyprian Kizito Lwanga, who offered me an opportunity to pursue a Doctorate in Missiology, and whose fatherly care and support have greatly sustained my efforts. Gratitude goes also to the Sacred Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples for having offered me the scholarship for the doctoral programme. I cannot really imagine how this work would come out without the able guidance and encouragement of my moderator, Prof. Luciano Meddi. To him goes my special heartfelt gratitude. My correlators, Prof. Francis Anekwe Oborji and Prof. Francesco Tedeschi, have taken keen interest in my work and have offered me good advices which have greatly enriched the work. I am very grateful to them. I feel also greatly indebted to the Professors of the Faculty of Missiology of the Urban University, especially those in the bachelor’s programme, whose courses refreshed me and gave direction to my work. Special thanks also go to Mr. Francis Lukonji Bbosa of Uganda Management Institute, Kampala, and his team for the important field research they carried out on my behalf. And to all friends, both at home and in Europe, who have encouraged and supported me in various ways, God’s Blessings! Ad Maiorem Gloriam Dei 3 ABBREVIATIONS AAS: Acta Apostlicae Sedis AG: Ad Gentes (Vat. II decree on the Church’s missionary activity) AKSP: Archdiocese of Kampala Strategic Plan 2001-2010 AMECEA: Association of Member Episcopal Conferences of Eastern Africa CAMAK: Catholic mission in the Archdiocese of Kampala CIC: Codex Iuris Canonici CP: Communio et progression (Post conciliar Pastoral Instruction on the Means of social communication) CT: Catechesi Tradendae (Post Synodal Apostolic Exhortation of John Paul II DDC: De Doctrina Christiana DV: Dei Verbum (Vat.II Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation EA: Ecclesia in Africa (Post Synodal Apostolic Exhortation of John Paul II on the Church in Africa) EN: Evangelii Nuntiandi (Post Synodal Apostolic Exhortation of Paul VI on evangelization in the modern world) GS: Gaudium et spes (Vat.II Pastoral Constitution on the Church in modern world) IBEAC: Imperial British East Africa Company ICU: Interreligious Council of Uganda IM: Inter Mirifica (Vat.II decree on the Means of Social Communication) LG: Lumen Gentium (Vat.II dogmatic Constitution on the Church) NA: Nostra Aetate (Vat.II Declaration on the Relations of the Church to Non-Christian Religions. PBC: Pontificial Biblical Commission PO: Presbyterorum Ordinis (Vat.II decree on the Life and Ministry of Priests) PAS: Public Address System RM: Redemptoris Missio (Encyclical Letter of John Paul II on the Church’s Missionary Mandate) SC: Sacrosanctum Concilium (Vat.II Constitution on Sacred Liturgy) SECAM: Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar UJCC: Uganda Joint Christian Council UR: Unitatis Redintegratio (Vat.II Decree on Ecumenism) 4 Presentation This extract which is being published is the third and fifth chapters of the our study, intitled IMPLICATIONS OF DELIVERING A HOMILY IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF KAMPALA-Attention to the Signs-of-the-times in Communicating the Christian Message. In Chapter three, the context of the Archdiocese of Kampala has been analysed with the scope of identifying the prevalent signs-of-the-times. Chapter five, instead, is a synthetic chapter whose scope is to suggest a homiletic praxis which is a result of a dialogue between a homily according to the paradigm of the Second Vatican Council and the concrete situation of the Archdiocese of Kampala. An effective homily is a concrete communication; and this work has that finality, that is to say, to bring out those elements and suggest such praxis, that renders a homily a concrete communication in the context of the Archdiocese of Kampala. The scope of the entire study was to inquire into the meaning of a homily as par the paradigm of the Second Vatican Council (chapter 1 and 2) and then apply the same understanding to a homily to be made in the particular context of the Archdiocese of Kampala. But in the paradigm of Vatican II we cannot talk of simple ‘application’; in fact it is a ‘dialogue’. This extract is therefore important in the structure of the entire work in the sense that the concrete situation is put forth with its prevalent signs-of-the-times (chapter three); signs with which a preacher has to dialogue before venturing into a relevant praxis. A synthetic relevant praxis is what is suggested in chapter five. In a word, the two chapters are important for the entire work because, first of all, the stepping stones of a concrete homily in the Archdiocese of Kampala are set forth, and then, a concrete and relevant homiletic praxis is suggested. Fr. Emmanuel Kimbowa* *KIMBOWA Emmanuel is a Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Kampala, Uganda. He can be contacted on [email protected]. 5 General Table of Contents Acknowledgement Abbreviations GENERAL INTRODUCTION...................................................................Errore. Il segnalibro non è definito. PART ONE: HOMILY ITSELF..................................................................Errore. Il segnalibro non è definito. Chapter one. HOMILY: AN INTRODUCTION .........................................Errore. Il segnalibro non è definito. 1.1. Introduction............................................................................Errore. Il segnalibro non è definito. 1.2. Etymology...............................................................................Errore. Il segnalibro non è definito. 1.3. Definition................................................................................Errore. Il segnalibro non è definito. 1.4. Homily in the history of the Church.........................................Errore. Il segnalibro non è definito. 1.4.1. In the Bible......................................................................Errore. Il segnalibro non è definito. 1.4.2. The Patristic period .........................................................Errore. Il segnalibro non è definito. 1.4.3. The medieval period........................................................Errore. Il segnalibro non è definito. 1.4.4. The Modern Period .........................................................Errore. Il segnalibro non è definito. 1.4.5. Contemporary period......................................................Errore. Il segnalibro non è definito. 1.4.6. The Second Vatican Council period..................................Errore. Il segnalibro non è definito. 1.4.6.1. Second Vatican Council: Our point of reference .......Errore. Il segnalibro non è definito. 1.4.6.2. Towards the Second Vatican Council........................Errore. Il segnalibro non è definito. 1.4.6.3. The Second Vatican Council .....................................Errore. Il segnalibro non è definito. 1.4.6.3.1. General intention: Pastoral......................................Errore. Il segnalibro non è definito. 1.4.6.3.2. Principle Characteristics: Positivity in presenting the faith, Ecumenical Spirit and Live dialogical style ............................................................................Errore. Il segnalibro non è definito. 1.4.6.3.3. Pillars of a homily according to Vatican II: Revelation, Man, The Church, Holy Scriptures and Liturgy Errore. Il segnalibro non è definito. 1.4.6.3.4. Synthesis ....................................................................Errore. Il segnalibro non è definito. 6 1.4.6.4. Post-Council period .................................................Errore. Il segnalibro non è definito. 1.4.6.4.1. Evangelii Nuntiandi..................................................Errore. Il segnalibro non è definito. 1.4.6.4.2. Catechesis Tradendae..............................................Errore. Il segnalibro non è definito. 1.4.6.4.3. The Code of Canon Law............................................Errore. Il segnalibro non è definito. 1.4.6.4.4. Interpretation of the Bible in the Church ..................Errore. Il segnalibro non è definito. 1.4.6.4.5. The Directory for the Ministry and Life of Priests......Errore. Il segnalibro non è definito. 1.4.6.4.6. Sacramentum Caritatis ............................................Errore. Il segnalibro non è definito. 1.5. Conclusion..............................................................................Errore. Il segnalibro non è definito. Chapter Two. IDENTITY OF THE HOMILY .............................................Errore. Il segnalibro non è definito. 2.1. Introduction ................................................................................Errore. Il segnalibro non è definito. 2.2. Theological identity of homily: Revelation....................................Errore.