The Parish as a Communion of Small Christian Communities : A Study With Special Reference to the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman (india) / Romeo Frutuoso Monteiro.

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Introduction ...3 1. Aim and scope of this study ...4 2. Status questionis of this study ...5 3. Method and limitations of this study ...7 4. Division of work of this study ...8 1. The changing face of the parish: An historical overview ...10 Introduction ...10 The early church ...10 The birth and the shaping of the parish as an institution ...15 The spread of ecclesiae propriae ...22 The parish and the benefice system ...24 Medieval efforts at reforming parochial life ...28 The council of trent and the parish ...33 The situation of the parish in the XVII-XIX Centuries ...35 The parish in the 1917 code ...40 The parish in the ecclesiology of vatican II ...43 2. The parish in the 1983 code: The re-discovery of community ...52 1 Introduction ...52 2 The drafting of can 515 ...53 The intitial work (1966-1977) ...54 The schema de populo dei of 1977 ...56 The schema novissimum of 1982 ...58 3 The parish: re-discovering itself as community ...59 4 The parish community: Gathering around christ ...64 5. The parish community:Truly ecclesial ...67 Una the parish as a unitary subject ...67 Sancta -The parish as a faith community ...69 Catholica - the parish as a welcoming community ...71 Apostolica - The parish community within the particular church ...75 6 The a parish: a community for communion ...77 7 The parish: a salvific community ...81 8 Co-responsibility in the parish community ...84 The diocesan bishop ...85 The parish priest ...87 The parochal vicars and other clerics ...92 The members of the institutes of consecrated life ...93 The lay faithful ...96 9. Conclusion ...99 3. Small christian communities: The way to build and function as a vibrant parish ...103 1 Introduction ...103 2. The reality of Sccs in the church ...104 The second vatican council and the aftermath ...108 The post- counciliar universal magisterial teachings ...111 Evangelii nuntiandi ...112 The extraordinary synod of bishops (1985) ...114 Christifideles laici ...117 Redemptorris missio ...119 Ecclesia in Asia ...121 The directory apostolorum successores ...123 The orientations of the federation of asian Bishops conferences ...125 The teachings of the catholic Bishops conference of india ...129 3 Relationship of the Sccs with the parish ...132 Other ways for pastoral care of communities can ...133 The sources of can ...133 The drafting of can 516 ...134 Pastoral care of Sccs ...136 Openings for a greater participation of the laity: can ...137 The sources of can. 517 ...137 The drafting of can. 517 ...139 The initial work (1966-1977) ...139 The Schema de populo dei of 1977 ...142 The schema of 1980 ...143 The schema novissimum of 1982 ...144 Analysis of can. 517 ...145 The laity and cura paroeciae pastoralis ...148 Sccs and the parish pastoral council ...152 4 Conclusion ...156 4. Small christian communities in the archdiocese of Goa and Daman: New leaven for the society ...259 1. Introduction ...159 2. The archdiocese of goa and daman after vatican II ...159 Regional seminar (1968) ...162 Liturgical -catechetical seminar (1975) ...163 Diocesan pastoral council (1977) ...163 The first diocesan pastoral plan (1983) ...164 The second diocesan pastoral plan (1990) ...167 Diocesan synod and the third diocesan pastoral plan (2002) ...169 Diocesan constitutions (2003) ...172 Pastoral letters of the archbishops ...176 National conference on small christian communities (2013) ...179 3 SCCs as help in the governance of the parish ...180 Consultation ...182 Consulation in the church ...183 Consultation of the faithful at the grass-roots ...185 Decision making ...187 Decision- making in the parish ...188 Decision making and the role of the pastors ...189 Decision making and the role of the layfaithful ...191 Decision making in the church in the secular world ...194 Decision making and choice making ...195 4 The parish community as an active subject ...199