Forming Nigerian Vincentian Priests To Preach In Multicultural Settings

Linus Aniekan Umoren C.M.

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Forming Nigerian Vincentian Priests To Preach In Multicultural Settings

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Linus Aniekan Umoren C.M. Forming Nigerian Vincentian Priests To Preach In Multicultural Settings. Aquinas Institute of Theology. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/72997656-00a0-496e-9679-5ef62efa9294.

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L. A. U. C.m. Forming Nigerian Vincentian Priests To Preach In Multicultural Settings. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/72997656-00a0-496e-9679-5ef62efa9294

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Linus Aniekan Umoren C.M. Forming Nigerian Vincentian Priests To Preach In Multicultural Settings. Aquinas Institute of Theology. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/72997656-00a0-496e-9679-5ef62efa9294.

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Before the Second Vatican Council, it was commonplace to think that the new churches in Africa, Asia, and Latin America were pastoral communities. However, following the missiological breakthrough of the Second Vatican Council, the Church of Christ, which is by nature missionary, is fully present in all legitimate local assemblies united with their pastors. Today, Africa, Asia, and Latin America have the largest Christian communities and produce an increasing number of missionaries. Nevertheless, the contemporary global migration and the resulting multicultural societies challenge the priestly formation of these new missionaries. To confront this contemporary challenge, the Congregation of the mission (The Vincentians), Province of Nigeria realizes the need to develop a formation curriculum that emphasizes the overall human development of the candidates for the priesthood and ensuring that preaching and mission in multicultural settings is a priority. Therefore, this study undertakes an examination of the current formation curriculum concerning how it promotes the self-awareness of the missionaries and their ability to understand cultural differences. It examines postcolonial theories regarding the self-awareness of priests. Furthermore, it studies narrative preaching to the extent that it benefits multicultural preaching.Moreover, the research establishes that adequate preparation for multicultural preaching needs a reframing of the Vincentian formation. This process will ultimately link the human formation of the priests to the missiological purpose of preaching in multicultural settings. Consequently, this study recommends rethinking the formation program and the formation faculty. It provides a framework and practical suggestions for an extended and improved curriculum in forming the Nigerian Vincentian priests.

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