Encountering different cultures: a study of Marian missionary effort in the United States, Great Britain and Brazil

Walter M Dziordz

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Encountering different cultures: a study of Marian missionary effort in the United States, Great Britain and Brazil

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Walter M Dziordz. Encountering Different Cultures: a Study of Marian Missionary Effort In the United States, Great Britain and Brazil. Oblate School of Theology. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/7b1fd785-ac38-468d-8061-ab6677b369d9.

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W. M. Dziordz. Encountering different cultures: a study of Marian missionary effort in the United States, Great Britain and Brazil. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/7b1fd785-ac38-468d-8061-ab6677b369d9

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Walter M Dziordz. Encountering Different Cultures: a Study of Marian Missionary Effort In the United States, Great Britain and Brazil. Oblate School of Theology. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/7b1fd785-ac38-468d-8061-ab6677b369d9.

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Walter M Dziordz

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This paper is concerned with evaluating what happens when missonaries of one culture reach out to another culture for a religious purpose. Specifically, this is a study of a religious congregation called the Congregation of Marians, with an emphasis on its missionary endeavor in three different countries. The Marians began as a religious organization in Poland, but over the years started an outreach into countries around the world. This paper reports the research accomplished by this Marian missionary endeavor, limiting itself to the Marian establishments in the US, Great Britain and Brazil. The research shows that the Marians are very successful in their Brazilian missions. In Great Britain the Marians are less successful. This paper presents reasons for the very different end results in both countries. In Great Britain the Marians reached out to Polish immigrants, and were successful initially in this ministry. But, since the Marians did not expand their ministries to the larger population, they faced a decreasing ministerial need. In Brazil, the Marians reached out to the larger population and thrived. The ultimate goal of this paper was to view Marian cross-cultural outreach. The Marian effort in the US is viewed in comparison to the two countries just mentioned. The core research included questionnaires and focus groups in all three countries. Chapters on the history of the Roman Catholic Church and that of the Marian effort in each country is presented, as well as a theological reflection on mission.

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