| CODE | PLC5005 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Pastoral Care in Context | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 10 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Pastoral Theology, Liturgy and Canon Law | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit explores the basic attitudes linked to pastoral care in the context of the ministerial nature of the Church. Alongside the presentation of images that inform pastoral care, it proposes a framework for supporting the pastoral care giver. This includes working in a team and appreciation of gender differences. Furthermore, this study-unit will explore how pastoral care found concrete expression in specific historical circumstances through a critical analysis of diakonia in Scripture and the theme of foreigner in the Fathers of the Church. Lastly it focuses on specific contemporary areas of pastoral care which present particular challenges to the caring community and to the pastor. Participants will be offered an opportunity to explore appropriate pastoral responses in different situations. Study-unit Aims 1. Giving students a framework for planning pastoral care; 2. Equipping students with practical knowhow to adapt pastoral care to concrete historical circumstances; 3. Introducing participants to specific areas of pastoral care in Malta and tools to appraise and integrate pastoral care in practice. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1. articulate the basic attitudes linked to pastoral care; 2. differentiate and illustrate the particular contributions in pastoral care coming from different ministries, professions, and gender; 3. develop a framework for approaching pastoral care in specific areas; 4. evaluate models of pastoral care emerging in specific historical contexts; 5. infer the wisdom embodied in practice; 6. distinguish different areas of pastoral care and the challenges they present to the caring community. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1. integrate attitudes related to pastoral care in their existing ministries; 2. Evaluate existing settings of pastoral care in a realistic manner; 3. Collaborate with other care givers/institutions in a meaningful way; 4. Evaluate changing circumstances and propose innovation in pastoral care. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts - FRANCIS, Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium (24 November 2013). - DILLEN, A. and GÄRTNER, S., Discovering Practical Theology: Exploring Boundaries, Louvain Theological and Pastoral Monographs 47 (Leuven: Peeters, 2020). - DYKSTRA R.C., Images of Pastoral Care. Classic Readings (St Louis MO: Chalice Press, 2006). - FLANAGAN B. – THORNTON SH. (eds), The Bloomsbury Guide to Pastoral Care (London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014). - GERKINS CH. V, An Introduction to Pastoral Care (Nashville TN: Abdingdon Press, 1997). - PATTON J., Pastoral Care. An Essential Guide (Nashville TN: Abdingdon Press, 2005). - PETERSON SH. B., The Indispensable Guide to Pastoral Care (Cleveland OH: Pilgrim Press, 2008). - WILLOWS D. – SWINTON J. (eds), Spiritual Dimensions of Pastoral Care. Practical Theology in a Multidisciplinary Context (London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers Ltd., 2000). Supplementary Reading: - FRANCIS, Bull of Indiction of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy Misericordiae vultus (11 April 2015). - ARCĊIDJOĊESI TA’ MALTA, Dokumenti tas-Sinodu Djocesan (Malta: Media Centre, 2003). - DILLEN, A., Caritas: Powerful Ecclesiastical Salvific Action in Diaconia 2/1 (2011) 66-80. - DILLEN, A. (Ed.), Soft Shepherd Or Almighty Pastor? Power and Pastoral Care, (Eugene OR: Pickwick Publications, 2014) - LEEMANS, JOHAN, BRIAN J. MATZ AND JOHAN VERSTRAETEN, EDS. Reading Patristic Texts on Social Ethics. Issues and Challenges for Twenty-First-Century Christian Social Thought. (Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2011). - MCCLURE, BARBARA. ‘Pastoral Care.’ in The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Practical Theology, edited by Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore. (Oxford, UK: Wiley Blackwell, 2014) 269-278. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Independent Study and Visits | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Jimmy Bonnici (Co-ord.) Pauline Dimech Jonathan Farrugia Joe Galea Curmi Paul Sciberras |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2024/5. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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