/library/oar/handle/123456789/97903 2025-11-15T21:24:03Z 2025-11-15T21:24:03Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/127461 2024-10-11T10:00:22Z 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: San Francesco e i malati di A.I.D.S. Abstract: Dal punto di vista sociologico, "il termine emarginazione è strettamente collegato a quello di diversità sociale di un individuo o di un gruppo e sta significare il processo che segrega il diverso, isterilendolo in un ruolo subalterno e indesiderabile; la situazione o lo stato del diverso nei cui confronti sono caduti i vincoli aggreganti di controllo e di sol idarietà". Questa definizione ci aiuta a capire la situazione dei lebbrosi al tempo di San Francesco. Tommaso da Celano scrive: ''fra tutti gli orrori della miseria umana, Francesco sentiva ripugnanza per i lebbrosi". Suscitando orrore e spavento, la lebbra emarginava chi ne era colpito. Chi oggi è affetto dall'AIDS, sindrome nuova, contagiosa e mortale, vive praticamente emarginato, come lo erano in passato i lebbrosi. Lebbrosi e colpiti da AIDS si trovano nella stessa situazione, non sono accettati ; la gente aveva ed ha paura di essere contagiata, e di conseguenza li emargina. Giuseppina Azzolini, al covegno sull'A.I.D.S., organizzato dal Pontificio consiglio per la pastorale degli operatori sanitari(1989), essa stessa infermiera volontaria tra i malati di AIDS in Brasile, ha detto: ''Questi malati sono quelli che piu' hanno necessità di aiuto, sono coloro che soffrono di piu' perché emarginati e abbandonati; non è raro sentire nell'ambiente professionale che essi costituiscono i lebbrosi del secolo XX, dai quali dobbiamo defenderci e proteggerci". La gente ha paura non solo del malato, ma anche del malato dopo la morte e dei suoi parenti stretti, della casa dove ha abitato. Anche piu' dolorosi sono. i casi documentati di rifiuto dei bambini malati di AIDS. Seri ve El i sabeth Kueb l er-Ross: "Una settantina di case di cura avevano rifiutato il ricovero a una donna che cercava un luogo dove il suo bambino gravamente malato di Aids potesse essere amorosamente curato, prima di morire lei stessa. Mori senza sapere chi si sarebbe preso cura del figlio in fin da vita". Elisabeth Kuebler-Ross è molto attiva nello stimolare la coscienza dell'America ad accettare e aiutare i malati di Aids. Sui casi di bambini rifiutati scrive: "Storie del genere (come quelle riferite piu' sopra) sono molto piu' comuni di quanto i medici o il pubblico possano immaginare. Finché discrimineremo questi bambini e le loro famiglie, finché li tratteremo peggio dei lebbrosi, i genitori impediranno ai propri figli di ricevere il necessario aiuto. Finché i padri dovranno temere di perdere il lavoro, e le madri verranno segnate a dito ed evitate nei negozi, alle riunione scolastiche o in chiesa, saranno i bambini malati a pagarne il prezzo. E tutti noi siamo colpevoli finché faremo finta che la cosa non ci riguarda. Riguarda invece voi e me, e prima ci organizzeremo per educare la popolazione aiutandola ad affrontare le proprie paura, prima saremo pronti quando l'epidemia raggiungerà proporzioni ancora maggiori e devastanti". […] Description: DISSERTATIO AD LICENTIAM

1990-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/100543 2022-08-12T09:13:07Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: The presence and the use of the Bible in the ministry and in the works of Dun Ġorġ Preca Abstract: There are very few countries in the world, if any, where catechesis is held all the year round, at least four times a week. Malta enjoys the special privilege of having catechesis organised so frequently. This is the result of the endeavours and of the tireless efforts of Dun Ġorġ Preca, a local diocesan priest who lived his priestly vocation in total dedication to the ministry of evangelisation. For this reason, he established the Society of Christian Doctrine, composed of lay people who live a celibate life in order to dedicate themselves totally to catechesis. Not only is Dun Ġorġ Preca the founder of the Society of Christian Doctrine, but he also nourished and sustained its members through his writings, which were primarily aimed at instructing them, in order that they would be able to instruct others. Description: PhD

2007-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/100538 2022-08-12T08:43:35Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: The formation of catechists for child catechesis in Malta : a critical appraisal of the course contents of the formation programme for catechists engaged in child catechesis Abstract: The notion of formation in our contemporary times has gained a very important role which in previous decades it neither had nor was granted. Formation is taken so seriously that large and small companies pre-dispose considerable amounts of their annual budgets for this activity. This is because the process of the formation of the worker creates a more humane environment in the different places where work is carried out. Through formation the human being becomes aware of his/her potentialities in solving new problems, thus opening the way to the creation and re-creation of oneself. The reason why I have decided to elaborate a dissertation on this theme is that during my studies in catechetics at the Salesian Pontifical University in Rome I have become conscious of the inadequacy of professional catechist formation, while being convinced of the necessity of a good catechist formation. Moreover, the documents of the Universal Church and other documents belonging to local Churches emphasise the necessity of up-to date catechist formation programmes. The Church in Malta has responded to the need of the formation of its pastoral agents by setting up an Institute of Pastoral Formation. I am aware that nobody in Malta has ever attempted an in-depth study of the theme in question. Therefore, by this dissertation I hope to offer a small contribution towards the improvement of the formation of catechists engaged in child catechesis in Malta. Description: PhD

2005-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/100533 2022-08-12T08:39:18Z 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Donum Vitae : continuity and development in Church teaching Abstract: As I was teaching and doing other missionary work in Kenya my superiors asked me to come to Rome and finish my doctorate in Moral Theology. Having arrived at the end of my research, I can now say that this endeavour was a challenge worth living. Among the first reasons why I have this positive reaction is that after 15 years of teaching Moral Theology I could now have more time to study and update myself in my studies. Moral Theology is always to take into account the new developments in the society of man. There is an utmost need to update oneself. One of the areas which is changing and developing rapidly is the field of bioethics. Very frequently, news appears about new successes, particularly concerning experiments in A.P. To tell the truth, choosing to do my research on bioethics came about both because of the interest which these problems have always created in me, and also, because in my experience as a hospital chaplain and marriage counsellor I could see more and more that these problems were becoming increasingly more pressing in our times. Besides, the subject matter which I taught in Moral Theology always had to do with issues in social justice and theology of marriage. Thus, coming to choose a theme for my research, it almost came natural that I choose the Church doctrine on the respect for human life in its origin and on the dignity of procreation. For me these issues are a question of rights of the e:nbryo but also a matter of how to understand marriage. As a Moral Theology scholar, I want to deepen my studies about the theological arguments brought forward by the Church with regard to this present issue of A.P. Thus, I opted to centre my research on the Instruction "Donum Vitae" (the gift of life) as my main text: This is, in fact, the last official .and in a sense the first document of the Church which treated this issue. It was published in 1987 by the C.D.F. I want to go through the origir:, meaning and doctrinal follow-up of this Instruction. I am encouraged to continue on this theme remembering what the Instruction itself said to moral theologians. As I was teaching and doing other missionary work in Kenya my superiors asked me to come to Rome and finish my doctorate in Moral Theology. Having arrived at the end of my research, I can now say that this endeavour was a challenge worth living. Among the first reasons why I have this positive reaction is that after 15 years of teaching Moral Theology I could now have more time to study and update myself in my studies. Moral Theology is always to take into account the new developments in the society of man. There is an utmost need to update oneself. One of the areas which is changing and developing rapidly is the field of bioethics. Very frequently, news appears about new successes, particularly concerning experiments in A.P. To tell the truth, choosing to do my research on bioethics came about both because of the interest which these problems have always created in me, and also, because in my experience as a hospital chaplain and marriage counsellor I could see more and more that these problems were becoming increasingly more pressing in our times. Besides, the subject matter which I taught in Moral Theology always had to do with issues in social justice and theology of marriage. Thus, coming to choose a theme for my research, it almost came natural that I choose the Church doctrine on the respect for human life in its origin and on the dignity of procreation. For me these issues are a question of rights of the e:nbryo but also a matter of how to understand marriage. As a Moral Theology scholar, I want to deepen my studies about the theological arguments brought forward by the Church with regard to this present issue of A.P. Thus, I opted to centre my research on the Instruction "Donum Vitae" (the gift of life) as my main text: This is, in fact, the last official .and in a sense the first document of the Church which treated this issue. It was published in 1987 by the C.D.F. I want to go through the origir:, meaning and doctrinal follow-up of this Instruction. I am encouraged to continue on this theme remembering what the Instruction itself said to moral theologians. [...] Description: PhD

1994-01-01T00:00:00Z