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Title: Studentpastoral


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Studentpastoral
  • Its ecclesiastical dimension

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Various types of university
  • Catholic university
  • Secular university
  • With a catholic (theological) faculty
  • Without a catholic faculty
  • With a majority of catholic students
  • With a minority of catholic students
  • Various disciplines/faculties
  • All of them international!

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What is the ecclesial dimension?
  • Unity in faith and pastoral care with bishop of
    Rome and spiritual relationship with worldwide
    Church(es)
  • Unity with local bishop student pastoral both
    under his authority and in his mission
  • Relationship with local church community as both
    receiving from this community and giving to it.
  • Student pastoral care has a special
    jurisdiction as specific pastoral care
  • But above all ecclesiastical dimension is the
    spiritual life of those who exercise pastoral care

4
Three basic dimensions of the church (CL)
  • Church as mystery
  • Church as communion
  • Church as mission

5
Student pastoral care as mystery
  • Not mysterious, hidden or esoteric, but open and
    transparant to all students
  • Founded in personal relationship with Christ and
    his Spirit, leading to the Father
  • Not solely as a sociological endeavour, but a
    community in the Spirit of Christ
  • Living from the mysteria, the sacraments
  • Having a greater selfless love than you can find
    at any other place at the university campus

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Student pastoral care as community
  • Feeling at home, and welcome by community
  • Openness for everyone and his or her gifts
  • Openness for personal growth
  • Reconciliation through sacrament of
    reconciliation
  • Concrete community
  • Living together in student-house/college
  • Living faith in small christian communities,
    Coming together on a regular basis
  • Together and compatible with local parish and
    religious/new movements as sister-communities
  • One with the (initiatives of) local diocese
  • One with the (initiatives of) worldwide
    community (incl. homedioceses) of churches in
    unity with church of Rome

7
Student pastoral care as mission
  • The essence of church is mission so is student
    pastoral care
  • Special challenges intellectual and affectional
  • Both inviting and outgoing
  • Prayer and serving as basis
  • Then loving (planned and organized) dialogue
  • Requires knowlegde of faith (catechesis)
  • Requires lots of love
  • Requires personal skills after two years ask
    you last time when you come to our meeting
  • Requires patience and perseverance

8
Foreign students participating in mission
  • Foreign students in the Netherlands are more
    spirit-filled than Dutch catholic students
  • So initiative to let them participate in student
    pastoral care and parishlife.
  • When missionary life grows, personal faith and
    unity among people will grow (R.M.).

9
Actors of pastoral care
  • Who is reaching out?

10
Unchurched Other christians Other
religions
Borderline catholics
Faithful catholics
Evangelizing catholics
Pastoral team
Pastor
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Organogram
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Student-chaplain
  • Mission by bishop
  • Great faith and love
  • Communicative skills
  • Speaking various languages
  • Academic education
  • Oecumenical and interreligious spirit
  • Spiritual Leadership qualities
  • Organizational qualities
  • Supported by board

13
Boards and groups
  • Professional
  • Financial support board
  • Pastoral advisory board
  • Volunteer
  • Core support group for pastoral activities

14
Newman centre
  • Visible Presence of pastoral care on / outside
    campus
  • Can be centre of liturgy
  • Facilitates all kinds of
  • meetings
  • education
  • personal counseling
  • outreach

15
Student-parish (para oikos)
  • Presence of Christ among students
  • Presence of pastor
  • Presence of worship, prayer,
  • Center of catholic faith-education
  • Center of diakonia
  • Parish community is
  • Loose, flexible community
  • Crucible of international community-life
  • Participation of as many student-volunteers as
    possible
  • Can consist of community of communities
  • Mission by being both hospitable and missionary

16
Virtual student parish
  • Make yourself known
  • Links to many good sites
  • Pastoral contacts
  • The catholic community worldwide
  • Programms of activities
  • Chatboxes
  • Webcam liturgical celebrations, virtual meetings
  • Educational programms

17
Student-housing
  • Idea of Colleges in England for various
    categories of (foreign) students
  • (In Maastricht also for Japanese)
  • Easily filled (shortage of living space)
  • Great advantage of personal encounter and
    possibilities of organizing things
  • Take care of majority of catholic students
  • Difficult to discipline (loose habits)

18
Catholic student association
  • Great source of reaching students by students
  • Present among organization of student-disputes
  • Many goals possible
  • Study
  • Culture
  • Sport
  • Fun
  • Normal to communicate with associations of
    universities of other cities and nations

19
Cooperation of/with professors
  • Participation in studium generale or special
    courses for students
  • Need to promote dialogue faith science
  • Need to participate in SCCs
  • Organize things at home!
  • Reach out to collegues
  • Invite guest lectures from abroad

20
Meeting place of faith and science
Catholic university pastoral care
  • Spiritual needs of students
  • By special ministers, or local church
  • Intellectual needs of students
  • By catholic professors
  • Or catholic programms outside university

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Actions
 
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Public university pastoral care
  • Churchs presence should not be only pastoral,
    but also intellectual and (inter)cultural
  • Sometimes university will facilitate room for not
    only psychologist, but also for pastor
  • Try to infiltrate with catholic professors.
    (Present secretary general of Dutch bishops
    conference was teaching ethics at Maastricht
    university)
  • Universities are open for multiculturality.
    Organize interfaith or intercultural
    manifestations with them

23
Cooperation with local parish
  • Many (foreign) students live in parishes
  • Importance of good dialogue between
    student-chaplain and parish priests to discover
    needs and possibilities in cooperation
  • Special liturgical/sacramental celebrations
    adapted to needs of students and professors
    (english mass)
  • Special welcome-meetings and meeting activities
    for foreign students and local population/youth
  • Possibility for students to participate in parish
    activities, also after they leave!

24
Cooperation with movements/religious
  • New movements especially directed towards
    students (CL!)
  • Are better able to share their religious
    experiences
  • Abbeys and monasteries places of contemplation
  • Foreign students can participate in religious
    missionary programms at home and abroad

25
H. Spirit
  • Pittburg 1967 Duquenne university Professors
    and students during prayer weekend experienced H.
    Spirit. Beginning of catholic charismatic
    movement
  • Evangelii nuntiandi 75
  • Le tecniche dellevanglizzazione sono buone, ma
    neppure le più perfette tra di esse protrebbero
    sostituire lazione discreta dello Spirito. Anche
    la preparazione più raffinata dellevangelizzatore
    , non opera nulla senza di Lui. Senza di Lui la
    dialettica più convincente è impotente sullo
    spirito degli uomini. Senza di Lui, i più
    elaborati schemi a base sociologica, o
    psicologica, si rivelano vuoti e privi di valore
  • Constant prayer to H. Spirit, since without Him
    all plans, initiatives and organizations are
    without result. (EN 75)

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Lesson from active protestant studentwork at
University of Maastricht
  • Importance of preparation of students before they
    come to university bring them to faith at 18 is
    too difficult
  • Family pastoral
  • Elementary and secondary School-programms
  • Catholic Youthwork
  • Journeys to spiritual places
  • Retreat work with youth

27
Lesson from Marian Shrine
  • Many students come to mother Mary,
  • Star of the sea
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