From her presentation came the stimulating question for Small Breakout Groups (which we did not have): “How can the Catholic Church in Africa inculturate the spirit dimension (spirit element) in its customs and rituals as the Pentecostal Churches in Africa have done?” She focused on inculturation and contextualized African marriage customs. Professor Philomena Mwaura’s response to the book emphasized the dialog between Christianity and African Religion. Available on Amazon as an Ebook and paperback, retrieved on 10 December, 2018, Orobator, Agbonkhianmeghe E., Religion and Faith in Africa: Confessions of an Animist. ![]() We continue to use the many types of social media to promote the book. NOTE: Similar Book Events that used Facebook Live took place in New York City in September, 2018 and in Rome in October, 2018. For the edited video of the one-and-a-half-hour event go to: The Facebook Live session reached 424 people, had 246 views, 156 engagements, 58 comments, 12 likes and 1 share. The discussion and discernment developed follow-up strategies for youth and young adult ministry in the Catholic Church today. The Book Event at the Loyola University in New Orleans, Louisiana on Friday, 2 November, 2018 was entitled “Listening to Young People Around the World: A Report on the Synod and Book Release.” The Loyola Institute for Ministry used Facebook Live to connect with young people and other interested participants around the world. The Duke Catholic Center at Duke University has a major research project on “faith life post-Duke” that includes peer group faith sharing communities continuing among alumni.Ī new approach is to make these Book Events including the Small Breakout Groups interactive. Thomas More Chapel and Center at Yale University (Chapter 15) has been encouraging members of its Small Faith Communities to continue this experience as alumni in either physical or online communities especially in large urban areas like New York City. It is noteworthy that several chapters in God’s Quad explore this same topic. What to do? It was agreed that this challenge needs to be discussed further under the topic “After College, What?” An afternoon session (which we did not have) would have been the ideal follow-up. vsr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1524187932&sr=1-2&keywords=God%E2%80%99s+Quadĭuring the question period a young Kenyan woman explained that she had been a leader of her Young People Small Christian Community (YPSCC) at Kenyatta University, but now a year later after graduation she was working for Caritas Kenya in Murang’a Diocese and found that there was no Young Adults Ministry and no YPSCCs in her rural parish. Ahern Kevin, and Christopher Derige Malano, (eds.), God’s Quad: Small Faith Communities on Campus and Beyond.What if we had a whole day when the book presentations were in the morning and Small Breakout Groups on specific topics followed by reporting back to the plenary were in the afternoon? Here are some possible scenarios. ![]() ![]() It followed the traditional format of a one hour 15-minute session for each book including a short introduction by author, respondent(s) and questions and answers. We had a successful Book Event to launch two 2018 Orbis Books at Hekima University College, Nairobi, Kenya on Thursday afternoon, 27 September, 2018. This new strategy involves both content and process.
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