FINALITÀ
The objective of the course is to help prepare candidates for Priesthood to exercise the pastoral ministry of the Sacrament of Penance with diligence and effectiveness.
ARGOMENTI
Course Outline:
The need for reconciliation; the Church’s ministry of reconciliation; ways of exercising the Pastoral Ministry of Penance and Reconciliation; the sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation; forms of celebrating the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation; juridical and pastoral aspects pertaining to the minister of the sacrament; practical considerations and practical lessons.
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of the Class the students are expected to: - Recall and outline/describe/summarize the Origins and importance of the Sacrament. - Identify the legal and pastoral aspects of the exercise of the Sacrament. - Exercise/officiate the Sacrament. - Identify the Magisterial teaching that guides the exercise of the Sacrament. - Listen, analyse, question, differentiate, classify the sins confessed and propose solutions for spiritual growth. - Recognize the reverential fear that should accompany the exercise of the Sacrament.
TESTI
ARIDAS C., Reconciliation: Celebrating God’s Healing Forgiveness (New York, Image Books 1987); BARBAN A. et al., Riconciliazione e Penitenza (Milano, Massimo 1999); CAPARROS E.-THERIAULTM.-THORN J.-AUBE H. (Eds.), Code of Canon Law Annotated (Montréal and Woodrige, Wilson & Lafleur Ltée and Midwest Theological Forum 22004); Catechism of the Catholic Church (Vatican, LEV 21994); DUBRUIEL M., A Pocket Guide to Confession (Huntington, Our Sunday Visitor Publishing Division 2007); FLYNN V., 7 Secrets of Confession (Massachusetts, Mercy Song & Ignatius 2013); FRANCIS, The Name of God is Mercy: A Conversation with Andrea Tornielli (London, Pan Macmillan 2016); FRANCIS, Amoris Laetitia: Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation on Love in the Family (Vatican City, LEV 2016); FRANCIS, Misericordia et Misera: Apostolic Letter at the Conclusion of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (Vatican City, LEV 2016); FRANCIS, Misericordia Vultus: Bull of Indiction of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (Vatican City, LEV 2015); FRANCIS, Mitis et Misericors Iesus: Apostolic Letter Motu Proprio by Which the Canons of the Code of Canons of Eastern Churches Pertaining to Cases Regarding the Nullity of Marriage Are Reformed (Vatican City, LEV 2015); FRANCIS Mitis Iudex Dominus Iesus: Apostolic Letter Motu Proprio by Which the Canons of the Code of Canons Pertaining to Cases Regarding the Nullity of Marriage Are Reformed (Vatican City, LEV 2015); GATTI G., Confessare Oggi: Un manuale per i confessori (Leumann, LDC 1999); GINAMI L., Il Sacramento della Riconciliazione (Casale Monferrato, Piemme 1999); HANN S., Lord Have Mercy: The Healing Power of Confession (New York, Doubleday 2003); The Rite of Penance, Revised by Decree of the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council and Published by Authority of Pope Paul VI (Totowa-N.J., Catholic Book Publishing 1974).