{"id":2069,"date":"2013-05-14T05:00:28","date_gmt":"2013-05-14T03:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=2069"},"modified":"2013-05-10T22:59:10","modified_gmt":"2013-05-10T20:59:10","slug":"eugene-de-mazenods-ideal-of-service-to-the-church-in-the-cultural-context-where-faith-is-lived-and-expressed-is-still-a-driving-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=2069","title":{"rendered":"EUGENE DE MAZENOD\u2019S IDEAL OF SERVICE TO THE CHURCH IN THE CULTURAL CONTEXT WHERE FAITH IS LIVED AND EXPRESSED IS STILL A DRIVING FORCE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>In 1981, Oblate School of Theology began the Ministry to Ministers program. The program is a four month intensive spiritual and theological sabbatical experience for priests and religious men and women who have been in ministry for a number of years. The Lay Ministry Institute opened its doors in 1982, and the Instituto de Formaci\u00f3n Pastoral in 1985. These two programs prepare candidates theologically and spiritually in certificate programs for pastoral lay ministry. In 1992, the Oblate School of Theology assumed the responsibility for the Oblate Renewal Center (formerly Casa San Jos\u00e9). Through its facilities, the Center offers a variety of programs to respond to the needs of the local church.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The School recognizes the many ethnic groups present in the Southwest and the United States as a whole, reflecting the reality of the world church. In the Southwest, understanding ministry within its proper cultural context is particularly relevant to the Mexican-American community and heritage. There are distinct challenges, for example, of the Mexican-American in predominantly Anglo-American institutions as well as those of the Anglo-American preparing for ministry to predominantly Mexican-Americans. The School\u2019s programs utilize the Hispanic cultural environment of San Antonio to learn from and to prepare students to minister effectively among peoples of diverse cultural backgrounds.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In addition to a commitment to the Hispanic\/Latino population, Oblate School of Theology has opened its doors to a diverse student population from all over the world. The school also is a center where students from a number of religious denominations complete a degree in theology and ministry.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Taken from: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ost.edu\/OblateSite\/OST\/about-ost.htm\">http:\/\/www.ost.edu\/OblateSite\/OST\/about-ost.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>A Masters and Doctoral degree in Spirituality is now being offered. It is our hope that some members of our Mazenodian Family will come to join this program and focus their study on Oblate spirituality, charism and mission.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1981, Oblate School of Theology began the Ministry to Ministers program. The program is a four month intensive spiritual and theological sabbatical experience for priests and religious men and women who have been in ministry for a number of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=2069\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2069\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}