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Each group
was requested to present at the plenary session, three points from their
discussion. The groups considered the three
principal areas of research or reflection that should be
prioritized in the future.
September 30
Group I (Spanish)
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Start with the contextualization of the Church and the
theologies open to macro-ecumenism.
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Open ourselves to the new theological languages with
interdisciplinary cooperation, keeping in mind that all of human history,
the achievements and failures, are Salvation History.
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Strengthen the area of mediations, for example, mobilizing
peoples, being present in the public arena, the university, culture,
communication media, the cities that transform diverse aspects of cultures,
the world of science and art. etc.
Group II (Spanish)
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Look to overcome a framework that is purely religious within
the Church and respond to the need to return our focus to the human as the
manifestation of Salvation History.
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Allow the Church to be inculturated from within the cultures
of the local churches that have been born within the diversity of
identities.
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To dialogue using new theological languages from human life
and creation and from there, enrich doctrine, dogmas and mission itself.
Group II
(English)
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Inculturation and Local Churches.
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Missiological response to globalization.
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Mission ad gentes in the European context.
Group III
(Spanish)
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To dialogue and share with other cultures our experiences of
faith.
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To dialogue and share the religious experiences of other
peoples.
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From the perspective of the Christian faith, to reconnect
with human life and the sciences.
(The theme of gender runs through all three areas: this is understood to include
both male and female).
Group IV
(Spanish)
1. Decide which is the image of God we want to announce.
2. Decide which Ecclesiologies are in play.
3. Advance the reflections about evangelization in the large
cities.
Group VI
(English)
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The importance of visual language- images, feelings, stories,
etc.
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Mission-orientated/centric theological formation.
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A church accompanying and serving the people.
October 1, 2004
Group 1
(Spanish)
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To insist in the contextualization of: the Local Church,
theology, liturgy, etc.
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To discover the new theological languages or meta languages
beyond the rituals or folklore in order to arrive at meta languages as
instruments of inculturation.
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The intercultural and the diversity as a challenge to
mission.
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To maintain alive the memory of the past, present and future.
Group II
(English)
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Mission in conflict situations:
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Prayer – healing – reconciliation
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Healing- purification of memories
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Popular Religiosity: Benefits and dangers
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Meaning of missionary/activity and pseudo missionaries.
Group III
(Spanish)
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To continue the reflection and the construction of the
ecclesiology of the Vatican II that has led us to discover the local church
incarnated in the local culture.
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To support, sustain and drive forward the theological
reflection and pastoral praxis contextualized from the perspective of the
Paschal Mystery of Christ.
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To enrich the theological reflection and the missionary
praxis from the perspective of gender.
Group IV
(English)
1. Priority to the practice of dialogue with cultures:
a) we need the necessary freedom,
b) from a dialogical church.
2. The Christian as bridge builder
- multi-lingual
- pluri-cultural
- multi-religious personality
Group VII
(Spanish)
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To strengthen the task of theology from the different
protagonists and with their own languages.
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To acknowledge the areas of legitimate differences both in
theory and in practice using intercultural and inter-religious dialogue as
the media.
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To promote the solidarity of the emerging theological voices,
creating networks.
Group VIII
(Spanish)
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Intercultural dialogue (encounter of cultures).
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New Christian imaging (signs, symbols, icons, etc.)
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To establish clear criteria for authentic inculturation in
the future: liturgy, catechetics, proclamation, etc.
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