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Ivan Illich and the American Catholic Missionary Initiative in Latin America

Abstract/Sommario: Born in 1926 in Vienna to a Croatian father and a Jewish mother, Illich earned master's degrees in theology and philosophy. After Pius 12. and John23. had called for a major program of aid to Latin America in the late 1950s and early 1960s, the Catholic bishops in the United States organized a Latin America Bureau in their organization, the National Catholic Welfare Conference, and began a serious missionary effort in Latin America. Illich was chosen to train these missionaries, due to ...; [leggi tutto] Born in 1926 in Vienna to a Croatian father and a Jewish mother, Illich earned master's degrees in theology and philosophy. After Pius 12. and John23. had called for a major program of aid to Latin America in the late 1950s and early 1960s, the Catholic bishops in the United States organized a Latin America Bureau in their organization, the National Catholic Welfare Conference, and began a serious missionary effort in Latin America. Illich was chosen to train these missionaries, due to his previous work amongst Puerto Rican immigrants in New York. Cardinal Francis Spellman greatly appreciated Illich's effort with the Puerto Rican community and gave him the title of monsignor, and then gave him the position of vice-rector of a catholic university in Puerto Rico itself. While spending most of the 1960s and 1970s in Cuernavaca, Mexico, Illich became a prolific social critic. As Illich prepared his missionary training centre in the spring of 1961, he understood that two Popes had called for massive aid to Latin America, but he believed that missionary work by Americans for Latin Americans would be harmful for both groups. He affirmed the mystical nature of missionary service, especially its connection to Christ's incarnation through suffering; but he spent much of his time drawing out the dangers of faulty missionary preparation. In the end, the Author argues, Illich and his Centre played a major role in the failure of the Catholic missionary initiative in Latin America. As his centre attracted more and more negative attention, in 1968 Illich was summoned to Rome for a trial by the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith. Although he was not convicted for heresy, Illich renounced his priestly powers and privileges in 1969. But he never saw his projects as anti-Church or anti-Christianity. In "Mission and Midwifery", a speech to other missionary training directors in 1964, he spoke insightfully about mission as " the growth of the Church into new peoples" and "the interpretation of the Word of God through its expression in ever new languages, in ever new translation" [comprimi]

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Descrizione	Ivan Illich and the American Catholic Missionary Initiative in Latin America/ Todd Hartch
Note	IN Per: International Bulletin of Missionary Research, vol. 33, n. 4 (2009 October) p. 183-188 : ill.
	[Fa parte di] International Bulletin of Mission Research / Overseas Ministries Study Center 2009, 33, 4 ; p. 183-188 : ill.
Autori	Hartch, Todd
Soggetto	Illich, Ivan <1926-2002> - Pensiero misisonario
Lingua	Inglese
ID scheda	64872