Voices of Courage and Hope: Gay and Lesbian Catholic Elementary School Teachers

This essay presents the stories of gay and lesbian Catholic elementary school teachers. Through interviews and dialogues, these teachers shared their fears, hopes, and the strategies they used in order to survive in the context of the Catholic elementary school. Results indicated that the teachers had come to accept the oppression, and they were working with the system, as opposed to against the system, to create a more inclusive school environment that truly echoed the gospel message of loving one another. Participants acknowledged that they continually experienced a conflict between their religion and their sexual identity. They did not feel safe to come out to their students, though they acknowledged there would be some benefits in doing so. They believed that they had to work harder than their heterosexual colleagues so it would be more difficult for the administration to dismiss them.     

论天主教文化与明末清初的儒学环境

明末清初 ,天主教文化第三次传入中国。明清两朝在改朝换代之时 ,天主教文化与中国传统文化的交流与冲突并没有因此而受到太大的影响。王学在批判传统、否定权威方面为天主教文化的传播 ,特别是为传教士是先秦儒学而非宋明理学 ,提供了一个较为宽松的环境。而实学的高涨 ,又为传教士在传教手段上走学术传教的路线 ,提供了一个可以实践的环境。但明末清初的王学和实学环境 ,并不是一成不变的 ,明末清初对王学的批判以及实学自身的流变 ,均使得天主教文化传播赖以长期存在的基础变得十分不稳 ,再加上明末清初程朱理学的发展 ,传教士们在这样的儒学环境下择儒斥佛 ,是先秦儒学而非宋明理学 ,必然会遭到卫道儒士的猛烈批驳     

宗教改革时期的女性

宗教改革是西方文明史上具有转折意义的历史事件,但是对于女性来说却未必是她们命运的转折点。新教针对天主教禁欲主义肯定了婚姻的价值,"人人皆僧侣"的思想也使新教比较重视女性的教育问题。但同时,新教又使家庭代替修道院成为女性新的牢笼,新教也剥夺了一些女性在改革前拥有的独立生活的机会。面临改革冲击的天主教,不仅延续了中世纪的女性观,而且在某些方面进一步加强了对女性的禁锢。无论是在新教还是天主教地区,女性对宗教和社会活动的参与都经历了由最初的积极活跃到宗教秩序确立后遭到排挤和压制的过程。     

A Preliminary Investigation of Family Systems' Influences on Individual Divorce Adjustment

The influence of family systems variables on family member's divorce adjustment was examined in this study. Subjects included 36 families who had been separated or divorced only once, for 6 to 30 months, and had a child between 6 and 16 years old. The custodial parent completed questionnaires regarding family functioning, single parenting, occurence and subjective evaluation of specific post-divorce events, one child's adjustment to the divorce, and parental divorce adjustment. Data were analyzes using hybrid (stepwise/hierarchical) multiple regression analyses. Sixty-three percent of families were high on the Cohesion and/or Democratic family style dimensions. These family styles were related to healthier, more supportive family relationships and clearer, more direct, communication among family members. Approximately 30 percent of families were high on the Conflict and/or Laissez-Faire family style dimensions. These latter dimensions related less to healthy family relationships and communication styles. Notably, significantly poorer child and/or parental functioning were associated to these latter families. The impact of competent custodial parenting on child and family adjustment to divorce is discussed.     

FILIPINO VILLAGE IN SOUTH KOREA

This is a case study of Filipino migrant workers, most of whom are low-wage factory workers living in an industrial city of suburban Seoul in Korea. Filipino Village is the centre of their community in the city. This study describes Filipino immigrants’ housing and their community in the city. Factory jobs, cheap rental rooms, and the support of the church and migrant centre made the Filipino Village today. It explores the meaning of ‘the place’ that Filipino workers occupy in Korean society. Their basement rooms and furniture taken from the street clearly show the nature of their lives. The boundary between Koreans and immigrant workers is obvious and deep. Korean society continuously gives immigrant workers the strong message that Korea cannot be the dream country where they settle with their children.

Este es una investigación del caso de los trabajadores inmigrantes filipinos. La mayoría de ellos trabajan en las fábricas recibiendo un bajo salario, y viven en las ciudades industriales en el suburbano de Seúl, Corea. El barrio filipino es el centro de su comunidad en la ciudad. Los trabajadores de fábrica, viviendas baratas, el soporte de la Iglesia y el Centro de inmigrantes formaron el barrio de hoy. Esta investigación analiza el sentido del término ‘lugar’, donde ocupan los filipinos en la sociedad coreana. Las habitaciones subterráneas y los muebles recogidos de la calle demuestran claramente sus vidas. El límite que hay entre los coreanos y los trabajadores inmigrantes es lógico y profundo. La sociedad coreana da continuamente un fuerte mensaje de que Corea no es el país soñado en que ellos desean establecerse con sus hijos.     

刚恒毅与1924年第一届中国教务会议

1922年,罗马教会宗座代表刚恒毅来华,落实教廷《夫至大》通谕,并于1924年召开第一届教务会议。此次会议的重点是培植本地籍神职人员,并将传教事业与西方列强殖民主义脱钩,建立一个正常的和本地化的教会。     

论梵二会议后天主教婚姻观的发展——以教会训导为中心的考察

梵二会议是天主教神学的分水岭,天主教会的婚姻观自梵二会议以来发生了巨大的变化。天主教的教会训导是天主教会官方思想的代表,因而探讨天主教婚姻观在梵二会议之后的新发展则必须要关注教会训导中相关的阐述。比较和分析梵二会议前后天主教的官方文件,可以发现二者在对婚姻的性质、目的及婚姻中夫妻关系的表述上均有了看似细微却意义重大的调整和改变,这正是天主教婚姻观发展的表现,而天主教婚姻观的这些发展既是社会历史发展的产物,又是教会伦理神学转向的一部分。     

文艺复兴时代的罗马教会与伦理道德

在文艺复兴时代,罗马教会深陷道德罪孽之中,其主要表现是西门主义和尼古拉主义盛行。表面看来,教会失却道德的原因在于神职人员受到时代的诱惑和局限,实际上,时代的更替使基督教会的历史角色发生了变化:基督教会由原来伦理道德的唯一维护者变成维护者之一;社会的全部机构共同承担起社会的道德责任。随着文艺复兴时代的结束,基督教会决定性地影响社会道德观念的时代也宣告结束。     

Normal Parents:

Institutions influence the transition to parenthood in two ways: they affect the timing of the decision to have children and they shape the experience of parenting. This paper explores both types of influence focusing on education, economic, medical, legal and religious institutions. After looking at the role of institutions in delaying childbirth, examination focuses on the response of institutions to today's older new parents and consideration is given to normal (i.e., typical) parent roles are created. The article concludes by analyzing the importance of "experts" in the lives of new parents.     

Social Care Work in the Recent Past: Revisiting the Professional/Amateur Dichotomy

Abstract

The present article challenges the received wisdom of the distinctiveness of professional social work in Australia and its dichotomous juxtapositioning against work undertaken by those without formal social work qualifications. Findings are presented from a qualitative study of Australian Catholic sisters’ experiences of social care work in the recent past, based on indepth interviews with sisters who collectively worked in a variety of fields from the 1950s to the time of writing. Sisters’ accounts of work with marginalised people reveal many similarities with the values and principles of social work. This suggests a blurred line between “professional” social work and “amateur” social care work. In an era of reconsideration of many certainties, Australian social work could profitably reflect on its commonalities with, and differences from, practice domains outside professional social work.