A Healing Church: The Church in South Africa's post-Apartheid Era
An introduction to the struggles of the South African Church to assist work in Education of South Africa's Roman Catholic in rural areas of the country.
Materials
Program Fourteen: A Healing Church: the Church in South Africa's Post-Apartheid
Era
Mission Today (the magazine published by the Propagation of the Faith/ English Canadian Branch. Online version.
Fact Sheet on Propagation of the Faith. Online.
Fact Sheet on how students can help the work of Propagation of the Faith. Online
Internet access for additional research questions
Study Guide
Goal
The goal of Program Fourteen is to introduce students to the struggles of the
South African Church in the post-Apartheid era. Interview with Port
Elizabeth's Bishop Michael Coleman.
Steps
1. Show the internet TV DVD Program Fourteen: A Healing Church: the Church in
South Africa's Post-Apartheid Era
2. Ask students to form small groups to describe the following:
Describe some aspects of South Africa's problems in the
post-Apartheid era.
Describe the efforts of the Roman Catholic Church to help
out in a variety of South Africa's current difficulties.
Describe how Canada's Pontifical Missions Societies tries to
help out the Church in South Africa.
What is your favourite comment from South Africa's Bishop
Coleman? Explain why.
What can the Canadian Church learn from the South African
Church?
Give three reasons why Canadian Catholics should support the work of
the Church in South Africa.
3. Option for Take-Home Assignment
1. Via the Internet find more facts about:
The Church in South Africa and how its population fits into
the overall religious character of the country.
Describe how students can help Propagation of the Faith
support Catholics and their work in South Africa.
Locate all the dioceses and archdiocese of the South African
Catholic Church on a map of South Africa.
2. In groups, make presentations to the class about any or all of the above.
