This
doctoral project would not have been possible without the support and
collaboration of many persons. It is a
joy to acknowledge what roles they have played and indicate, however briefly,
their contribution to this work. My
heartfelt thanks go to:
- the former Mother General of the Daughters of St. Paul,
Sr. Giovannamaria Carrara, who asked me to be part of the FSP International
Research Commission on Jesus Master, Way, Truth and Life and thus opened the
door to the possibility of going deeper into the Christology that informs our
Pauline spirituality.
- the three provincials of the Philippine province, Srs.
Inocencia Tormon, Evangelina Canag, and Monina Baybay, who urged me to embark
upon doctoral studies and gave their support all throughout the process, thus
allowing me to pursue the research on our Christology on a more professional
level.
- the Pauline
formators and formands and the Sisters, first in my own province, then in Asia,
and all over the world whom I
personally know, and whose
hunger for a deeper grasp of the Pauline charism I share. They have been a constant inspiration during
these years of study and in the writing of this project.
- the Graduate
Theological Foundation and its staff: especially Dr. John Morgan, President, Ms
Valerie Relos, Dean of Students, and Dr. James Puglisi, head of the Centro Pro
Unione, Rome. These not only accepted
me as a student, but have been unfailingly cordial, available to help,
understanding of the delays in my studies.
- Peter Merkx and Lanny Suhendra of Stichting Porticus,
who facilitated my studies with funding and who personally gave their
encouragement and support.
- Fr. James Kroeger, of the Loyola School of Theology, my
project director, who carried out his task with commitment, drawing from his
expertise in the area of my research, and assisting in the writing of the
project with his considerable editing skills.
May Jesus Master Way, Truth and Life bless their lives
and the works they do for his glory and make these fruitful for the spread of
the Father’s Kingdom in the world through the love of the Spirit.
Documents of the Pauline
Family:
AD
James Alberione, Abundantes Divitiae Gratiae Suae
C/D Constitutions
and Directory of the Pious Society of the Daughters of St. Paul
CISP
James Alberione, Carissimi in San Paolo
DF
James Alberione, Donec
Formetur Christus in Vobis
GGFS General
Guidelines for Formation and Studies
PA
James Alberione, The Publishing Apostolate
PPF
James Alberione, The Prayers of the Pauline Family
UPS
James Alberione, Ut Perfectus Sit Homo Dei
Ecclesiastical Documents: (Roman Catholic)
DFRI Directives on Formation in Religious
Institutes (Congregation for
Institutes of Conse-
crated Life and Societies of Apostolic
Life, 1990)
DM Dialogue
and Mission (Secretariat for
Non-Christians, 1984)
DP Dialogue
and Proclamation (Pontifical
Council for Interreligious Dialogue and the
Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, 1991)
EA Ecclesia
in Asia (Post-Synodal Apostolic
Exhortation of John Paul II, 1999)
EN Evangelii
Nuntiandi (Apostolic Exhortation of
Paul VI, 1975)
ET Evangelica
Testificatio (Apostolic Exhortation
of Paul VI, 1971)
GS Gaudium
et Spes (Constitution of Vatican
II)
ICF Inter-Institute Collaboration for
Formation (Congregaton for
Institutes of Conse-
crated Life and Societies of Apostolic
Life, 1998)
JT
Journeying Together
(Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, 1999)
RH Redemptor
Hominis (Encyclical of John Paul
II, 1979)
RM Redemptoris
Missio (Encyclical of John Paul II,
1991)
UR Unitatis
Redintegratio (Decree of Vatican
II)