SYNODAL MUSINGS: Volume 1

by Christopher Anandappa

Overview

Today we cannot forget the fact that during the last three decades what has come into light is the suffering experienced by minors and vulnerable adults because of sexual abuse, abuse of power and abuse of conscience committed by a significant number of Priests and religious. So if the source of all the evil caused by abuse, is this concentration of decision-making power in the hands of the clergy and religious, the responsibility is not only the conversion of the clergy and religious but also recognition that this path of conversion is unthinkable without the active participation of the laity. Sadly, for more than 1700 years the laity has had no place in the decision making process of the church.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781961486256
Publisher:	Amz Pro Hub
Publication date:	06/14/2023
Pages:	100
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.21(d)

About the Author

I am Dr. Christopher Anandappa. I was born in Sri Lanka. Having completed my earlier education I entered the seminary and was ordained a priest in 1985. Being in the seminary I completed my bachelors in philosophy and theology from the Urban University of Rome, Italy. After ordination I served in a city shrine for three years and then as an assistant pastor and then pastor in a parish in Sri Lanka.
In 1993, I left for the USA to further my studies completing my Maters in Pastoral studies at Loyola university Chicago and completing my Doctor of ministry degree in Pastoral counselling, Doctoral of ministry in applied ministries and Ph. D in Pastoral psychology all at the Graduate Theological foundation in Indiana. During this time I also served as an assistant pastor and pastor in various parishes in the USA..
My experience of pastoral outreach became diverse as or the 25 years which I ministered in the USA, I also had the opportunity of serving as a Hospital chaplain, School chaplain, a part time chaplain at a mental hospital and a college professor which I lectured in world religion and Philosophy. During this time I also become a USA citizen. My passion for serving those in need also took me to Barcelona to complete a TESOL course by Trinity college London where I voluntarily helped many in teaching English as second language. This gave me more opportunities to reach out to those in need in central America and Africa where I continued my passion to help the needy through the rotary international in Central America. In 2006 I then left for Mozambique on a social project. Having returned to Sri Lanka to be with my ailing parents for a short time, I then came to the UK in 2014 during ,