Ecce Educatrix Tua: The Role of the Blessed Virgin Mary for a Pedagogy of Holiness in the Thought of John Paul II and Father Joseph Kentenich

by Danielle M. Peters

Overview

Ecce Educatrix Tua discusses the Apostolic Letter Novo millennio ineunte (NMI), wherein John Paul II outlined the path the Church should adopt in the third millennium. The necessity "to rediscover the full practical significance of Chapter 5 of the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, dedicated to the universal call to holiness" (NMI 30) is at stake. John Paul II stressed that a concrete "pedagogy of holiness" is required, including a "spiritual path," without which "external structures…will serve very little purpose (NMI 43)." The Polish Pontiff invited ecclesial movements to present their original pedagogy of holiness (cf. NMI 31). Peters highlights the Blessed Virgin Mary as educator in a pedagogy of holiness from the teachings of John Paul II and Father Joseph Kentenich, founder of the Schoenstatt Movement.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761849261
Publisher:	University Press of America
Publication date:	12/01/2009
Pages:	574
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.70(d)

About the Author

Danielle M. Peters earned her undergraduate degree in education from J. W. Goethe University, Germany. She obtained her M.A. in theology from Sacred Heart Seminary in Wisconsin and her STL and STD from the International Marian Research Institute, Ohio, where she serves as an instructor and research assistant. A member of the Secular Institute of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary, Peters assists in the formation and inspiration of the Ohio Schoenstatt Movement.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Foreword Chapter 3 Abbreviations Chapter 4 General Chapter 5 Magisterial Documents Chapter 6 Works by Karol Wojtyla Chapter 7 Magisterial Documents by John Paul II Chapter 8 Works by John Paul II Chapter 9 Works by Father Joseph Kentenich Chapter 10 Studies about Father Kentenich and Schoenstatt Chapter 11 Chapter I: Purpose and Scope Part 12 Part I: The Quest for Holiness as a Vital Characteristic of the Pontificate of John Paul II Chapter 13 Chapter II: The Human Person Called to Fulfillment and Holiness: Quest and Meaning Chapter 14 Chapter III: Wojtyla's Philosophical Anthropology (The Acting Person) Chapter 15 Chapter IV: John Paul II's Theological Anthropology Chapter 16 Chapter V: John Paul II's Concept of Holiness Chapter 17 Chapter VI: The Blessed Virgin Mary in the Life and Work of John Paul II Chapter 18 Chapter VII: John Paul II's Contribution to a Pedagogy of Holiness Part 19 Part II: Father Joseph Kentenich's Quest for the New Person Chapter 20 Chapter VIII: Father Joseph Kentenich: Pioneer of a Pedagogy of Sanctity Chapter 21 Chapter IX: Aspects of Father Kentenich's Theological Anthropology in View of His Pedagogy of Holiness Chapter 22 Chapter X: Father Kentenich's Understanding of Holiness Chapter 23 Chapter XI: Father Kentenich's Mariology Chapter 24 Chapter XII: Father Kentenich's Concept of Mary as Educator Chapter 25 Chapter XIII: Mary as Educator of Holiness in the Schoenstatt Tradition Chapter 26 Chapter XIV: Towards a Pedagogy of Holiness for the Third Millennium Chapter 27 Notes Chapter 28 Bibliography Chapter 29 Index Chapter 30 About the Author

Editorial Reviews

Clear and lively…Excellent presentation offered in the research behind this work.

Father Bertrand Buby

Peters brings distinctively into focus the contributions of Pope John Paul II and Father J. Kentenich toward a pedagogy of holiness and Mary's central role therein.

Professor M. Isabell Naumann ISSM

Comprehensive and intelligible. The "acting person" is the wholly integrated person-including emotional, volitional, transcendental, and relational dimensions.

Reverend Thomas A. Thompson S.M.

A[n]…exhaustive treatment of the topic, elaborated with a wide knowledge of the subject and related matter and with a sure use of the needed methodology. [It should] arouse attention and interest for the urgency of a serious and Christian pedagogy.

Father Luigi Gambero S. M. Ph.D.

Absolutely superb…perfectly geared to every Catholic family. [Peters] has done a masterful job in capturing the foundational principles of the Pontiff's approach to holiness as well as the theologically sound, eminently practical aspects of Schoenstatt's spirituality.

Father Robert Hughes