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     New to search? Type in any word, words or phrases of topics you want to find on these two web sites. For example: type in the word inculturation or try St. Paul.

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Viewing my suggested documents:      You may click onto the line under the title of the documents listed here to go straigt to the document on the Vatican web site. I include a few key lines from each document that I think will best describe what is in the document with regards to inculturation and Indigenous People.

     Additions added since the orginal upload of this page are listed first
A.    Ad Extremas --POPE Leo XIII: "... how could religion survive without a native clergy..."
Need for Native Seminarians. Pope Leo XIII addressed the need for Native Clergy in India. Much of this document can apply universaly with regards to forming Indigenous Clergy in accord with their local culture.

1. ECCLESIA IN OCEANIA --POPE JOHN PAUL II
Click this line to go to ECCLESIA IN OCEANIA.
•  •  Sub title: The Gospel and culture
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Inculturation
•  •  The Synod Fathers frequently emphasized the importance of inculturation for any authentic Christian life in Oceania. The process of inculturation is the gradual way in which the Gospel is incarnated in the various cultures. … Inculturation is born out of respect for both the Gospel and the culture in which it is proclaimed and welcomed.

•  •  2. ASSISTANCE OF THE HOLY FATHER TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
AND CAMPESINOS OF LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Click this line to go to Assistance of the Holy Father....
•  •  The Administrative Council of the Populorum Progressio Foundation, established by Pope John Paul II to contribute to the human and Christian promotion of the indigenous populations and peasants most in need in Latin America, … [Meeting in Columbia].

3. CANONIZATION OF JUAN DIEGO CUAUHTLATOATZIN
HOMILY OF THE HOLY FATHER JOHN PAUL II
•  •  Click this line to go to St. Juan Diego Cuahtlatoatzin

•  •  The noble task of building a better Mexico, with greater justice and solidarity, demands the cooperation of all. In particular, it is necessary today to support the indigenous peoples in their legitimate aspirations, respecting and defending the authentic values of each ethnic group. Mexico needs its indigenous peoples and these peoples need Mexico!

•  •  4. SPECIAL ASSEMBLY FOR AMERICA OF THE SYNOD OF BISHOPS
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Click this line to go to Synod for American Bishops ...
•  •  From these principles of a missionary, inculturated , paschal and local Church and these native communities of which I am part through my blood and pastoral activity, I suggest some concrete proposals: 1) let’s study in-depth our inculturation efforts among the indigenous people and Afro-American people, even as an answer to the growing globalization which threatens the social and cultural identity. 2) Let’s denounce the current and historical taking away of land from the legitimate owners and the destruction of their crop. Let’s try to recover them as an integral pastoral commitment. 3) Let’s make sure that the indigenous Catholics become their own promoters and evangelizers.

5. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin
[From a sermon by Pope John Paul II]
•  •  Click this line to go to St Juan Diego ...
Juan Diego was born in 1474 with the name "Cuauhtlatoatzin" ("the talking eagle") in Cuautlitlán, today part of Mexico City, Mexico.

6. THE SYNOD OF BISHOPS FOR AMERICA
Message of the Special Assembly for America of the Synod of Bishops
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Click this line to go Synod of American Bishops
•  •  We call to mind you, the aboriginal and indigenous peoples of America, who have suffered so much these past five centuries at the hands of the greedy and violent, and who even today enjoy so little of the abundance our lands have produced.

7. PAPAL WELCOMING CEREMONY
IN THE MILE HIGH STADIUM OF DENVER
•  •  Click this line to go Papal address to young people
•  •  I greet all of you have come from every corner of the United States, from every Diocese of this vast country. Among you, there is one group, which I wish to mention with particular esteem: the Native American peoples. Thank you for bringing the richness and color of your special heritage to the "World Youth Day". May Christ truly be the way, the truth and the life of your peoples!

8. INTERVENTION BY THE HOLY SEE
AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE PERMANENT FORUM
OF THE UNITED NATIONS ON INDIGENOUS CHILDREN AND YOUTH
Address of H. E. Msgr. Celestino Migliore
•  •  Click this line to go UN & Indigenous Children
•  •  Despite various international commitments, children remain especially vulnerable to violations of the right to education, and for indigenous children and youth this challenge is compounded by racism, xenophobia and related intolerances that continue to affect them on the basis of their own cultural specificities and uniqueness.

9. JESUS CHRIST AND THE PEOPLES OF OCEANIA:
WALKING HIS WAY TELLING HIS TRUTH AND LIVING HIS LIFE
•  •  Click this line to go Peoples of Oceania
•  •  The positive effect of a well-guided inculturation is that members of a given cultural society feel more at home in the Catholic faith and worship. ... Diversity in accordance with the local culture is to be encouraged as much as possible, without destroying Catholic unity.

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Messages from other major Churches:

1. From the Episcopal Church: [The following paper is on a PDF file.]

Enmegahbowh: Native and Christian
A paper on the First Native American Episcopal Priest
By Margaret Lucie Thomas
•  •  Click this line to go Saint Enmegahbowh
•  •  Enmegahbowh was the first Native American to be ordained an Episcopal priest in the United States. He was an Ottawa Indian from Canada who originally came into Minnesota as a Methodist missionary. Her married an Ojibwa woman, settled in Minnesota and subsequently invited the Rev. James Lloyd Breck, an Episcopalian missionary, to start a mission in his area. Enmegahbowh, whose name means “the One Who Stands Before His People,” eventually became a deacon in 1859 and eight years later was ordained to the priesthood in the Protestant Episcopal Church.

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     The big blue button above with the gray background peeks inside HAWK DANCER.
     The big blue button below with the RED background lets you read portions of CLOUDBURST, the second book I wrote.

Two Great Novels
on inculturation
by: Joshua Seidl, SSP

      Hawk Dancer & Cloudburst are entertaining novels that draw heavily on the philosophies presented in over a dozen speeches and writings from Pope John Paul II and from the Vatican Documents listed above. Bro. Joshua pulled together stories of Native and Non-Native people he knew whose lives are reflected in one manner or another by these Church documents and modern American history. He drew inspiration from the Pauline (St. Pauls Publishing, USA & Editions Paulines, Canada) and other publications presented on this research and resource page.
      Click the cover icon of Hawk Dancer for ordering information.
      The novels are set within the Northern Great Lakes region. Annunciation Monastery outside of the Village of Birch Clump in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is the birth place of a Native American (Indian) Catholic order of Franciscan Friars called The Congregation of St. James. This so far fictional Order is the vehicle by which Bro. Joshua floats his ideas and ideals about inculturation and the promotion of indigenous cultures within the Churches and society at large. Real life progressive changes and set backs in this field are recorded along with plausible goals leaders in faith can achieve in our age.

Artistic decorating tip: Purchase both novels from Publish America and Save $12.00. Scan both covers into your computer paint shop or photo shop. Resize the pictures to about 8 x 10 inches and save at 200 to 300 dpi. Print on durable card stock or photo paper and frame, or tack on the wall as a minuature frameless poster. (Art work, by the way, is by Kathy Johnson.)
      Both prints compliment pracitcally any decor. They are particularly suited for parochial and ministry offices as a means to promote cultural diversity, peace & justice issues, Native Ministry offices, schools and CCD class rooms. The make excellent framed or un framed prints for use at at home. The natural look of birch bark found in the northern pristine forests can hardly clash with current or projected decorating. At the same time, the floral design stands out in an unabtrusive manner complimenting contemporary and tradition tastes.
      Have a freind work on this for you if you don't have personal access to a scaner or computer. The printing cost at home or office should easly be under a dollar, or two at the most.
      Not only will you be satisfied with the results, it is a way to tell others about the books should they ask you where you obtained such fine art. They can write down the title and author's name and check on line or with their favorite bookstore. OR - simply they can simply remember the title, "Hawk Dancer," spell it as one word and add www and dot-com to see my web site for thier own copies of these books. In this way you become a cooperator in spreading the Good News and the work of the priests and brothers dedicated in vows to poromoting the Gospel Message via the press and all other forms of modern media and communications technology.

      I have had excellent reluts with a parchment styled card stock. Major office supply stores offer a wide range of printable stock for desk top printers. Seeing as the original cover desings by Kathy Johnson, the official illustrator for Johsua's novels, are hand painted acrylic, you might invest a tad bit more into the project and pick up some canvase relief textured paper suitable for home and office computer printers. (N.B., Kathy Johnson's signature initials are on Cloudburst's cover; a definite plus in displaying these pictures.)

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