Content

This unit examines the Catholic Church's ritual care in sickness, dying and death. It explores the ensemble of rites in the ritual books Pastoral Care of the Sick: Rites of Anointing and Viaticum (1983) and the Order of Christian Funerals (1989). Attention will be given to the theological, liturgical and pastoral underpinnings of these rites, examining them as a ritual process through which the church is present in times of sickness, death and bereavement.

Unit code: DP2422Y

Unit status: Archived (New unit)

Points: 18.0

Unit level: Undergraduate Level 2

Unit discipline: Pastoral Theology and Ministry Studies

Delivery Mode: Face to Face

Proposing College: Yarra Theological Union

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Learning outcomes

1.

Demonstrate a familiarity with the church's rites for the sick, the dying and for those who have died

2.

Explain how these rites embody an organic process of ecclesial pastoral care

3.

Articulate the theology of sickness and death that underpins these rites

4.

Identify the role of the community of faith in times of sickness, dying and death

Unit sequence

One unit in liturgy, or equivalent

Pedagogy

Lectures, seminars, reading

Indicative Bibliography

  • Pastoral Care of the Sick: rites of Anointing and Viaticum. Sydney, E J Dwyer, 1983.
  • Order of Christian Funerals. Sydney, E J Dwyer, 1989.
  • Gusmer, Charles. And You visited Me: Sacramental Ministry to the Sick and the Dying. New York: Pueblo, 1984.
  • Kasza, John C. Understanding Sacramental Healing: Anointing and Viaticum. Chicago, IL: Hillenbrand Books, 2006.
  • Kelly, Ewan. Meaningful Funerals: Meeting the Theological and Pastoral Challenge in a Postmodern Era. London: Mowbray, 2008.
  • Larson-Miller, Lisette. The Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick. Lex Orandi Series. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2005. (recommended for purchase)
  • Long, Thomas. Accompany Them With Singing: The Christian Funeral. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2009.
  • Morrill, Bruce. Divine Worship and Human Healing: Liturgical Theology at the Margins of Life and Death. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2009.
  • Rutherford, Richard and Tony Barr. The Death of a Christian: The Order of Christian Funerals. Rev ed. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1990.
  • Sheppy, Paul. Death, Liturgy and Ritual: A Pastoral and Liturgical Theology. Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 2003.
  • Smith, Margaret. Facing Death Together: Parish Funerals. Chicago, IL: Liturgy Training Publications, 1998. (recommended for purchase)

Assessment

Type Description Word count Weight (%)
Critical Review

Article review based on the Order of Christian Funerals – 1000 words

1000 20.0
Seminar or Tutorial

Seminar presentation and paper based on Pastoral Care of the Sick – 1000 words

1000 20.0
Essay

Essay 2500 words

2500 60.0
Approvals

Unit approved for the University of Divinity by John Capper on 19 Oct, 2014

Unit record last updated: 2020-10-28 14:50:32 +1100