MPS 267E/STP 567E Canons of the East: Parish Canonical Matters. Winter Course Outline

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1 MPS 267E/STP 567E Canons of the East: Parish Canonical Matters Winter Course Outline Class Start Date & End Date January 17 April 4; Exams April 18 (Note: One make-up class will be scheduled during the semester with date TBD with the students.) Class Meeting Time & Room & Location: Tuesday, 6:00 8:50 pm, Ukrainian Catholic Pastoral Centre ( Avenue) Instructors Name Office Hours, Office # Bishop David Motiuk By appointment, 9:00 am 4:30 pm, Monday-Friday Ukrainian Catholic Pastoral Centre Phone# (780) address bishop@edmontoneparchy.com Course Description This course introduces the student to the notion of parish and a pastoral application of the canonical discipline of the Eastern Christian Churches according to the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches. Topics include: Introduction to canon law; nature of a parish; parish priests (qualifications, assignment, suitability, installation, retirement, cessation, removal and transfer); the threefold munera of Christ Teacher, Sanctifier and Shepherd; rights and obligations of pastors; parish pastoral councils; parish finance councils; and canonical concerns related to the celebration and administration of the Holy Mysteries (Sacraments). Course Objectives Familiarity with the Eastern Christian Churches and Eastern Canon Law; develop an appreciation for the need for canonical discipline and order within the Church; gain an understanding for the application of canon law in today s world through the study of the nature of a parish. Course Requirements, Assignments and Evaluation Class attendance; weekly readings and article reviews; final (oral) examination. Undergraduate: 10 1 ½ page article reviews 60%; Final (oral) examination 40%. Graduate: 10 2 page article reviews 60%; Final (oral) examination 40%.

2 Textbooks (online) Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches, Latin-English Edition, New English Translation. Prepared under the auspices of the Canon Law Society of America, Washington, DC, Canon Law Society of America, CONGREGATION FOR THE EASTERN CHURCHES, Instruction for the Liturgical Prescriptions of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches, Vatican, Libreria Editrice Vatican, Course Schedule MPS 267E/STP 567E Canons of the East: Parish Canonical Matters Winter Prof. Bishop David Motiuk Course Outline 1. Introduction Introduction to canon law J. CORIDEN, An Introduction to Canon Law, Mahwah, NJ, Paulist Press, 1990, pp J. ERICKSON, The Challenge of Our Past: Studies in Orthodox Canon Law and Church History, Crestwood, NY, Saint Vladimir Seminary Press, 1991, pp D. MOTIUK, Comparative Canons for the Eastern and Western Codes, Canon Law Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Annual Conference, May 16-20, 2005, Glasgow, unpublished., The Unfinished Business of the Eastern Code, CLSA Proceedings, 76 (2014), pp G. NEDUNGATT, The Spirit of the Eastern Code, Rome, Centre for Indian and Inter-Religious Studies, pp , A Guide to the Eastern Code: A Commentary on the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches, Kanonika, 10. Saint Maron Publications, 1996, pp Canon Law, in New Catholic Encyclopedia, vol. 3, pp Canon Law, History of, in New Catholic Encyclopedia, 2 nd edition, vol. 3, pp Oriental Codes (Canon Law), in New Catholic Encyclopedia, vol. 10, pp What is a parish; types of parishes Canons , Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches

3 ARCHDIOCESE OF BALTIMORE, Criteria for a Good Parish, in Origins, 24 ( ), pp J. CORIDEN, The Rights of Parishes, Studia canonica, 28 (1994), pp J. FARIS, Canonical Issues in the Pastoral Care of Eastern Catholics, in Proceedings of the Fifty-Third Annual Convention, Canon Law Society of America, Washington, DC, 1991, pp , Eastern Catholic Churches: Constitution and Governance, Brooklyn, NY, Saint Maron Publications, 1992, pp J. FIORENZA, Parishes: Becoming Places Where Faith Flourishes, in Origins, 30 ( ), pp G. GALLARO, Codex Canonum Ecclesiarum Orientalium: Noteworthy Issues, in Proceedings of the Fifty-Third Annual Convention, Canon Law Society of America, Washington, DC, 1991, pp T. GREEN, Diocesan and Parish Structures: A Comparison of Selected Canons in the Codex iuris canonici and Codex canonum Ecclesiarum orientalium, Studia canonica, 33 (1999), pp F. McMANUS, The Code of Canons of the Eastern Catholic Churches, The Jurist, 53 (1993), pp F. MORRISEY, Parish Financial Issues, Workshop on Church Finances, Faculty of Canon Law, Saint Paul University, November 17-19, 2008., Pastors and Parishes According to the New Code of Canon Law, in Pastoral Life, 33 (1984), pp G. NEDUNGATT, The Spirit of the Eastern Code, Rome, Centre for Indian and Inter-Religious Studies, pp E. PFNAUSCH, ed., Code, Community, Ministry: Selected Studies for the Parish Minister Introducing the Code of Canon Law, second revised edition, Washington, DC, Canon Law Society of America, Saint Maron Publications, 1996, pp J. RENKEN, The Quasi-Parish: A Definite Community of the Christian Faithful in a Particular Church, Studia canonica, 43 (2009), pp , The Statutes of a Parish, Studia canonica, 44 (2010), pp Pastors Parish priests, qualifications, assignment, suitability, installation, retirement, cessation, removal and transfer, sexual abuse D. BREWER, Canon 524 and the Systematic Participation of the Laity in the Selection of Pastors, Studia canonica, 29 (1995), pp CANADIAN CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS, From Pain to Hope: Report from the CCCB Ad hoc Committee on Child Sexual Abuse, CCCB, Ottawa, 1992, J. DONLON, Incardination and Exardination: The Rights and Obligations of the Cleric and of the Church A Matter of Pastoral Justice, in Proceedings of the Fifty-Third Annual Convention, Canon Law Society of America, Washington, DC, 1991, pp

4 G. INGELS, Dismissal from the Clerical State: An Examination of the Penal Process, Studia canonica, 33 (1999), pp J. FOSTER, The Violation of the Obligation of Residence: An Examination of Canon 1396 in the 1983 Code of Canon Law, Studia canonica, 43 (2009), pp J. HUELS, Canonical Notes on the Pontifical Precepts on Married Eastern Clergy, Studia canonica, 50 (2016), pp , Empowerment for Ministry: A Complete Manual on Diocesan Faculties for Priests, Deacons, and Lay Ministers, Paulist Press, New York/Mahwah, NJ, 2003., The Pastoral Companion: A Canon Law Handbook for Catholic Ministry, Fourth updated edition, Collection Gratianus, Wilson and Lafleur, Montreal, 2009, pp P. L HUILLIER, The Theory of the Perpetuity of the Effects of Ordination: Return of Ordained Clerics to Lay Status, in Kanon, 14, pp R. KASLYN, The Status of Incardination of the Cleric Dismissed from a Religious Institute, Studia canonica, 37 (2003), pp M. MARTINE, Readmission to the Clerical State after Voluntary Laicization, Studia canonica, 41 (2007), pp K. McDONOUGH, I Never Knew What You Thought of Me : Evaluation of Pastors and the Issue of Unassignability, Studia canonica, 32 (1998), pp D. PETRAS, Presbyteral Celibacy: Church Discipline or Divine Revelation?, in Studi sull Oriente Cristiano, 17 (2013), pp S. PHILLIPS, Fit or Unfit for Priesthood? Priestly Ministry According to the Writings of Gregory Nazianzus, Logos: A Journal of Eastern Christian Studies, ( ), pp Pastor as Teacher, Sanctifier, and Shepherd Triple munera or ministry of Christ POPE JOHN PAUL II, Do Laity Share in the Priest s Pastoral Ministry?, in Origins, 24 ( ), pp J. ABBASS, A Legislative History of Eastern Canons , Studia canonica, 49 (2015), pp J. BEAL, The Exercise of the Power of Governance by Lay People: State of the Question, The Jurist, 55 (1995), pp J. CORIDEN, An Introduction to Canon Law, Paulist Press, New York, 1991, pp B. CUSACK, Power of Governance: Theoretical and Practical Considerations, in Proceedings of the Fifty-Second Annual Convention, Canon Law Society of America, Washington, DC, 1990, pp T. GREEN, The Teaching Function of the Church: A Comparison of Selected Canons in the Latin and Eastern Codes, The Jurist, 55 (1995), pp J. HUELS, The Power of Governance and its Exercise by Lay Persons: A Juridical Approach, Studia canonica, 35 (2001), pp G. NEDUNGATT, The Teaching Function of the Church in Oriental Canon Law, Studia canonica, 23 (1989), pp P. NORRIS, Lay Preaching and Canon Law: Who May Give a Homily? Studia canonica, 24 (1990), pp

5 J. PROVOST, The Participation of the Laity in the Governance of the Church, Studia canonica, 17 (1983), pp L. ROBITAILLE, A Subtext in the Canonical Discussion of Clergy/Laity Issues: Gender, Studia canonica, 34 (2000), pp Rights and Obligations of Pastors Rights and obligations of all Christians; rights and obligations of the laity; rights and obligations of clergy; rights and obligations of pastors in particular stole fees, residence, vacation, absence, Divine Liturgy for the people, keeper of parish registers and archives J. BEAL, J. CORIDEN, T. GREEN, eds., New Commentary on the Code of Canon Law, new and comprehensive edition, The Canon Law Society of America, Paulist Press, New York/Mahwah, NJ, 2000, pp , , J. DONLON, Incardination and Excardination: The Rights and Obligations of the Cleric and of the Church: A Matter of Pastoral Justice, in Proceedings of the Fifty-Third Annual Convention, Canon Law Society of America, Washington, DC, 1991, pp G. INGELS, Protecting the Right to Privacy when Examining Issues Affecting the Life and Ministry of Clerics and Religious, Studia canonica, 34 (2000), pp Saint Maron Publications, 1996, pp , , , The Position of the Laity in the Law of the Oriental Churches, Kanon, 3. W. WOESTMAN, Restricting the Right to Celebrate the Eucharist, Studia canonica, 29 (1995), pp Parish Pastoral Councils Collaboration J. ABBASS, The Incomparable Eastern Canons on the Role of the Laity, Proceedings of the Seventy-First Annual Convention, Canon Law Society of America, 71 (2009), pp S. AQUILA, Pastoral Planning for the Future of a Diocese s Parishes, Origins, 33 ( ), pp CANADIAN CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS, The Parish Pastoral Council: Guidelines for the Development of Constitutions, Ottawa, Conacan, W. DALTON, Parish Councils or Parish Pastoral Councils? Studia canonica, 22 (1988), pp EPARCHY OF EDMONTON, Parish Pastoral Council Guidelines, Building up the Community of Believers, M. FISCHER, What Was Vatican II s Intent Regarding Parish Councils?, Studia canonica, 33 (1999), pp A. PILLA, Steps Toward Collaboration among Parishes, Origins, 30 ( ), pp J. PROVOST, The Working Together of Consultative Bodies Great Expectations, The Jurist, 40 (1980), pp J. RENKEN, Pastoral Councils: Pastoral Planning and Dialogue Among the People of God, The Jurist, 53 (1993), pp L. ROBITAILLE, Collaboration and Cooperation between the Clergy and the Laity in the Parish, Tribunal and Chancery, Periodica, 89 (2000), pp

6 6. Parish Finance Councils Administration of ecclesiastical goods J. ABBASS, The Temporal Goods of the Church: A Comparative Study of the Eastern and Latin Codes of Canon Law, Periodica de re canonica, 50 (1994), pp J. HUELS, The Pastoral Companion: A Canon Law Handbook for Catholic Ministry, Fourth updated edition, Collection Gratianus, Wilson and Lafleur, Montreal, 2009, pp F. MORRISEY, Parish Financial Issues, Workshop on Church Finances, Faculty of Canon Law, Saint Paul University, November 17-19, J. RENKEN, The Parochus as Administrator of Parish Property, Studia canonica, 43 (2009), pp G. ROCHE, The Poor and Temporal Goods in Book V of the Code, The Jurist, 55 (1995), pp Related Issues Parochial vicars; team ministry; parishes entrusted to religious; priestless parishes, impeded and vacant parishes; parish amalgamations, closures, restructuring; chaplains; rectors; protopresbyterates; eparchial organs E. BASS, R.D. CONLON, S.M. VERBEEK, Canonical Standards for Parishes: A Self-Evaluation Instrument, Canon Law Society of America, Washington, DC, J. CORIDEN, Parish Communities and Reorganizations, Studia canonica, 44 (2010), pp S. EUART, Parishes without a Resident Pastor: Reflections on the Provisions and Conditions of Canon 517, 2 and its Implications, The Jurist, 54 (1994), pp J. PROVOST, Some Canonical Considerations on Closing Parishes, The Jurist, 53 (1993), pp Sacraments I Sacraments of Christian initiation, Divine Liturgy, Sacred Ordination; Penance; Anointing of the Sick, Divine Praises; Sacred Places, Gestures and Objects CONGREGATION FOR THE EASTERN CHURCHES, Instruction for the Liturgical Prescriptions of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches, Vatican, Libreria Editrice Vatican, No author, Illuminating Eastern Catholicism, Catholic Near East, 22 (1996), pp G. GALLARO, Rome s Liturgical Instruction for the Eastern Catholic Churches, Logos: A Journal of Eastern Christian Studies, ( ), pp P. STRAVINSKAS, Liturgical Renewal for the Eastern Churches, Catholic World Report, November 1996, pp J. ABBASS, CCEO Canon 1 and Absolving Eastern Catholics in the Latin Church, Studia canonica, 46 (2012), pp , Departure from Religious Institutes in the Latin and Eastern Catholic Churches, Studia canonica, 32 (1998), pp

7 ASSEMBLY OF QUEBEC CATHOLIC BISHOPS, Canonical and Pastoral Guide for Parishes, Collection Gratianus, Wilson and Lafluer, Montreal, 2005, pp. 1-74, R. CHOLIJ, An Eastern Catholic Married Clergy in North America: Recent Changes in Legal Status and Ecclesiological Perspective, Studia canonica, 31 (1997), pp R. GARRITY, Spiritual and Canonical Values in Mandatory Priestly Celibacy, Studia canonica, 27 (1993), pp I. GRAMUNT, Non-admission to Holy Communion: The Interpretation of Canon 915 (CIC), Studia canonica, 35 (2001), pp S. HARAKAS, A Theology of the Sacrament of Holy Confession, Greek Orthodox Theological Review, 19 (1974), pp M. HENCHAL, Cremation: Canonical Issues, The Jurist, 55 (1995), pp J. HUELS, The Pastoral Companion: A Canon Law Handbook for Catholic Ministry, Fourth updated edition, Collection Gratianus, Wilson and Lafleur, Montreal, 2009, pp , , Preparation for the Sacraments: Faith, Rights, Law, Studia canonica, 28(1994), pp F. MARINI, ed., Comparative Sacramental Disicpline in the CCEO and CIC : A Handbook for the Pastoral Care of Members of Other Churches sui iuris, Canon Law Society of America, Catholic University of America, Washington, 2003, pp M McDERMOTT, Two Approaches to Consecrated Life: The Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches and the Code of Canon Law, Studia canonica, 29 (1995), pp J. McINTYRE, Optional Priestly Celibacy, Studia canonica, 29 (1995), pp M. MOROZOWICH, Eastern Catholic Infant Communion: Has Catholic Dogmatic Teaching Prohibited It?, Logos: A Journal of Eastern Christian Studies, 49 (2008), pp F. MORRISEY, Denial of Admission to the Sacraments, in Proceedings of the Fifty-Second Annual Convention, Canon Law Society of America, Washington, DC, 1990, pp D. MOTIUK, The Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches: Some Ten Years Later, Studia canonica, 36 (2002), pp G. NEDUNGATT, Celibate and Married Clergy in CCEO in Canon 373, Studia canonica, 36 (2002), pp Saint Maron Publications, 1996, pp , D. WALKOWIAK, Sacramental Law and the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches: An Inter-Ecclesial Perspective, in Proceedings of the Fifty-Fifth Annual Convention, Canon Law Society of America, Washington, DC, 1993, pp K. WARE, The Orthodox Experience of Repentance, Sobornost, 2 (1980), pp W. WOESTMAN, Canon Law of the Sacraments for Parish Ministry, Faculty of Canon Law, Saint Paul University, Ottawa, 2007, pp , Sacraments: Initiation, Penance, Anointing of the Sick, Third edition revised and updated, Faculty of Canon Law, Saint Paul University, Ottawa, 2004., The Sacrament of Orders and the Clerical State: A Commentary on the Code of Canon Law, Faculty of Canon Law, Saint Paul University, Ottawa, G. ZUBACZ, The Seal of Confession and Canadian Law, Collection Gratianus, Wilson and Lafluer, Montreal, Sacraments II

8 Marriage ASSEMBLY OF QUEBEC CATHOLIC BISHOPS, Canonical and Pastoral Guide for Parishes, Collection Gratianus, Wilson and Lafluer, Montreal, 2005, pp CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH, Reception of Communion: Divorced and Remarried Catholics, Origins, 24 ( ), pp P. CONNOLLY, Contrasts in the Western and Eastern Approaches to Marriage, Studia canonica, 35 (2001), pp J. ERICKSON, Orthodox Perspectives on Divorce and Remarriage, in The Challenge of Our Past: Studies in Orthodox Canon Law and Church History, Crestwood, NY, Saint Vladimir Seminary Press, pp J. FARIS, Marriage in the Eastern and Western Churches, CLSA Proceedings, 76 (2014), pp R. FLUMMERFELT, Theology of Marriage: Complementarity Between the Latin and Eastern Codes, CLSA Proceedings, 66 (2004), pp C. GALLAGHER, Marriage in the Revised Canon Law for the Eastern Catholic Churches, Studia canonica, 24 (1990), pp G. GALLARO, Oikonomia and Marriage Dissolution in the Christian East, Logos: A Journal of Eastern Christian Studies, 49 (2008), pp G. GALLARO, Marriage in the Eastern Code, The Priest, 49 (1993), pp J. HUELS, The Pastoral Companion: A Canon Law Handbook for Catholic Ministry, Fourth updated edition, Collection Gratianus, Wilson and Lafleur, Montreal, 2009, pp F. MARINI, Marriages of Oriental Catholics at Latin Parishes: Canonical Considerations, CLSA Proceedings, 76 (2014), pp F. MARINI, ed., Comparative Sacramental Discipline in the CCEO and CIC : A Handbook for the Pastoral Care of Members of Other Churches sui iuris, Canon Law Society of America, Catholic University of America, Washington, 2003, pp F. McMANUS, Marriage in the Canons of the Eastern Catholic Churches, The Jurist, 54 (1994), pp , The Ministers of the Sacrament of Marriage in Western Tradition, Studia canonica, 20 (1986), pp D. MOTIUK, The Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches: Some Ten Years Later, Studia canonica, 36 (2002), pp Saint Maron Publications, 1996, pp , Eastern Catholic Marriage Law, Brooklyn, NY, Saint Maron Publications, 1991.

9 P. TRAVERS, Reception of the Holy Eucharist by Catholics Attempting Remarriage after Divorce and the 1983 Code of Canon Law, The Jurist, 55 (1995), pp J. VADAKUMCHERRY, Marriage Laws in the Code of Canon Law and the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches, Studia canonica, 26 (1992), pp C. VASIL, Remarriage in the Orthodox Church Challenges Catholic Church, Studia canonica, 47 (2013), pp W. WOESTMAN, Canon Law of the Sacraments for Parish Ministry, Faculty of Canon Law, Saint Paul University, Ottawa, 2007, pp Exams Page 9 of 9

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