Giuliana Sorge, Luigia Tincani and dissemination of Montessori method

Giuliana Sorge (1903-1987) was one of Maria Montessori’s closest disciples. Many parts of her life are linked to the alternating vicissitudes of the spread of the Method in Italy. She is personally involved at the time of the breakdown of the relation between Maria Montessori and fascism. We find her in the immediate postwar period engaged in the reconstruction of the Montessori National Institution and in the dissemination of the Method in Italy. To do this, she weaves a network of relations with exponents of the political and ecclesiastical world assisted by the friendship of Luigia Tincani, a Catholic, Montessori’s friend, founder of what will become the Free University Maria SS. Assunta and a religious congregation. This emerges from an unpublished correspondence between these two women, which also contains interesting news relating to the hostility of prof. Aldo Agazzi towards the spread of the Montessori Method.

Study of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak in India

Background: COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It has been recognized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11th March, 2020. Objective: To identify various factors that can increase coronavirus spread in India and predict COVID-19 cases up to 27th December, 2020, minimum and maximum number of deaths due to COVID-19 in India. Methods: This work predicts COVID-19 cases, the minimum and the maximum number of deaths due to COVID-19 in India based on the infection rate and suspected cases. Results: Our result shows that the number of COVID-19 cases will increase exponentially in India to approximately 859421415 cases by 27th December 2020. Conclusion: The spread of COVID-19 in India depends on a lot of factors such as religious congregation, social contact structure, low testing rates, identification of COVID-19 suspects, measures such as lockdown and sealing of hot stop, etc. taken by the Indian government. In India, lockdown proved to be a good decision.

Mission and Engagement of The Vincentians to Priestly Formation in Indonesia: A Historical-Theological Revisit

This paper explores historical engagement in priestly formation in Indonesia by the Vincentians, the Catholic Religious Congregation, who has been sent to a mission in Indonesia (from the Netherlands) and erected the Diocese of Surabaya since 1923. The paper outlines the Vincentian missionaries’ theological understanding of mission and the importance of establishing minor and major seminary to train the indigenous candidates for the priesthood to take care of their local churches. This study's methodology applies a historical approach to see the strategies of the Vincentians to develop the formation of priestly candidates related to the challenges of the times. From this study, we found that the history of the Catholic mission has a meaningful peak in planting the Church as often produced in the mission and the formation of its local priests. The education of candidates for the priesthood is not just a form of apostolic work but is essentially a necessary part of the Catholic Church's mission. The Vincentians have carved a hard work of mission apostolates in the establishment of the Diocese of Surabaya with its charismatic works and the education of its laymen until today and especially in the continual engagement in the priestly formation in Indonesia with its changing challenges. The excellent form of the Catholic priests is essential to the mission, as the candidates will be the future leaders of the local Church and the preachers of the Gospel wherever they are sent.

التظاهر بالشعارات القومية في شعيرة الحج والعمرة

يهدف هذا البحث إلى التعرف على مدى شرعية التظاهر بالشعارات القومية والطائفية في شعيرة الحج والعمرة، فالبحث ما هو إلا محاولة لإبراز معالم الوحدة الإسلامية التي تجلت في أكبر تجمع بشري ديني بغض النظر عن الأجناس والألوان والأوطان بما يضمن بقاء الأمة الإسلامية واستمرارها، وذلك من خلال المنهج الوصفي التحليلي الذي يعبر عن الظاهرة المدروسة في ظل الظروف التي تتواجد فيها تعبيرا كميا وكيفيا بل يتعدى ذلك إلى تحليلها وكشف العلاقات بين أبعادها المختلفة من أجل توضيحها والوصول إلى الحكم الشرعي فيها، وقد أنتجت هذه الدراسة إلى أن كل مظهر من مظاهر قومية وطائفية من أفعال وأقوال في شعيرة الحج "الأكبر والأصغر" بما فيه تفريق وتفكيك لوحدة المسلمين ليس مشروعا بل رفضه الإسلام، وأن الأخوة الإسلامية فاقت أخوة النسب والقبيلة والوطن، فإذا أريد الاجتماع لها وقصد بها على معان أو شعارات أخرى غير الانتماء إلى الدين والانتساب إلى الملة كان الاجتماع باطلا منافيا للمقصود الذي من أجله شُرع وهو جمع المسلمين تحت اسم الإسلام لا غير. This study aims to determine the legitimacy of the demonstration of the sectarian (national) slogan in the Hajj and Umrah rituals. This research is an attempt to highlight the milestones of Islamic unity that are manifested in the largest religious congregation regardless of race, color, and country so as to ensure the survival of ummah, through descriptive and analytical approaches related to the phenomena studied based on its circumstances. The study found that every national and sectarian aspect of akctions in the Hajj and Umrah rituals, including the separation and disintegration of the unity of the Muslims, is not legitimate but rejected by Islam, and that Islamic brotherhood transcends the brotherhood of lineage, ethnicity and homeland, then if the meeting is intended for a meaning or slogan other than religion, then the meeting is invalid and contrary to the stated purpose, namely gathering Muslims in the name of Islam only.Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui legitimasi demonstrasi slogan sektarian (nasional) dalam ritual Haji dan Umrah. Penelitian ini merupakan upaya untuk menyoroti tonggak-tonggak persatuan Islam yang terwujud dalam pertemuan umat beragama terbesar tanpa memandang ras, warna kulit, dan negara sehingga menjamin kelangsungan hidup dan keberlangsungan umat, melalui pendekatan deskriptif dan analitis terkait fenomena yang dikaji berdasarkan keadaannya, studi ini menemukan bahwa setiap aspek nasionalisme dan sektarianisme dalam ritual haji dan umrah yang dapat memecahkan persatuan ummat tidak dibenarkan, dan bahwasanya persaudaraan Islam itu melampaui persaudaraan garis keturunan, suku, dan tanah air, jadi jika pertemuan itu dimaksudkan pada makna atau slogan selain agama maka pertemuan itu tidak sah dan bertentangan dengan tujuan yang ditetapkan, yaitu pertemuan umat Islam dengan nama Islam semata.

Accounting, educational institutions and local government in Italy (1886–1907)

Although little is known about accounting activities within educational institutions, even less is known about their relevance to local governments. By adopting an Anglo-Foucauldian perspective, an archival-based study is conducted in this article to investigate the accounting practices adopted by a religious congregation for the management of two vocational schools in Brescia, Italy, between 1886 and 1907. In such a context, which lacked an efficient and effective educational system and underwent socio-economic changes as a result of an incipient industrialisation process, the accounting practices proved to be crucial not only to ensure the proper functioning of the institutions under investigation, but also to deal with educational poverty. This study demonstrates that accounting practices have a constitutive role in pursuing equilibrium strategies within the dynamics of local government.

On the Touch-Event

This article addresses the ‘touch-event’ as a mediated affective encounter that pivots around a tension between intimacy and distance, seduction and sovereignty, investment and withdrawal. Through a rereading of the Pauline event of conversion to Christianity, it argues that an analysis of the evolving significance of touch-events for Catholic liturgy and a religious congregation shows the theopolitical as always already constituted within an economy of enfleshed virtues. Focusing on contemporary examples of touch-events from the life of Francis, the first pope from the Americas, as well as from fieldwork among a group of female Latin American Catholic migrants in Rome, I argue for a closer examination of touch-events in order to grasp some of their theopolitical, radical, emancipatory, and, in some contexts, subjugating effects.

Aging in Place over Eight-Plus Decades

Religious buildings start by hosting a religious congregation who built or modified the structure. This chapter considers the later fate of these buildings: What happens to religious buildings over the decades, and how do the congregations that worship in those older structures view the building? Across four Protestant denominations in the Chicago region, the authors examine how many churches present in 1936 are still standing and how the buildings are used. For the congregations still worshipping in the same structure over eight decades later, they look at how the building appears on their website. A good number of the church buildings are still standing, though who uses them can vary across denominations. The website images show how some congregations make use of their historic structure. Together, these findings suggest that religious buildings have ongoing building energy even if they were constructed long ago.

Desain Aplikasi SALIM sebagai Media Pembelajaran untuk Menanggulangi Tindakan Kenakalan Remaja

AbstrakKenakalan remaja sering terjadi karena kurangnya persiapan remaja dalam menerima perubahan yang terjadi seperti perubahan jasmani, tingkat emosi, akhlak, sosial serta cara bertindak dan berpikir. Tindakan ini sering dialami oleh remaja pada rentan usia 15 hingga 20 tahun baik laki-laki maupun perempuan. Menanggulangi masalah kenakalan remaja melalui bidang agama menjadi salah satu solusi yang dipilih sebagai pondasi utama sebagai umat beragama, sehingga dibutuhkan media melalui 2 tahapan metode yaitu tahap persiapan dan tahap penciptaan. Tahap persiapan meliputi pengumpulan data, analisis data, sintesis, dan penentuan objek perancangan. Tahap penciptaan meliputi pra produksi, produksi, dan pasca produksi. Hasil dari metode yang digunakan menghasilkan konsep “Petualang Kebaikan”, yaitu orang yang bertualang mencari sifat manusia yang sesuai dengan aturan agama Islam. Media ini dirancang untuk media bantu bagi remaja dalam mengontrol perilaku sehari-hari. Apakah pada hari itu para remaja sudah berbuat baik dan bermanfaat bagi orang lain dan lingkungannya atau belum. Jika pada hari itu belum berbuat baik, maka dalam aplikasi poin-poin berbuat baik belum terceklis, begitu juga sebaliknya sehingga para remaja bisa mengontrol dirinya sendiri untuk menghindari perbuatan buruk dan melakukan perbuatan baik dalam kehidupan sehari-harinya. Kata Kunci: android, aplikasi, multimedia, kenakalan, remaja AbstractTeenager delinquency often happened due to a lack of preparation for teenagers to accept changes such as physical change, emotion, attitude, social, and the way to act and think. This action often experienced by teens at a susceptible age of 15 until 20 years, whether men or women. Overcoming the problem of Teenage delinquency through the religious area becomes one of the solutions chosen as the foundation for a religious congregation, so it needs the media through 2 stages of a method that are preparation stage and production stage. The preparation stage includes data collection, data analysis, synthesis, and the definition of object design. The production stage includes pre-production, production, and post-production. The result of the methods used to generate the “Petualangan Kebaikan” concept, which is persons that travel searching for human nature that appropriate with the rule of Islam. This media designed for media support for teenagers in controlling daily attitudes. Whether on that day the teenager has done a good and beneficial deed for others and the environment. If in that the day the teenager hasn't done a good deed yet, in applications good deed points will not check or vice versa, so the teenager could control themselves to prevent horrible deed and doing a good deed in daily life.Keywords: android, gadget, interactive, multimedia, teens

Formasi Kepribadian Seorang Religius Menuju Kedewasaan Manusiawi

Everybody expects to become a mature person. The characteristic of mature persons are the ability to know and understand him/herself, to develop his/her pontentialities, to control his/her emotion, and to dealt with conflict and suffering. In order to reach the aim of religious formation, every formation house of religious congregation could develop good formation programs. The result of the study pointed out that some formation houses did not develop yet formation programs fully especially personality formation. The reality speaks to us that there are some religious men or women who are emotional, giving up as facing the difficulties and challenges, and less self-confidence. Therefore, the study could urge formation houses of religious congregation to be serious to develop personality dimension of relirious men or women.