Sunday, July 26, 2009

Parish....What does it mean?

Parish as a Safe Space

An extension of mother's womb.
A place where people find themselves in community.
A place where there is no hierarchy.

Parish as a Public Sphere.

Discourses in the parish should be from subaltern perspective.
This space encourages interaction and respect each other's voice.
It should be in democratic in nature.

Parish as a Movement.

It always challenges the consciousness of market.
It always energise people to move forward even though there are struggles.
It will be dynamic in nature

1 comment:

Anil Tharayath Varghese said...

Parish as a Safe Space

Parish has always been a safe space in terms of not engaging with harsh realities of the society and also creating a sort of hierarchy in the particular space itself it can be that of patriarchy to caste etc. I would rather pose this question as to Parish as a safe space for whom?

Parish as a Movement. I seriously doubt whether this will happen...


Where is the Priest then?

Priest is omni....... everywhere dont you think so? Where is'nt the priest in the life of the church if there is one....