Investigating the ecclesiastical catholic formation at the theological catholic seminary

• Autor(es):

  Benelli, Sílvio José.

• Fonte:

  Psicologia em Estudo; volume 14, número 1, páginas 167-176. Março 2009.

• Assuntos:

  Social Psychology;

  pedagogy;

  clerical education.

• Resumo:

  We sought to execute a psychosocial analysis of a Theological Catholic Seminary where live 50 seminarians in boarding system, at the final stage of formation to priesthood; once ordained, they will be settled in relevant positions that comprise in the coordination of large parish communities. Applying a theoretical tool of institutional analysis, we mapped institutional subjectivityoperators from the pedagogical device in the Seminary. We show data related to participative observation obtained in research field. Besides the operators present in the official and institutional discourse, we found out that the Seminary contrives in daily practice other procedures, which may be designated as totalitarian and disciplinary, producing a priest with clerical profile.

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