"Lucere et Fovere" - Congregação das Irmãs Hospitaleiras (CONFHIC): Um estudo sobre o ideário educativo da Co-Fundadora Beata Maria Clara do Menino Jesus
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Universidade Portucalense
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A ideia de tentar compreender de que forma um ideário educativo católico duma congregação específica, neste caso, a CONFHIC, se enraíza na sua cofundadora - Libânia do Carmo Galvão Mexia de Moura Telles e Albuquerque, mulher que nasceu e viveu no século XIX (nome em religião – Maria Clara do Menino Jesus) - que mereceu o reconhecimento universal da sua obra, e da sua pessoa, que conduziu à sua beatificação, e indagar sobre a viabilidade desse ideário na sociedade atual, marcada por uma forte secularização, lançou as bases para a presente investigação.
Percorridos múltiplos documentos eclesiásticos para compreender o sentido da educação católica nas mensagens diretas dos mais altos dignitários da Igreja; inferindo sobre o carisma fundacional da Congregação das Irmãs Franciscanas Hospitaleiras da Imaculada Conceição que passou pela análise das polissemias de conceitos de projeto, cultura e ideário; revisitada a história portuguesa oitocentista, numa vertente que privilegia a relação entre a Igreja, Estado e Sociedade, para melhor avaliar e dar a conhecer o contexto histórico que conduziu a Igreja a reconhecer o mérito da obra da Beata Maria Clara do Menino Jesus; reconstruída a história de vida da cofundadora numa vertente que visou aferir a sua identificação com o cariz franciscano; evidenciados os aspetos da sua obra pedagógica e assistencial; por fim, procedeu-se à análise de conteúdo das reflexões retrospetivas e prospetivas - constituintes do corpus de estudo empírico – do conjunto de participantes (n=11) que vivenciaram a ação educativa e educacional da CONFHIC.
No presente estudo, enquadrado numa metodologia de natureza qualitativa de cariz interpretativo, adequada ao estudo de caso, como estratégia de investigação optada, que utilizou como instrumento de recolha de dados, o «inquérito por entrevista estruturada», e como técnica de análise, a «análise de conteúdo», foram concebidos três patamares para aferir as correspondentes dimensões de vivência dos participantes do estudo: (i) Uma dimensão experiencial, na qual se pretendeu conhecer a experiência dos participantes enquanto alunos e, ou professores na Escola da CONFHIC, nomeadamente quanto aos métodos de ensino, nas relações interpessoais - colegas, docentes, educadores – em conformidade com a situação individual e ainda, se em tal vivência ocorreu alguma marca pessoal e social; (ii) Uma dimensão social, a qual visou compreender o impacto do projeto educativo no caminho existencial dos participantes, nomeadamente enquanto cidadãos,
profissionais e na esfera familiar, ou seja, aferir se a experiência de aluno e, ou professor em Escolas da CONFHIC, se repercutiu na sua vida social e profissional, inclusivamente se lhe atribui utilidade; (iii) Uma dimensão crítica que almejou avaliar a pertinência do ideário e do projeto educativo da CONFHIC na atualidade, ou seja, sob um prisma crítico, aferir o sentido desse ideário e projeto educativo no mundo atual e qual a sua viabilidade, na perspetiva dos participantes.
As conclusões apontam no sentido de uma viabilidade do ideário e projetos católicos em estudo, na sociedade atual, desde que sejam implementadas diversas estratégias que tenham em vista a cooptação de sinergias internas e externas à CONFHIC, no sentido de continuar a obra da cofundadora Beata Maria Clara do Menino Jesus.
It is our aim in this work to understand how a Catholic educational ideology of a specific Congregation, namely-CONFHIC- so rooted in the cofoundress, Libânia do Carmo Galvão Mexia de Moura Telles e Albuquerque, a women that was born and lived in the 19th century (religious name - Maria Clara do Menino Jesus) whose work and herself were universally recognized resulting in her beatification and to investigate the viability of that ideology in the actual society marked by such a profound secularization. It covered multiple ecclesiastical documents to understand the meaning of Catholic education in the direct messages of the highest dignitaries of the Church; inferring about the foundational charism of the Congregação das Irmãs Franciscanas Hospitaleiras da Imaculada Conceição, what went through analysis of polysemy of project, culture and ideology concepts; revisited the nineteenth century portuguese history, in a trend that favors the relationship between Church, State and Society, to better assess and make known the historical context that led the Church to recognize the merit of Beata Maria Clara do Menino Jesus´s work; reconstructed the life story of the cofoundress in a shed which aimed to measure their identification with the franciscan nature ; highlighted aspects of their pedagogical work and welfare; finally , we proceeded to the content analysis of the retrospective and forward-looking reflections - constituents of empirical corpus study – of the group of participants (n=11) who experienced CONFHIC´s educational action. In this study, framed in a qualitative methodology of interpretive nature, appropriate to the case study, as defaulted research strategy, which used as a data collection instrument, the 'investigation by structured interview" and as an analytical technique, "content analysis" are designed three levels to measure the relevant dimensions of experience of study participants: (i) An experiential dimension in which it was intended to know the participants experience as learners and, or teachers in CONFHIC Schools, such as teaching methods, interpersonal relationships - colleagues, teachers, educators - in accordance with the individual situation and yet, if in such experience occurred some personal and social brand; ( ii ) A social dimension , which aimed to understand the impact of the educational project in the existential path of participants, including as citizens, professionals and family sphere, i.e., assess whether the student experience and, or teacher in CONFHIC Schools, was reflected in his social and professional life, including if utility is attributed to it ; ( iii ) A critical dimension that craved assess the relevance of the CONFHIC´s ideology and educational project at the present time, that is, from a critical perspective, assess the meaning of this ideology and educational project in today´s world and what is its feasibility from the perspective of the participants. The research findings point towards a feasibility of catholic ideology and projects under study, in today's society, since several strategies are implemented to coopt CONFHIC´s internal and external synergies in order to continue the work of the cofoundress Beata Maria Clara do Menino Jesus.
It is our aim in this work to understand how a Catholic educational ideology of a specific Congregation, namely-CONFHIC- so rooted in the cofoundress, Libânia do Carmo Galvão Mexia de Moura Telles e Albuquerque, a women that was born and lived in the 19th century (religious name - Maria Clara do Menino Jesus) whose work and herself were universally recognized resulting in her beatification and to investigate the viability of that ideology in the actual society marked by such a profound secularization. It covered multiple ecclesiastical documents to understand the meaning of Catholic education in the direct messages of the highest dignitaries of the Church; inferring about the foundational charism of the Congregação das Irmãs Franciscanas Hospitaleiras da Imaculada Conceição, what went through analysis of polysemy of project, culture and ideology concepts; revisited the nineteenth century portuguese history, in a trend that favors the relationship between Church, State and Society, to better assess and make known the historical context that led the Church to recognize the merit of Beata Maria Clara do Menino Jesus´s work; reconstructed the life story of the cofoundress in a shed which aimed to measure their identification with the franciscan nature ; highlighted aspects of their pedagogical work and welfare; finally , we proceeded to the content analysis of the retrospective and forward-looking reflections - constituents of empirical corpus study – of the group of participants (n=11) who experienced CONFHIC´s educational action. In this study, framed in a qualitative methodology of interpretive nature, appropriate to the case study, as defaulted research strategy, which used as a data collection instrument, the 'investigation by structured interview" and as an analytical technique, "content analysis" are designed three levels to measure the relevant dimensions of experience of study participants: (i) An experiential dimension in which it was intended to know the participants experience as learners and, or teachers in CONFHIC Schools, such as teaching methods, interpersonal relationships - colleagues, teachers, educators - in accordance with the individual situation and yet, if in such experience occurred some personal and social brand; ( ii ) A social dimension , which aimed to understand the impact of the educational project in the existential path of participants, including as citizens, professionals and family sphere, i.e., assess whether the student experience and, or teacher in CONFHIC Schools, was reflected in his social and professional life, including if utility is attributed to it ; ( iii ) A critical dimension that craved assess the relevance of the CONFHIC´s ideology and educational project at the present time, that is, from a critical perspective, assess the meaning of this ideology and educational project in today´s world and what is its feasibility from the perspective of the participants. The research findings point towards a feasibility of catholic ideology and projects under study, in today's society, since several strategies are implemented to coopt CONFHIC´s internal and external synergies in order to continue the work of the cofoundress Beata Maria Clara do Menino Jesus.
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Educação católica, Ideário católico, Projeto educativo, CONFHIC, Beata Maria Clara do Menino Jesus, Catholic education, Catholic ideology, Educational project
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Magalhães, A. S. (2015). "Lucere et Fovere" - Congregação das Irmãs Hospitaleiras (CONFHIC): Um estudo sobre o ideário educativo da Co-Fundadora Beata Maria Clara do Menino Jesus. (Tese de Doutoramento), Universidade Portucalense, Portugal.
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Orientação: Prof. Doutor Eusébio André da Costa Machado.
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Tese de Doutoramento em Educação.