Pedagogical Challenges to Formation during Novitiate Stage within Religious Communities

• Main Authors: John Jairo Pérez Vargas, María Esmeria Cabrera Vásquez
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana 2019-10-01
• Series: Cuestiones Teológicas
• Subjects: modelos pedagógicos; noviciado; formación; comunidad religiosa; pedagogía.
• Online Access: https://revistas.upb.edu.co/index.php/cuestiones/article/view/9232

The aim of the article is to analyze the pedagogical challenges of religious formation during novitiate stage. The article begins by presenting the distinctive features of the formation of novices according to some magisterial reference works. Bearing this context in mind, the article presents a brief analysis that makes it possible to recognize some of the distinctive features of the persons that reach this stage of formation within religious communities. Based on this, the article considers the role of pedagogy in religious formation, which is analyzed based on pedagogical approaches. The traditional pedagogical approach for this kind of formation is, therefore, questioned; and a complementarity with some other pedagogical approaches is proposed, highlighting some of the general challenges faced during this relevant stage of religious formation.