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01. Historiographical Study of Religious Congregations %28Prof. L. Lanaria USC%29

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EAO Regional Conference on the State of Salesian Historiography

Day 2 | Tuesday | 5 Nov 2013

A HISTORIOGRAPHICAL STUDY OF RELIGIOUS CONGREGATIONS

IN THE EAST ASIA-OCEANIA CONTEXT:

SCRATCHING THE SURFACE

Dr. Levy Lara Lanaria

Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies

University of San Carlos, Cebu City

levria@yahoo.com

While I was organizing my ideas up until I was almost on the verge of completing the

‘rough’ draft of my paper, I realized that, given the time limitation and my own limitation as

someone who had no formal training in historiography, I could not go into a comprehensive and

in-depth historiographical analysis of the writings I had gathered. I thought the metaphor

“scratching the surface” would more appropriately express the level at which I was laboring –

which I was.

My study covers the countries in the East Asian-Oceania region except the Philippines.

They are China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Taiwan, Australia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar,

New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Thailand, Timor East, and

Vietnam. In reality only a number of these countries figure in the materials I consider relevant.

I have opted as well to limit the historical period covered by the writings for the last 50

years or so. That would be the post-WW II period. Moreover, considering the enormity of the

study, I decided to just restrict it to the following religious congregation of men: Augustinians

(O.A), Augustinian Recollects (O.A.R.), CICM, Dominicans (O.P.), Jesuits (S.J.), Redemptorists

(Cs.S.R.), Society of the Divine Word (SVD) and Vincentians (C.M.).

These are some of the libraries I went to in Metro Manila:

East Asian Pastoral Institute

UST Central Library

UST Ecclesiastical Faculty Library

Vincentians: St. Vincent School of Theology

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Maryhill School of Theology library

I went to the archives of St. Augustine’s church of the Augustinian Order in Intramuros,

Manila on Oct 25, 2013. Unfortunately the place was under renovation, and so it was not open

to public. I also tried my luck at the Franciscan Provincial house in Quezon City. Unfortunately

again during the entire remaining days of my research, the entire Franciscan community was out

for a retreat and I couldn’t be allowed access to their archives.

For the Cebu-based research I was helped by my research associate Mr. Josmar Dionzon,

an ex-SVD seminarian and former colleague of mine in the previous Department of Religious

Education, University of San Carlos who went the rounds of the religious congregations based in

Cebu. He was also able to do some online research to supplement my work. Towards the end of

my presentation I’m going to present a list of repositories of information and historical writings

Mr. Dionzon has gathered online. They can be useful for someone who may be interested to do

further research on the historiography of the religious orders in the East Asia-Oceania context.

Offhand I would say that the repositories of historical information which immediately

offered me relevant materials are the libraries of St. Vincent School of Theology and the

C.I.C.M-owned and -run Maryhill School of Theology. Even the UST libraries which is the best

in terms of archival materials, according to the Jesuit historian Fr. Jose Arcilla yielded only a

couple of relevant sources not because it is lacking but either the archival materials were in

Spanish or the historical writings focus on the Philippine context. Anyhow more time and more

efforts are needed to substantiate or negate my claim.

To give you an idea of the written sources I gathered in MetroManila thus far and their

classification by religious orders, I’m presenting to you the following table:

Books

Augustinians (O.A.) (nothing relevant)

Articles

(nothing relevant)

Assorted: Reports,

Monographs,

Statements, et al

(only Augustinian

newsletter)

Compilation of reports

SACS/STVI Province

of Sto. Nino de Cebu-

Phil. 2005-2013 (still to

be sorted out, most can

be considered primary

sources)

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Augustinian Recollects (nothing relevant) (nothing relevant)

(O.A.R.)

(nothing relevant)

C.I.C.M.

Amigleo, Rev. Fr. Taveirne, P. “China:

Ernesto M. 75 Years of Exodus and Diaspora.”

CICM Missionary In C.I.C.M.

Degrijse, Omer. The

Journey in Indonesia Missionaries Past and Immaculate Heart

1937-2012. Bekasi, Present, 256-280.

Missions a Centennial

Indonesia: 2012.

Leuven University 1862-1962 (letter by

Press, 1995.

the then CICM superior

[Indonesia]

general)

[China]

[China, pp. 16-19]

Missionhurst: The

Congregation of the Eerenbeemt, J. van den

Immaculate Heart of and D. Vanysacker.

Mary. (Arlington, VA. “Indonesia: A Mission

1963), 17-?.

in the World of Islam.”

In C.I.C.M.

[partly mentions China, Missionaries Past and

pp. 8-9; a little (in

Present, 341-351.

passing) on Indonesia, Leuven University

Japan, Hong Kong, Press, 1995.

Singapore, p.17]

[Indonesia]

Renson, R. “Japan: An

Unfulfilled

Expectation.” In

C.I.C.M. Missionaries

Past and Present, 352-

364. Leuven University

Press, 1995.

[Japan]

Decraene, M. “CICM

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and the Chinese Church

Today.” EUNTES

Digest (November-

December 1988): 542-

546.

[context: China]

Goossens, Ludo,

C.I.C.M. “Perspectives

on the Japanese

Province of CICM on

the Occasion of 50

Years of Missionary

Presence in Japan.” The

Japan Mission Journal

52, no. 4 (Winter,

1998): 242-248.

[Japan]

Amigleo, Rev. Fr.

Ernesto M., CICM.

“Journey from Mission

Church to Local

Church: A Story of

CICM Evangelization

in Indonesia.” In

CICM: 150 Years of

Service in God’s

Mission (1862-2012).

Edited by Jaime R.

Sadullo, Andre De

Bleeker and Maria

Brenda L. Tan, 57-??.

Makati: St. Pauls, 2012.

[Indonesia]

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1 Superior general 1962

Heyndrickx, Rev. Fr.

Jeroom J., CICM.

“Verbiest Foundation-

Leuven: An Institution

for Evangelization in

China Created by the

CICM.” In CICM: 150

Years of Service in

God’s Mission (1862-

2012). Edited by Jaime

R. Sadullo, Andre De

Bleeker and Maria

Brenda L. Tan, 139-??.

Makati: St. Pauls, 2012.

[China]

Degrijse, Omer, CICM.

“The Immaculate Heart

Missions 1862-1962.”

In The Centennial of

SCHEUT. n.d. pp. 17-

211

Masschelein, Patrick,

CICM. “What abut

CICM and Hongkong

in 1997?. . .”

Missionhurst 49, no. 3

(June-July 1997): 10-

13.

[Hong Kong]

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Dominicans (O.P.)2

2 A quarterly magazine for the UST arts and sciences: Unitas.

Statement on

“Dominican

Conference on Justice

and Peace, Asia-Pacific

Region: Hongkong,

1984.” In The

Dominicans’ Mission

Here and Now, ed.

Fausto Gomez, O.P.,

141-143. Manila:

University of Santo

Tomas, 1988.

Statement on

“Dominican Asia-

Pacific Regional

Conference:

Teschemakers, New

Zealand: 1987.” In The

Dominicans’ Mission

Here and Now, ed.

Fausto Gomez, O.P.,

148-149. Manila:

University of Santo

Tomas, 1988.

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Franciscans (O.F.M)

Jesuits (S.J.)

Ryan, Thomas F. ,S.J.

Presidents’s Report.

Jesuits in China (details

needed).

Nicolas, Adolfo, S.J.

“Ongoing Formation

[See the relevant

and Pastoral Service.”

portion, Chapter VIII. East Asian Pastoral

Twentieth Century: Review (1987): 21-?

“The Conference in

2011.” Jesuits in Asia

Pacific 2012, 3-5.

Quezon City: Ateneo

de Manila, 2012.3

Second Half. It covers

[mentions Timor-Leste,

Hong Kong, Taiwan,

Myanmar, Vietnam,

and China Mainland King, Geoffrey, SJ.

(pp. 132-163)]

EAPI. “At Twenty-

China,

Five: Evaluation,

Mission Statement, “President’s Report on

Future Plans.” East 2012.” A Faith that

Asian Pastoral Review Does Justice the Jesuits

28, no. 2 (1991): ?? in Asia-Pacific 2013, 3-

Quezon City: Ateneo

de Manila, 2012.

“Forming Jesuits for [mentions Australia,

Asia Pacific.” Jesuits in Japan, Korea, Vietnam,

Asia Pacific 2012, 6-7. Malaysia, Thailand,

Quezon City: Ateneo deTimor-Leste, Myanmar,

Manila, 2012.

Jakarta, Singapore]

[context: Loyola School

of Theology which

caters to students from

Asia-Pacific]

3 Mark Raper, SJ, president, Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific

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“The Vision of an

Educational Institute.”

Jesuits in Asia Pacific

2012, 8-9. Quezon City:

Ateneo de Manila,

2012.

[context: Timor-Leste]

“A Sense of Sacred

Ecology.” Jesuits in

Asia Pacific 2012, 10-

11. Quezon City:

Ateneo de Manila,

2012.

[context: Mekong river]

“Living with our

Neighbors.” Jesuits in

Asia Pacific 2012, 12-

13. Quezon City:

Ateneo de Manila,

2012.

[Yiutsari Center,

Korea]

“The Asia Pacific

Conference.” Jesuits in

Asia Pacific 2012, 14-

15. Quezon City:

Ateneo de Manila,

2012.

[mentions where JAPC

works: Australia,

Cambodia, China,

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Indonesia, Japan,

Korea, Laos, Malaysia,

Micronesia, Myanmar,

New Zealand,

Philippines, Singapore,

Taiwan, Thailand,

Timor-Leste,

Vietname]

Gleeson, Fr.

Christopher, SJ. “The

Gift of Education.” A

Faith that Does Justice

the Jesuits in Asia-

Pacific 2013, 6-7.

Quezon City: Ateneo de

Manila, 2012.

[context: a Jesuit

educational initiative in

Timor-Leste]

Leger, Fr. Arthur, SJ.

“Forming Pastoral

Leaders for a Mission.”

A Faith that Does

Justice the Jesuits in

Asia-Pacific 2013, 10-

11. Quezon City:

Ateneo de Manila,

2012.

[context: East Asian

Pastoral Institute in

Quezon City which

caters to Africa, Asia,

and Oceania]

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Raper, Mark, SJ.

“Looking Forward.” A

Faith that Does Justice

the Jesuits in Asia-

Pacific 2013, 14-15.

Quezon City: Ateneo de

Manila, 2012.

[ mentions Korea,

Cambodia, Myanmar]

Redemptorists (CsSR) (see supplementary

portion below)

SVD

(see supplementary

portion below)

Vincentians (C.M.)

Riyanto, Armada. The

80 Years of the

Presence of the CM

Priests in Indonesia.

2003.

O’Donnell, Hugh, C.M.

“The China Mission.”

Vincentiana 42nd

YEAR, no. 6

(November-December

1998): 423-428.

[China]

Tran Cong Du, Gerard,

CM. and Alexis Hau.

“The Congregation of

the Mission in

Vietnam.” Vincentiana

42nd YEAR, no. 6

(November-December

1998): 448-454.

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[Vietnam]

Sendlein, Thomas,

CICM. “Vincentian

Chinese Pilgrimage to

Rome: Chronicle of the

Canonization of the

Francis Regis Clet.”

Vincentiana 45th

YEAR, no. 1 (January-

February 2001): 2-8.

[China]

Maloney, Robert P.,

CM. “Our Vincentian

Mission in China:

Yesterday, Today, and

Tomorrow.”

Vincentiana 45th

YEAR, no. 1 (January-

February 2001): 43-52.

[China]

Armada, Franciscus

Eko, CM. “The 80th

Anniversary of the

Presence of the

Vincentians in

Indonesia (1923-2003):

A Historical

Reflection.”

Vincentiana 48TH

YEAR, no. 3 (May-

June 2004): 190-200.

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[Indonesia]

Vincentiana 53rd

YEAR, no. 1/2

(January-April 2009) --

- SIEV Colloquium on

Vincentian History and

Historiography

In sum in terms of published books written I gathered four (CICM 2; CM 1; Jesuits 1), 25

articles found in journals or magazines (CICM 10; CM 6; Jesuits 9); and 7 assorted

(Augustinians 2; CICM 1; O.P. 2; Jesuits 2).

Based on the sources and materials I actually collected, I came up with the following

tentative observations:

1. Most of the materials I stumbled upon are articles published either in a religious

congregation’s periodic journal or in a book or in a magazine. A few are a superior’s

reports/letters and formal statements expressing the congregation’s pastoral commitment.

In another congregation I was shown compilations of reports/minutes/proceedings/letters

which focus on the Philippines.

2. In general, the articles were written by the respective congregation’s historians or writers

in narrative sketchy form and for the most part a mix of historical exposition and

theological reflection, theological and/or missiological.

3. Usually no bibliography is indicated.

4. The research method is not presented as well. I haven’t come across writings which use

other methods, e.g. analytical, other than the narrative. The narrative according to

Lawrence Stone (English historian of early modern Britain) has traditionally been the

main rhetorical device used in writing history. It prefers anecdotes over analysis, use of

examples or illustrations rather than statistically verified empirical regularities.

5. Only three books are of note namely Amigleo, Rev. Fr. Ernesto M. 75 Years of CICM

Missionary Journey in Indonesia 1937-2012. Bekasi, Indonesia: 2012; Riyanto, Armada.

The 80 Years of the Presence of the CM Priests in Indonesia. 2003; and Ryan, Thomas

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F., S.J. Jesuits in China. All three contain bibliography. At least one, Fr. Amigleo’s

work, contains endnotes. The sources used were oral and written through library research

and interviews with key informants. These are the only works I find with scientific value

although the narrative form runs through both writings and there’s a reflection portion as

well.

6. The writings (books and articles with historical content) by and large highlight

achievements of the congregation, thus biased, over challenges which came in the way.

This is expected esp by those commemorative works meant to encourage or exhort or

inspire. Some works like the Jesuit APC magazine are promotional, and can be linked, as

a Jesuit archivist I talked to, to financial subsidy.

7. I haven’t come across some kind of an integrated historical writing focused exclusively

on the East Asia context and/or Oceania context that covers the post-world war II era. It

seems safe to say that nothing has been done at least by those religious orders covered by

my research. Most of the relevant materials I stumbled upon are articles written in a

journal or in a magazine or small portions of a book, not to mention that they deal with

individual countries mostly in the East Asian context. What I have so far are a couple of

books which by chance were written in the particular Indonesian context and another

book on China. The Jesuits, Augustinians, and Vincentians I’ve talked to confirmed the

lacuna.

8. Considering the great limitation of my study, I suggest that further, more intensive and

more extensive research can be made regarding the historiography of the religious orders

in the context of the East Asia-Oceania region. The research should not only be limited

to the repositories of information located in the Philippines. I am sure other countries in

the region contain historical sources/resources which cannot be found here in the

Philippine libraries.

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Supplementary: Below are additional list of historical studies produced in the East Asian context

and of online archives/repositories of historical information of a good number of religious

congregations.

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Historical Studies in East Asia

Christianity in Taiwan

Borao Mateo, José Eugenio. 2009. The Spanish Experience in Taiwan, 1626-1642: The

Baroque Ending of a Renaissance Endeavour. Hong Kong University Press.

Borao Mateo, José Eugenio. 2002. Spaniards in Taiwan,Taipei: Vol II (1642-1682). SMC

Publishing Inc.

Borao Mateo, José Eugenio. 2001. Spaniards in Taiwan,Taipei: Vol. I (1582-1641). SMC

Publishing Inc.

Borao Mateo, José Eugenio. 2000. “The Catholic Dominican Missionaries in Taiwan, 1626-

1642.” In: Leuven Chinese Studies (special issue on Missionary Approaches and Linguistic in

Mainland China and Taiwan) No. X, pp. 101-132.

Borao Mateo, José Eugenio 1994. Spanish Sources for the History of Taiwan. "International

Congress on Taiwan Historical and Colonial Sources", National Taiwan University.

Christianity in China

Tiedemann, Gary, ed. 2010. Handbook of Christianity in China: Volume Two: 1800 –

present. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill Academic Pub

Standaert, Nicolas, ed. 2001. Handbook of Christianity in China. Volume One: 635-1800.

Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill Academic Pub.

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Tiedemann, Gary. 2009. Reference Guide to Christian Missionary Societies in China: from

the 16th to the 20th Century. Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe.

Cary-Elwes, Columba. 1957. China and the Cross: A Survey of Missionary History. New

York: P.J. Kenedy.

Charbonnier ,Jean-Pierre. 2007. Christians in China A.D. 600 to 2000. San Francisco, CA,

Ignatius Press.

Gerald H. Anderson, Robert T. Coote, James M. Phillips, eds. 1994. Mission Legacies:

Biographical Studies of Leaders of the Modern Missionary Movement (American Society of

Missiology). Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books.

Brockey, Liam Matthew. 2007. Journey to the East: The Jesuit Mission to China, 1579–1724.

Cambridge, Mass: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.

Christianity in Japan

Mullins, Mark. 1998. Christianity Made in Japan: A Study of Indigenous Movements.

University of Hawai’i Press

Mullins, Mark. 2003. Handbook of Christianity in Japan. Leiden and Boston: Brill Academic

Pub.

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Christianity in Indonesia

Steenbrink, K.A. and Aritonang, J.S. 2008. A History of Christianity in Indonesia. Leiden and

Boston: Brill Academic Pub.

Franciscans in China

Anthony E. Clark. 2011. China's Saints: Catholic Martyrdom During the Qing (1644-1911)

(Christianity in China).Bethlehem: LehighUniversity Press.

Divine Word Missionaries in Papua New Guinea

Divine Word Missionaries in Papua New Guinea 1896-1996. Nettetal, Germany: Steyler

Verlag

Gaesch, Patrick. 2009.Mission and violence: healing the lasting damage. Papua New Guinea:

DWU Press.

Ruffing, Norman. The Word in the world, 1969: Divine Word Missionaries, New Guinea:

Divine Word Missionaries in Taiwan, Japan, and Philippines

Divine Word Missionaries. Divine Word Missionaries in Asian Universities: Fu Jen, Taiwan;

Nanzan, Japan; San Carlos, Philippines; Divine Word, Philippines. Nettetal, Germany:

Steyler Verlag

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