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Multicultural parishes and PFG ’ s

Multicultural parishes and PFG ’ s. What is your family culture? where are your from? what do you do differently from others? what and how do you eat? is anyone in the family from another culture? (racial, religious etc ) What do you appreciate about a culture other than your own?

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Multicultural parishes and PFG ’ s

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  1. Multicultural parishes and PFG’s

  2. What is your family culture? • where are your from? • what do you do differently from others? • what and how do you eat? • is anyone in the family from another culture? • (racial, religious etc) • What do you appreciate about a culture other than your own? • What puzzles you about aspects of another?

  3. Multicultural parishes & PFG’s

  4. Eating out Eastern & Western culture

  5. Contacts Context in communication

  6. Showing anger

  7. Waiting to line up

  8. Sunday on the streets

  9. Importance of authority figures

  10. Travelling

  11. Punctuality

  12. Way of life Individualistic Collective

  13. Three meals a day

  14. The place of the child

  15. Noise levels in a restaurant

  16. Moods and weather

  17. Expressing an opinion

  18. Dealing with problems

  19. The elderly in day-to-day life

  20. A party

  21. Transportation

  22. Icons used were designed by Liu Young

  23. Culture Culture is like a skin or a language ittransmits meaning (values, customs, etc) Sub-cultures exist (e.g. Collingwood/AFL is different from Storm/NRL) but both football Like skin, if it is stripped away, a community is injured or killed

  24. Culture We need to know and understand the ‘inner history’ of our own culture & the cultures we are involved with Some cultures regard themselves as superior to others (rock and an egg experience)

  25. Culture Catholic and Protestant cultures Superior ‘attitudes’ can ignore the sacredness of culture We are rediscovering the sense of connectedness that most ancient cultures had

  26. Boundaries: Inside & Outside Every culture creates boundaries that divide, classify and rank Supporters maintain the boundaries Some individuals cross the boundaries or outsiders challenge them

  27. INSIDERS Those in authority, with appointed roles or with influence (Big shots) ---------------------------- Have limited power Nobodies, children, Deviants (criminals etc) Maginalised (sex, language, etc) (Insignificant) OUTSIDERS Strangers, Vulnerable, Learners Accept unimportant roles (Servants) ------------------------------- Not committed Tourists, visitors, opportunists, short termers, invaders (Nuisances)

  28. Religious culture Our religious culture has very clear outsiders Jesus showed true inclusion by bringing in the outsiders Mark 1: 40-45

  29. Religious culture Jesus challenged insider participants to encounter and welcome the marginalisedoutsiders Who are insiders and outsiders in: a) the wider church b) your parish c) your PFG?

  30. Make-up of a parish or a PFG 1990: The parish is 80% British/Celtic: 10% European; 10% Asian 2000: The parish is 60% British/Celtic 10% European; 15% Asian; 15% Middle Eastern 2012. The parish is 40% British/Celt; 5% European 35% Asian; 20% Middle Eastern/African

  31. Make-up of a parish or a PFG 40% Irish, English, Scottish, Welsh 5% Dutch, German, Italian, Polish 20% Sudanese, Kenyan, Iraqui, Palestinian, Sth African 35% Korean, Vietnamese, Indian, Burmese, Lebanese

  32. Make-up of a parish or a PFG What are some things that need to be taken into account for: - worship - making or feeling welcome - one to one conversation - belonging/being involved - including in groups (e.g. PFG’s)

  33. PFG’s in your parish What different cultures do you have in your parish? Do some of them keep separate? Why do they do that?

  34. PFG’s in your parish Can they be included in a PFG? How? What practical things can we do to help us belong to a multicultural PFG?

  35. Cultural Difference Culture helps to give order and meaning to human behaviour. Values, practices, and beliefs of a culture are the products of the conditioning and learning that take place within the family, social groups and countries of origin E.g. Maori, Samoan, Tongan and other polynesian people have many common values, but some different beliefs and customs

  36. Cultural Terminology Intercultural: communication between cultures and the engagement of cultural difference Multicultural: different cultures co-existing in the same place at the same time Acculturation:the process of cultural change where contact between two or more ‘cultures’ leads to one group taking over elements of the other group’s culture

  37. Cultural Terminology Subculture: a sub-group of a larger culture that is different and unified in that difference (Bikie gang, goths)

  38. Intercultural Sensitivity • Dominance: “We are the centre of the Universe” • Denial • lack of awareness of cultural differences 2. Defence - cultural differences are disturbing - different cultural groups are put down

  39. Intercultural Sensitivity Minimise Cultural differences are acknowledged but not taken seriously Cultural differences are at the very core of a person’s identity so they do matter Being the home culture is no excuse, especially for a follower of Jesus

  40. Intercultural Sensitivity Acceptance respect for behavior and value differences; Adaptation learning to communicate across multiple cultures & worldviews Integration able to be accepting, even ‘marginal’ within various cultures

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