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McCann, Joseph – International Studies in Catholic Education, 2014
This article is an account of the actions and achievements, i.e. the "contribution", of the Ireland Province of the Vincentian Congregation, known officially as "the Congregation of the Mission", in respect of Catholic education in Ireland and England. The approach is, first, to outline the motives and intentions of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Catholic Schools, Institutional Mission, Religious Organizations
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Andrews, Rhys – Rural Sociology, 2011
Religious communities are important sources of bridging and bonding social capital that have varying implications for perceptions of social cohesion in rural areas. In particular, as well as cultivating cohesiveness more broadly, the bridging social capital associated within mainline religious communities may represent an especially important…
Descriptors: Protestants, Social Integration, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries
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Bruce, Deborah A.; Sterland, Samuel J. R.; Brookes, Norman E.; Escott, Phillip – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2006
In 2001, more than 1.2 million worshipers in over 12,000 congregations in four countries participated in the International Congregational Life Survey (ICLS). The ICLS was an expansion and revision of previous surveys conducted in Australia (the National Church Life Survey) to include congregations and worshipers in New Zealand, England and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Surveys, Churches, Christianity