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5. ANALYSIS AND DIAGNOSIS To awaken a movement in a particular place it is necessary to analyse the situation of the sector in question, in the context of the Church and society. Then the situation must be interpreted in faith, or diagnosed.
a) The analysis proposed is a functional one, similar to that of a doctor:
• it starts from the symptoms or dissatisfactions so as to arrive at a first appreciation of the fundamental problem;
• then comes the analysis of the various conditioning factors , in order to verify the starting point;
• this being done, the next step is to analyse the historical factors that played a part in generating the problem;
• then the prognosis is formulated, analysing the possible ways of acting and the possible futures that would result from these;
b) the diagnosis, as in the case of the doctor, emerges from a comparison between the desired and intentional ideal and the reality that needs to be transformed because it is unsatisfactory. In the light of ideal, the present situation is interpreted in order to identify:
• the obstacles that impede the attainment of the ideal;
• the potentialities in the reality that are a stepping stone for achieving the ideal.
c) the treatment needed or, in other words, the planning or process of action in each field of action.
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