Paróquia Sant’Ana de Itaúna: memória e educação no Complexo do Salgueiro

Abstract

This Dissertation presents a discussion about the emergence of the Paróquia Sant’Ana de Itaúna and Complexo do Salgueiro, in the municipality of São Gonçalo, State of Rio de Janeiro. The emergence of the Complex took place during the period of the Civil-Military Dictatorship, in which the Brazilian people experienced violence, torture and death. With the support of the Catholic Church for the Regime, its leaders came into disagreement, so that some were tortured and killed for their progressive non-school education practices. In this historical context, we recorded and reflected on their stories and memories, their reports and their photographs, demonstrating how the Parish works within the neighborhoods in the Complex, especially the pastorals, places that are difficult to access, as they do not have assistance from the State and are dominated by drug trafficking. Finally, we explored the education process present in Complexo do Salgueiro, getting to know the number of Municipal and State schools, as well as how they work. Furthermore, we discussed the crime surrounding these educational institutions. Therefore, the central proposal of this research was to tell part of a story of Complexo do Salgueiro and Paróquia Sant'Ana de Itaúna, showing the period in which they emerged, and then addressing the memories, violence, pastorals in the present time and their performances, as well as local schools and the historical background. We used descriptive qualitative research, relying on Deslauriers (1991), Goldenberg (1997), Minayo (2001), Triviños (1987) and Fonseca (2002). Through these, we based the main results found by the research, from which we were able to reflect on historical data of the church, the chapels belonging to the Sant'Ana de Itaúna Parish and education in Complexo do Salgueiro, as well as the central role of the Pastoral of Education.