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Lay Presider Role and Formation
(2002)Lay ministry has been a part of the church from its beginning. Collectively we recognize that we all share in the one priesthood of Christ. We are a priestly people. Ministry is how we exercise that priesthood. Our ... -
Leadership Competency Model for Student Leaders
(n.d.)When professionals who work on a university campus are asked what they think is the most important skill that students need to learn in college, you are likely to hear them say leadership. In today’s world, companies are ... -
Leadership Development Proposal for Cook Pharmica LLC
(2009)The recent economic downturn and resulting recession has caused companies to look for opportunities to mitigate the financial deficits and survive. Many industries have had to find ways to do more with less. The ... -
A Leadership Training Program for Adult Religious Education Coordinators
(1989)I propose to create a training program for potential adult education coordinators to develop competencies in team formation and program planning. Moreover, since many rural parishes are too small to develop and maintain their ... -
Leading Organizational Change: Implementation of the Hospital Incident Command System
(2009)Acceptance of the federal grant money obligates Lutheran to implement the HICS structure and transition to a more effective emergency response method than the one currently in place. As a result, policies and procedures ... -
Lectio Divina: 30 Days with Saint Paul’s Spirit
(2012)My work as Pastoral Associate at St. Rita Catholic Church inspired my interest in this topic. I studied St. Paul’s Letters and discovered that there are many good things to learn from St. Paul. These include his conversion ... -
Lectionary Catechesis in an Institution
(1991)Fr. Robert (Bob) Tywoniak, Director of the Catholic Home for Children in the Diocese of Miami, made a request for a volunteer lay minister to establish a religious education program and liturgical service for the children ... -
The Life Story: A Pastoral and Personal Means for Wholeness and Growth
(1991)To increase awareness of story, and particularly one's life as a story, is one of the principal objectives of this project. It is important for a person to express his or her life in the form of a story. One is then ... -
Light and Legacy": A Pastoral Response To Those Facing A Life-Threatening Condition
(1998)My project involved presenting persons who were facing a life-threatening condition with journal-writing skills in and through a series of workshops. So in the next section I analyze a number of factors that contributed ... -
A Light Which Shines in the Darkness: A Process of Theological Reflection For Pastoral and Mental Health Professionals
(2001)My purpose in this project is twofold. First, using a team of chaplains and mental health professionals, I will present an assessment of how well we address spiritual components of mental illness in our inpatient psychiatric ... -
The Liturgy of the Hours: A Two Session Ecumenical Experience of Learning, Reflection and Prayer
(2001)This pastoral project is about passing on the tradition of praying the Liturgy of the Hours. Passing on tradition is a basic human activity. In fact, not only we humans, but also all of creation pass on our traditions ... -
The Liturgy of the Hours: Prayer and Community
(2001)In trying to understand the purpose and function of the Divine office one can overlook an important but subtle double meaning. The Liturgy of the Hours is called the Prayer of the Church not only because it is traditional, ... -
Liturgy of the Word Adapted for Children
(1988)Liturgical celebrations at church, in order to be meaningful, must be adapted to the participants. One of the main liturgical celebrations people participate in is the Eucharistic Liturgy. The need for children’s liturgy ... -
A Living Sacrifice: Becoming What We Receive at Mass
(2004)I am designing my project for Holy Family Catholic Church in Rockford, Illinois for the purpose of deepening the understanding and strengthening the appreciation of the Eucharist at Mass. There 1s a growing awareness ... -
Living the Questions: A Retreat for Sisters Residing in Health Care Facilities of the Sisters of Providence Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana
(2000)According to the Constitutions of the Sisters of Providence, “Each sister sets aside annually five or more consecutive days for retreat in order to give herself completely to prayer and to that union with God to which ... -
The Long Defeat: Meeting the Spiritual and Emotional Needs of Caregivers of Chronically Ill Children
(2005)My pastoral project is focused on caregivers for children with chronic and severe health conditions. The particular nature of the chronic health conditions of the children varies, but they all need virtually continuous ... -
Looking for a Balance in High School Religious Education
(1992)An early Christian mystic once responded to a question his disciples inquired of him as he was preparing to leave for an extended solitary retreat in the desert. “Whence shall we say you've gone if they ask for you in ... -
Made in God's Image: The Stations of the Cross for Inclusive and Affirming Communities
(2007)While the Eucharistic celebration is the main place where we meet as a Christian community, there are other communal devotions we can use to help us do some introspective growth so that when we actually do come to the ... -
Making a Difference: How a First-Year Marathon Can Make an Economic Impact in a Rural Community
(2013)The inaugural Bay of Fundy International Marathon in Lubec, Maine, will be unique—uwith six miles in the United States and 20 miles in Canada. It is one of three marathons to cross the United States-Canada border, and ... -
Making the Decision to Refer: Spiritual Directors Look at the Potential Need for Counseling
(2001)During the course of a spiritual direction relationship it sometimes becomes necessary for a director to suggest to a directee that she or he seek assistance from a psychotherapist in addition to or, in extreme cases, ...