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Sabbath Stories: The Salvation History of the People of St. John the Evangelist Church in Davison, Michigan
(2008)St. John Parish is one of the largest parishes in Genesee County with just over 8,000 souls. The parish began 135 years ago as a small community and has attempted to retain that “country church” hospitality through its ... -
A Sacramental Preparation Program for Parents
(1992)The proposal for this project surfaced from experiencing past frustration in bringing adults together for any spiritual presentation and facing poor attendance as a result. This project proposes an on-going program for ... -
The Sacramentality and Spirituality of Marriage
(1988)It is a fact that marriage is the vocational choice of most baptized persons in the church. It is the sacrament, which more than any other, directly touches and impacts the lives of Christ's Faithful. Even for those who ... -
Saint Malachy Parish Ministry for Early Sacramental Marriages
(2009)My Pastoral concern is “how does one minister appropriately to those couples who are newly married and to those who are beginning their family”? From discussion and personal experience, as young babies require much time ... -
The Seamless Universe: A Discovery Guide Through Our Great Heritage
(2006)The Seamless Universe is written for children. It synthesizes the findings of modern scientists, the reflections of eco-philosophers, and the insights of our great spiritual prophets. The book helps the reader connect ... -
Securing On-site Libraries for Head Start Service Centers
(2009)Family Development Services, Inc. (FDS) is the grantee for the federally funded Head Start program — a comprehensive early childhood development program for children who live in poverty — in Marion County, Indiana. This ... -
Seeds of Faith: Reflecting Upon the Possibilities of Nurturing the Seeds of our Catholic Faith in an After-school Latchkey Environment
(2006)An opportunity to cultivate such an environment is an after-school latchkey experience which holds at its core a strong Catholic identity. As an option for parents needing after-school care for their children, this program ... -
Seeking God In Our Stories
(1990)The sharing of human experience has the potential to function as an anchor in a dysfunctional world tossed about by change and at a time when humankind is confronted with a pluralism of values, spiritualities, and ... -
Seeking the Objective Truth of Color Application for Healing and Art Therapy Past, Present and Future
(2008)Color is a vital healing tool that does not appear to be currently utilized as a directive for healing in the practice of mainstream art therapy in the United States. Rudolf Steiner, a philosopher, scientist, educator ... -
Self-Care in Pastoral Ministry: The Challenge of Personal Experience
(2012)My experiences in life have taught me that it is common practice that pastors and caregivers rarely take care of themselves in their bid to minister effectively to others. Therefore, 1 chose this area of my ministerial ... -
Self-Care of Hospice Music Therapists: A Phenomenological Study
(2013)Music therapists working in hospice encounter deep emotional experiences due to the many aspects of the music-therapist-patient relationship, affecting the ability to maintain self-care strategies. Quality self-care, as ... -
Self-care: An Ethic of Responsibility
(1998)Self-care is about understanding our needs and meeting them, it is one of the primary ways we love ourselves, as well as others. The current U.S. health care crisis, at its core, is truly a crisis in self-care--a lack ... -
Self-Portraiture and the Grief Cycle
(2017)Although research has documented the value of art therapy in working with individuals suffering from bereavement, few resources focused on the lasting effects of grief. This arts-based heuristic study compared a series of ... -
Self-reflective Artmaking and Self-Care: A Heuristic Study
(2022)Using the El Duende One Canvas Process Painting (EDOCPP), the participant-researcher engaged in an ongoing creative process for twelve weeks to implement self-care practices during a graduate art therapy internship. Data ... -
Serenity Wellness Center: Well Beyond Medicina
(2017)Many healthcare consumers today are looking for more natural, holistic alternatives to pharmaceutical and surgical treatments, and the focus has shifted back towards more alternative methods of medical treatment including ... -
The Seton Art and Education Project
(2013)In North Houston, there are many adults who have not completed a high school education and who are not employed. They are heavily dependent on government assistance and on various social services. This paper explores one ... -
Setting the Light on a Lampstand: A Process of Theological Reflection for Catechetical Ministers on the Catechetical Aspects of The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults
(2005)In 1972, the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops called for the implementation of The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults as the ordinary means by which adults entered into full communion with the Catholic ... -
Share the Care Project
(2008)Large Parishes can have difficulty building a sense of community that can support individual persons in their times of personal need or crisis. As the volunteer Parish Nurse coordinator I periodically get phone calls ... -
Shared Art-Making Experiences and Levels of Closeness between Two Partners When One Has Acquired Hearing Loss
(2017)Effective communication of thoughts and feelings plays a critical role in developing and maintaining the emotional intimacy that contributes to satisfying committed relationships. When one partner is affected by acquired ... -
Shock Advertising: Is it Effective for Nonprofits?
(2012)Because nonprofits rely on support from the public, they have had to find creative ways to compete for attention and dollars. Shock advertising has been used to grab the attention of the public and get their messages ...