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A Guide for the Recruitment and Training of Volunteer Church Ministers
(1987)This project will address itself to the question of filling the gap left by decreased numbers of ordained priests. Techniques will be developed to serve as a guide for recruiting and training volunteers who will commit ... -
Cenacle Sessions: A Modern Mystagogia
(1987)Cenacle Sessions: A Modern Mystagogia has been developed in an effort to answer the pastoral need for an effective mystagogia in today's Church. Like the RCIA itself, Cenacle Sessions is designed to be flexible -- adaptable ... -
Ministers Helping Ministers: A Theological Reflection Group in Northern Michigan
(1987)This project surfaced out of the felt and expressed need on the part of individuals engaged in full-time Church ministry to share their experience of ministry and reflect communally on the effectiveness of their ministerial ... -
Aiding Catechists in the Ongoing Formation of Students Regarding the Sacrament of Reconciliation
(1987)My plan is to work directly with the Saint Mark catechists of both school and parish religious education in an adult learning environment. Together we will raise the questions, compare our theologies, make connections, ... -
Baptism as an Opportunity for Forming Parents into Spiritual Directors
(1988)Those churches which baptize infants recognize the need to nurture faith as the individuals grow. Toward this end, religion classes and CCD programs have been developed. But some years ago, then Archbishop Joseph Bernardin ... -
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 ... -
Forging the People of God: Reflections and Resources for Catholic Lay Pastors
(1988)1 am writing this book as 'a reference tool for lay pastors of Catholic faith communities. There are many good books and manuals available on various aspects of pastoring and pastoral concerns. There are excellent books ... -
Social Justice Curriculum Project: A Curriculum Model for the Eleventh Grade "Religious Perspectives on Faith and Justice”
(1988)This project represents the design and implementation of a one semester course addressing social justice issues titled, "Religious Perspectives on Faith and Justice." This course is offered as one component in a four ... -
A Design for Membership Inclusion in Planning for Spiritual Formation Resources
(1988)This project is concerned with the preparatory steps which the author must complete in order to assure that a spirituality manual, appropriate to the needs of the Society, will be utilized once it has been developed. ... -
The Understanding Care-Giver
(1988)This project consists of a seven-hour workshop and a two-hour follow-up session for lay care-givers who serve in various institutions, churches and agencies of Rochelle, Illinois. Because of the varied schedules of ... -
Pastoral Care: A Hospice Concept
(1988)The hospice task of managing dying patients and their families is sufficiently formidable as to require it be a shared responsibility seeking the expertise of multidisciplinary health specialists. The multidisciplinary ... -
A Pastoral Ministry Approach to Treatment of Substance Dependency Patients
(1988)The issues concerned with pastoral ministry in substance dependency programs tend to cluster around whether or not there is a need for pastoral ministers in substance abuse programs; and, if they are employed, will their ... -
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 ... -
Addressing the Spiritual Needs of Patients in the Senior Care Unit of Community Hospital, Indianapolis
(1988)In order to set the stage for pastoral work with the patients, my plan is (1) elicit the interest and assess the physical and mental ability of the individual patient to work with me in addressing his/her spirituality; ... -
Catholic Social Teaching: Foundations and Content
(1988)What I propose to do is to create a resource document, accompanied by a bibliography, which provides an outline and summary of Catholic social teaching, and which can be used by those who work with adult groups: RCIA ... -
A Critique of the First Draft of "Partners in the Mystery of Redemption:" 1. To Make Women Aware of the Sin of Sexism and 2. To Consider a Feminist Spirituality
(1989)In 1983 a pastoral letter was written on war and peace, "The Challenge of Peace: God's Promise and Our Response." A pastoral letter on Catholic social teaching and the U. S. economy, "Economic Justice for All" was ... -
Weaving Threads of Peace in Our Parishes: A Journey from Fear to Love
(1989)I propose then for my pastoral project to show how the impact of Vatican II's rearrangement of our Catholic themes (identity) and emphases (mission) can provide Catholic adults with the opportunity to forge new trails, ... -
Facilitating Small Group Sharing with Disadvantaged Women Focusing on Spiritual Dimensions of Codependence
(1989)Although I have had thirty years of experience in church ministry, that experience has been primarily with middle-income people. I am now a pastoral associate at St. Anthony’s Parish in Evansville, Indiana, a parish ...