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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 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, ... -
Management of the Grief-Care Continuum for Those Dealing with Dying and Death Issues in a Pastoral Setting
(1995)Develop and implement a working resource center at St. Joseph Medical Center (an Ancilla system Catholic hospital) in Fort Wayne Indiana to support the ecumenical lay Bereavement Minister training program of the hospital’s ... -
Mary and the Rosary: Reflections on the Journey to Jesus with Mary
(2005)Promoting devotion to Mary is essential. So many people do not know her. Others misunderstand her and what it means to honor her. Still others have lost the connection they once had with her. Reflecting on Mary with ... -
Mary: An Ecumenical Bridge
(2006)The topic of my paper is ecumenical, as is my project. It takes piace within the First United Methodist Church in Beloit, Wisconsin. My paper talks about how I taught a group of fifteen elderly United Methodists what ... -
Me? Draw? Cut and Paste? I’m No Artist! An Innovative Methodology for Creative Bible Study
(2001)A creative Bible study methodology based on a Theological Reflection process, marrying mundane experience with sacred Spirit-led insight. -
A Method of Preparing Catechists to Teach Children a Christian/Catholic Attitude Towards HIV/AIDS
(1995)What children are not learning in their educational settings is the response of the Catholic Church to the AIDS epidemic. For Catholic Christians, behaviors and choices of daily living are to be founded on the Gospel ... -
Ministering to Ourselves: Pastoral Care in the Permanent Diaconate Community
(2000)Succinctly stated, the intent of this Pastoral Project was: To bring a sense of community to permanent deacons in the archdiocese. To have the permanent diaconate community reflect on its ministerial responsibilities, ... -
Ministering to the Bereaved: Creating a Pastoral Plan
(2003)Grief is a natural and normal human response to loss. It effects us physically, cognitively, emotionally, behaviorally, and spiritually. All people experience grief when something or someone they are attached to is lost. ... -
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 ... -
A Ministry by, of and for the Elderly
(1989)The need to which I wish to respond is one I meet in my work with the aging or elderly. I conduct retreat days for senior citizens throughout the diocese and I have frequently felt vibrations of apathy, of I don't ... -
Ministry Models That Empower the Laity
(1998)One of the main concerns of my project is that churches have adopted the "business" model for decision making in their daily operations. This model overlooks the spiritual dimension of running a church. As this year ... -
Ministry to the Sisters with Memory Loss
(2012)My primary goal in the project is to nourish the faith of the Sisters with Alzheimer’s disease and to provide care as needs require. At the same time to help the volunteers and friends feel comfortable to visit the ... -
Moral Discernment: A Process of Theological Reflection for Catholic Youth
(2002)What should I do? Have I made the best choice? Am I doing the right thing? We all face these questions in our everyday lives. The aim of this project is to provide a group of teenagers with experience of a process of ... -
Morning of Reflection Students with Special Needs Ability Awareness: A Program for Catechists Support
(2011)This project presents information and instructions on how to put together a program to help catechists understand their call to faith formation for children and assist them with students with special needs in our School ... -
The Multicultural Church: Gift and Challenge to Ministry in the Twenty-First Century
(1999)This pastoral project brings together my developing interest in pastoral theology with an established professional expertise in cultural anthropology. The theme of the project is the challenge to contemporary Christianity ... -
The Mystagogy Segment of the RCIA at St. Simon Parish, Indianapolis, Indiana
(2010)The idea for this project is a result of my involvement with the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) at St. Simon parish in Indianapolis, Indiana. For many years, St. Simon has had a vibrant RCIA program which ... -
Mystagogy: A Way of Life
(2000)The idea, then, is to attempt to integrate the knowledge and experience of the RCIA classes into daily life, specifically, the continuation of sacrament participation resulting in a spirituality of daily living. A period ... -
A New Awareness of Morality: Sessions on Morality for the Saint Thomas More Men's Prayer Breakfast
(2004)| would like to teach a section on morality. So many of the issues that people deal with each day are concerned with morality. Whether it concerns care for the young or old, work, school, church, or any aspect of life, ... -
A New Dimension for Ministry of Care: Re-membering Inactive and Alienated Catholics
(1992)The goal of this pastoral project is to develop a process of evangelization that would provide a safe place for people to take a second look at the Catholic faith community. The target audience for this evangelization ...