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Sabbath Stories: The Salvation History of the People of St. John the Evangelist Church in Davison, Michigan

Richards, Julie Ann (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

Ciesielski, Myra (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 ...

Saint Malachy Parish Ministry for Early Sacramental Marriages

Knueven, Joseph (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 ...

Seeds of Faith: Reflecting Upon the Possibilities of Nurturing the Seeds of our Catholic Faith in an After-school Latchkey Environment

Sprague, Kimberly (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

Mohney, Patricia (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 ...

Self-Care in Pastoral Ministry: The Challenge of Personal Experience

Iwuofor, Phina (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: An Ethic of Responsibility

Batliner, Sheryl (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 ...

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

Langford, Mary (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

Dorsey, Melissa (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 ...

Sign of the Kingdom East Pamphlet 2012

Shick, Jeffrey (2012)

The Sign of the Kingdom East is where I am involved in ministry and it is supported by volunteers and donations from the local churches and public. It offers food, clothing and household items, as well as financial ...

Social Justice : A Guam Perspective

Dierking, John (1993)

A half a century ago Guam began the laborious process of emerging from its cocoon. We are beginning to see signs of a beautiful butterfly struggling to set itself free. What will this creature be like? Has 300 years of ...

Social Justice Curriculum Project: A Curriculum Model for the Eleventh Grade "Religious Perspectives on Faith and Justice”

Doucette, Richard (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 ...