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The Cancer Connection: Formation of a Cancer Support Group
(2007)Although there is no guarantee — as evidenced by numerous wars — that people living together will do so in harmony or in a sense of community, or that people who live alone are necessarily lonely or without any sense of ... -
A Candle's Always Burning: A Welcoming Back of Young Adults to the Catholic Church
(1997)The Catholic Church faces a crisis in the inactivity of its young adults (late teens, twenties and thirties). There are fourteen to sixteen million inactive Catholics in America today (Inactive Catholics: Why They Leave ... -
Caterpillar Kids: Support for Children in the Journey of Grief
(1995)Various models for children's bereavement support programs exist and are available for imitation. One such program which is widely respected in the Indianapolis area is the "Rainbow Seekers” Program developed by St. ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Cherish the Children & Pass on the Faith: A New Model of Faith Formation for Children and Youth Rooted in Parental Participation At Christ the King Parish
(2012)A pastoral project presented on the challenges facing Christ the King Parish, and the American Catholic Church, as we strive to pass on the faith. We are at a moment in time which requires action, if we hope to successfully ... -
Child Care in Kankakee
(1997)The prioress general and the general council of the Dominican Sisters of Springfield, Illinois are the members of a corporation entitled the Cardinal Stritch Home; as such they constitute the board of directors. The ... -
Children Come to the Light
(2006)"Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 18:3-4) Children have ... -
Christian Initiation for Linked Parishes
(1996)"Evangelization is necessary for Christian initiation. Men and women hear the gospel proclaimed, by word and deed, and come to a particular Christian community as a result of this initial stirring faith. The process ... -
Comfort my People: Parish Ministry to the Grieving
(1993)Loss is a part of human life and the response to loss is the painful experience we call sorrowing, mourning, or grieving. The more we value what was lost, the greater the intensity of the grief. The death of a family ... -
Companioning the Bereaved: The Development of a Framework for Congregations
(2009)My goal for this project is to develop a framework for a grief ministry that congregations may utilize. This goal will offer a theological reflective opportunity through Scripture to recognize God’s role in our grieving ... -
Companions on the Journey: Reflecting on End-of-life Care
(2006)Many patients and families appear to lack a readiness for facing end of life issues. Clinical staff often do not have a clear understanding of ethical and religious principles that are part of end-of-life care. Family ... -
A Confirmation Program for Small Episcopal Parishes
(2010)Members of the WMBAQ steering committee met in theological reflection to discuss what they felt should be included as part of a confirmation program; the results of this reflection are in Chapter Two. Of course, they ... -
Consideration of Organ Donation as Stewardship in Light of our Baptism as Members of the Body of Christ
(2006)The Exultet of the Church on Holy Saturday night provides the reasons to be a hopeful people as members of the Body of Christ, baptized into a commitment to God and to each other. As the Exultet is sung the Church remembers ... -
Constructing a Chamoru Theology with Liberation Context
(1994)As the Executive Secretary (Registrar) of the Contractors License Board, | manage the Agency by licensing and regulating Guam contractors as well as providing consumer protection for homeowners as the watchdog of the ... -
Conversion: Re-Establishing Our Spiritual Connection
(1994)The concern to be addressed in this project is pastoral care for adults who are survivors of childhood incest/abuse; specifically addressing how their incest/abuse experience affected their experience of and relationship ... -
Creating Competent Catechists: A Training Process for Catechists
(1995)I propose that we take a two-pronged approach to the problem of a lack .of training for our catechists. The first part of the proposal would be to begin some form of community building with an activity such as a ... -
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 ... -
A Day of Reflection for Women Living with the Reality of Cancer for Women who had Cancer and for Women who are in a Supportive Role of Cancer Patients
(1995)Fram the knowledge I have gained through books, articles, the mission and "Living With Cancer" retreat information, I have concluded that people suffering with serious disease seek spiritual help outside themselves. ... -
Deepening the Prayer Lives of Teachers: Living a Holy and Holistic Life
(2002)This pastoral project, “Deepening the Prayer Lives Of Teachers: Living a Holy and Holistic Life,” was inspired by the belief that prayer and solitude are essential to the ministry of Catholic educators and that teachers’ ...