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Nno, an African Experience: Immigration Through the Lens of Theological Refection
(2004)Spurred by a desire to incorporate, understand, and act upon the needs of its African faithful, the parish community of Saint Mary will embark on a six month program titled “Nno” (a Nigerian Ibo word for welcome). Many of ... -
One Day Retreat for Catholics Returning Home: Experience God's Love and Forgiveness
(1997)Working with our parish ministry that encourages inactive Catholics to return to the Catholic Church, I became concerned that while we were inviting inactive Catholics to return, we were not offering them an opportunity ... -
One God...Shared Hope: A Day of Discovery for Jewish, Christian and Muslim Women
(2006)In light of the world situation in 2005 and in obedience to the will of God , interfaith understanding is a prerequisite to world peace. Within the activities of a one day interfaith experience, women of different faiths ... -
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 ... -
Pastoral Ministry to the Sick and Elderly In Nursing Homes and Hospitals
(1991)Today we live in a high tech society characterized by an aging population which is increasingly alienated from the institutionalized churches. Also, in the hospital and nursing home environment frequently the spiritual ... -
Pastoral Project
(1990)The pastoral concern I will address in my project is in the area of ministry to people who are grieving. After there has been a death in the family, when the funeral is over and the family members have returned to their ... -
Pastoral Project
(2000)The pastoral problem I have chosen is to offer a course on the Gospel of John to two different theologically orientated groups of members of the Society of Friends (Quakers). Our meeting house is called the Cobscook Friends ... -
Pastoral Project
(1994)In order to begin to build stronger community, I plan to start with three retreats, given on the basis of interests and age levels, and from each of them try to establish ongoing activity, whether it be working groups, ... -
Peace and Justice
(2003)It is for this reason that this project was undertaken: in the attempt to form a peace and Justice commission at our church. The underlying assumption of this project is that the average layperson really wants to help ... -
Peace on Earth Begins at Home
(1992)The pastoral problem or concern which shall be addressed in this proposal is the issue of domestic violence-- specifically the plight of battered women. The underlying questions throughout this proposal and pastoral ... -
Planning For The Christian Community: A Case Study of the 1991-1995 Pastoral Plan for the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa
(1992)This paper presents a model for pastoral planning at the Diocesan level. This model is attentive to the cultural meanings and values of the people. It attends to the tradition and beliefs of the Church, as well. The ... -
Post “I Do” How-To's: Marriage Enrichment for Newly Married Couples
(1994)The Roman Catholic Church, especially in the past two decades, has stressed the need for gradual and prolonged marriage preparation (remote, proximate, immediate and aftercare). Programs and materials have been developed ... -
A Prayer Service of Psalms...For Those Who Are Mourning
(2006)This pastoral project is focused on identifying one way to offer comfort to mourners who come from both the Jewish and the Catholic faith traditions. When a blended Jewish and Catholic family face the death of a loved ... -
Preparation for Marriage: Parish-Based Process
(1994)The Cana Conference of Chicago offers both one-day and weekend workshops for engaged couples, and attendance at one of these fulfills a couple's required marriage preparation in many parishes of the Archdiocese of Chicago. ... -
Preparation for Perpetual Profession in the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana
(1996)Pastoral Theology is practical theology. It involves reflection upon concrete reality, i.e., actual situation of the Church. Pastoral theology is faith seeking understanding which leads to action. At the present time the ... -
Preparing for an Urban Plunge: Moved by the Poor Toward a Church for Others
(1993)The final proposal maintained the same basic goal: to nurture an authentic Christian response to the poverty, oppression and pain of others. Along with this was the continued goal of showing that Christian faith ... -
Prisoners are People
(1990)The pastoral problem which I have identified in the previous section can and should be approached in many different ways. As with any deeply held prejudice, the repersonalization of prisoners as people is not something which ... -
A Program of Faith and Spiritual Development Designed for Pre-Vatican II Religiously Formed Catholic Women
(2001)The following pastoral project identifies and responds to a pastoral concern I have experienced both personally and with the women of my bible discussion group. This pastoral concern is the need for continuing religious ...