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Images of God: A Study/Prayer Experience for Women
(1993)In planning this seminar my goal was for participants to become aware of the importance of language/images in the development of our relationship with God, to identify their operative images of God, as well as expand ... -
Inclusion of the Mentally Disabled in the RCIA Process
(1995)To prepare catechists, sponsors, team members of the RCIA Process to include and educate persons with disabilities with their peers in regular RCIA format. -
Inclusion Sunday: Celebrating Parish Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities
(2008)In early 2007 the Parish Advocacy Network for the Diocese of Richmond was developed in response to the challenge articulated by the American Bishops. Moving beyond ‘sloganeering’, the diocese developed a recruitment ... -
Infant Baptism: Beginning and Becoming A Parent Preparation Process
(1998)The pastoral problem, therefore, was two-fold, consisting of the lack of adequate preparation for the parents of infants and young children who were to be baptized, and the lack of involvement by the gathered assembly ... -
Initial Level of Preparation to Build Understanding Among the Employees for Their Role in the Delivery of Spiritual Care in An Acute Care Catholic Hospital
(2006)My thesis is that the delivery of spiritual care is enhanced in the Catholic health care environment when the employee becomes knowledgeable of his/her natural (innate) means for delivery of spiritual care and understands ... -
Integrating Social Justice Teachings with Service In the Catholic Elementary School
(2009)As I have been a teacher or Coordinator of Faith Formation at St. Andrew and St. Rita Catholic Academy in Indianapolis for the last twelve years, I have had the opportunity to take part in many activities relating to the ... -
The Integration of Community Service Learning
(1994)The Community Service Learning (CSL) projects offered the students the opportunity to look at community situations or problems, talk about them, implement some form of action and then reflect on their experience. This ... -
Interconnectedness of Humans and Nature and Their Relationship with God
(2009)| have planted a garden for my pastoral project which is part of my masters’ program in pastoral theology. | planted it around the tall spruce tree in the traffic island at the east end of the driveway belonging to the ... -
Intergenerational Catechesis: Jubilee 2000 Opening Wide the Doors to Christ
(2001)We have all heard the saying, “It takes a village to raise a child”. I contend that it takes an entire faith community sharing their faith with a child in order for that child to truly know Jesus. Because of that conviction, ... -
An Introduction to Small Basic Christian Communities
(1994)Over the past twenty five years that | have been involved in my parish as a catechist, lector, eucharistic minister, DRE and Lay Pastoral Associate, the number one concern that | have heard expressed by parishioners is ... -
“I’m Renewed... Now What?” Discerning Service Using the Gifts of the Holy Spirit
(2012)There is an adult faith formation program in my parish called Christ Renews His Parish (CRHP). A group of 25-30 people attends a renewal weekend with separate weekends for women and men. They are invited into a 10-month ... -
Jesus, Our Life and Our Salvation: A Confirmation Program for St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, Dallas Georgia
(2009)The pastoral concern this project intends to address is an inadequacy in passing the Catholic faith on to our youth in such a way as to foster a firm knowledge of the faith, a meaningful relationship with God that is ... -
A Journey with a Rural Parish and Its Mission Parish: The Beginnings of Spiritual and Liturgical Renewal Through Created Discipleship
(2004)Nearly a year and a half ago, in June 2003, I decided that whatever my pastoral project was to be, I wanted it to be located in a rural parish where I knew its pastor and its people only casually or not at all. Thus my ... -
Lay Presider Role and Formation
(2002)Lay ministry has been a part of the church from its beginning. Collectively we recognize that we all share in the one priesthood of Christ. We are a priestly people. Ministry is how we exercise that priesthood. Our ... -
A Leadership Training Program for Adult Religious Education Coordinators
(1989)I propose to create a training program for potential adult education coordinators to develop competencies in team formation and program planning. Moreover, since many rural parishes are too small to develop and maintain their ... -
Lectio Divina: 30 Days with Saint Paul’s Spirit
(2012)My work as Pastoral Associate at St. Rita Catholic Church inspired my interest in this topic. I studied St. Paul’s Letters and discovered that there are many good things to learn from St. Paul. These include his conversion ... -
Lectionary Catechesis in an Institution
(1991)Fr. Robert (Bob) Tywoniak, Director of the Catholic Home for Children in the Diocese of Miami, made a request for a volunteer lay minister to establish a religious education program and liturgical service for the children ... -
The Life Story: A Pastoral and Personal Means for Wholeness and Growth
(1991)To increase awareness of story, and particularly one's life as a story, is one of the principal objectives of this project. It is important for a person to express his or her life in the form of a story. One is then ... -
Light and Legacy": A Pastoral Response To Those Facing A Life-Threatening Condition
(1998)My project involved presenting persons who were facing a life-threatening condition with journal-writing skills in and through a series of workshops. So in the next section I analyze a number of factors that contributed ... -
A Light Which Shines in the Darkness: A Process of Theological Reflection For Pastoral and Mental Health Professionals
(2001)My purpose in this project is twofold. First, using a team of chaplains and mental health professionals, I will present an assessment of how well we address spiritual components of mental illness in our inpatient psychiatric ...