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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 ... -
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 ...