Author: Liam Chambers Publisher: BRILL ISBN: 9004354360 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 341
Book Description
Forming Catholic Communities assesses the histories of Irish, English and Scots colleges established abroad in the early-modern period for Catholic students. The contributions provide a co-ordinated series of case studies which reflect the most up-to-date research on the colleges.
Author: Marta Kołodziejska Publisher: ISBN: 9781138059757 Category : Christian communities Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
Using the top three online forums used by Polish Catholics as a case study, this book explores the formation of online communities. It then looks at the alternative authority structures that emerge online and how these lead to an individualised form of religious engagement that can develop independently of mainstream doctrine.
Author: Sherry A. Weddell Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor ISBN: 1612789439 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 130
Book Description
How can we transmit a living, personal Catholic faith to future generations? By coming to know Jesus Christ, and following him as his disciples. These are times of immense challenge and immense opportunity for the Catholic Church. Consider these statistics for the United States. Only 30 percent of Americans who were raised Catholic are still practicing. Fully 10 percent of all adults in America are ex-Catholics. The number of marriages celebrated in the Church decreased dramatically, by nearly 60 percent, between 1972 and 2010. Only 60 percent of Catholics believe in a personal God. If the Church is to reverse these trends, the evangelizers must first be evangelized-in other words, Catholics-in-the-pew must make a conscious choice to know and follow Jesus before they can draw others to him. This work of discipleship lies at the heart of Forming Intentional Disciples, a book designed to help Church leaders, parish staff and all Catholics transform parish life from within. Drawing upon her fifteen years of experience with the Catherine of Siena Institute, Sherry Weddell leads readers through steps that will help Catholics enter more deeply into a relationship with God and the river of apostolic creativity, charisms, and vocation that flow from that relationship for the sake of the Church and the world. Learn about the five thresholds of postmodern conversion, how to open a conversation about faith and belief, how to ask thought-provoking questions and establish an atmosphere of trust, when to tell the Great Story of Jesus, how to help someone respond to God's call to intentional discipleship, and much more. And be prepared for conversion because when life at the parish level changes, the life of the whole Church will change.
Author: Janet Schaeffler Publisher: ISBN: 9781627855594 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 155
Book Description
"The journey of aging is different for each of us, but no matter our path, the joys and challenges of getting older give us all a wonderful opportunity to keep growing emotionally and spiritually. In this wise and profound book, Janet Schaeffler draws on her own experiences of aging and the insights of many elders to help us all deal with twelve increasingly important needs: to live a life of meaning and purpose; to joyfully pursue love and relationships; to ask and explore questions; to learn and grow and laugh; to navigate change and transition; to cope with losses; to be grateful; to forgive and be forgiven; to give; for spiritual integration; to let go and simplify; and to prepare for dying and death. The journey of aging is a gift for each eldering person, says Schaeffler. Filled with gentle wisdom and practical suggestions, Let This Be the Time will help us make the most of this wonderful gift as we learn to live and love more fully in our eldering years"--Amazon.com.
Author: David Gibson Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 0062127314 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 388
Book Description
Rather than chronicling the well-reported sexual abuse scandal or advocating a particular reform agenda, David Gibson shows how the crisis in the church is unleashing forces that will change American Catholicism forever.
Author: Joseph P. Chinnici Publisher: ISBN: Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 340
Book Description
This volume offers glimpses of how practicing faith, living a life of prayer, and finding a way in a new land come together in forming the American Catholic experience. From a 1792 manual on devotion to the Sacred Heart, through a 1910 passion play in the West, to a 1965 street re-enactment of the stations of the cross, the reader can see changing styles of prayer and a living tradition renewing itself.
Author: Liam Chambers Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 9781472473110 Category : Languages : en Pages : 377
Book Description
The early-modern British state relied on a range of educated clerical and lay elites for its maintenance and expansion, and provision for their development was a crucial state responsibility resulting in a proliferation of universities, colleges and schools. From the 1560s, the Protestant education monopoly made domestic provision for the education of Catholic clerical and lay elites impossible, forcing alternatives to be sought abroad. Dealing comparatively with the histories of the resulting Irish, English and Scots colleges, this book explores the disproportionately important role these institutions played in the lives of early British and Irish Catholics. Bringing together original research on the colleges and their networks written by established and emerging scholars, the collection provides important new perspectives on college networks and individual institutions drawing on pioneering research. In particular, the collection addresses three central features of the collegesâe(tm) histories, assessing their social and financial histories and examining their funding and how this influenced their development. It also looks at the cultural and intellectual contributions of the colleges to the development of Irish, English and Scots Catholicism, particularly through histories of early modern print culture. The book deliberately brings together work on the Irish, English and Scots Colleges in in a comparative and consciously interdisciplinary framework that draws on historical philosophical, literary and cultural perspectives. In so doing the volume not only provides an exciting collection of the most up-to-date work on the subject, but suggests further avenues of research on the Irish, English and Scots Colleges.
Author: Catholic Church. National Conference of Catholic Bishops Publisher: USCCB Publishing ISBN: 9781574552997 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 84
Book Description
In this statement, the bishops present a pastoral plan to help Catholics advance in their role as disciples, by awakening a renewal in the ministry of adult faith formation and helping all to grow to the full maturity of Christ.
Author: Catholic Church. National Conference of Catholic Bishops. Bishops' Committee on the Permanent Diaconate Publisher: USCCB Publishing ISBN: 9781574553680 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 242
Book Description
The national directory addresses the dimensions and perspectives in the formation of deacons and the model standards for the formation, ministry, and life of deacons in the United States. It is intended as a guideline for formation, ministry, and life of permanent deacons and a directive to be utilized when preparing or updating a diaconate program in formulating policies for the ministry and life of deacons. This volume also includes Basic Standards for Readiness for the formation of permanent deacons in the United States, from the bishops' Committee on the Diaconate, and the committee document Visit of Consultation Teams to Diocesan Permanent Diaconate Formation Programs.
Author: John Roberto Publisher: Twenty-Third Publications ISBN: 9781585953998 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 230
Book Description
This invaluable resource offers planning processes and practical tools for fashioning and implementing a lifelong curriculum. Includes a CD-ROM with PowerPoint presentations for each chapter as well as worksheets and handouts.
Author: Liam Chambers
Author: Marta Kołodziejska
Author: Sherry A. Weddell
Author: Janet Schaeffler
Author: David Gibson
Author: Joseph P. Chinnici
Author: Liam Chambers
Author: Catholic Church. National Conference of Catholic Bishops
Author: Catholic Church. National Conference of Catholic Bishops. Bishops' Committee on the Permanent Diaconate
Author: John Roberto