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This resource forms Christian initiation coordinators in the many aspects of their role. It provides the vision of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, outlines the roles of the coordinator in animating the parish and forming the team, and presents catechesis as framed within liturgical prayer. The Role of the Coordinator in Christian Initiation offers many practical tips to help the process flow smoothly in the parish.
This pastoral resource provides trust-worthy and practical ideas for preparing the liturgy by integrating the needs of the world in an appropriate way. The ideas adhere to liturgical norms and Catholic Social Teaching and explore the many options provided in the ritual texts.
In magazine format, this publication will guide pastoral ministers in every aspect of readying the parish for the revised texts of the Mass.
This book focuses on eight critical elements of a healthy ministerial workplace, illustrated by stories and theological reflection of eight experienced lay ecclesial ministers. The book includes a model for using the stories for professional development and an assessment tool for examining the reader’s workplace. Together, they offer a pathway for effective, positive, and sustainable change. It is often easier to describe the problem than figure out what to do about it. This book does both. It emerges from the research of Dr. Barabra Sutton on burnout in ministry. She was surprised to learn that burnout was not the issue, but disengagement—and disengagement was the byproduct of unhealthy workplaces. The authors invited eight experienced ministers to develop stories from their work that illustrated the elements of a healthy workplace: community, values, vocation, fairness, workload, control, reward, and financial well-being. While the stories themselves often recount moments of heartbreak familiar to ministers, they provide theological interpretation that returns the emphasis to the transformative power of each element.
Participation at Sunday Mass is the most important action of the week for Catholics and it deserves careful preparation. With simple and informative guidance, this book provides a basic overview of the parts of the Mass as well as a foundational context for the celebration of the Sunday Mass. It guides readers through primary liturgical books and documents, highlights best practice, and reflects upon the catechetical and formational power of the liturgy. As part of the Preparing Parish Worship series, this book includes: -Theological reflections on the importance of Sunday Mass -Historical overview of the development of Sunday Mass -A walk-through the Order of Mass -Answers to frequently asked questions -Assistance with best liturgical practices -Inspirational and informative quotations from Scripture and Church documents
This book is the essential pastoral resource to help you prepare the liturgy each day of the liturgical year! If you are a priest or deacon, liturgist, music director, worship team member, religious educator, or simply interested in more information about Catholic liturgy, this publication will be an invaluable tool
'Because the Sacred Liturgy is truly the font from which all the Church's power flows...we must do everything we can to put the Sacred Liturgy back at the very heart of the relationship between God and man... I ask you to continue to work towards achieving the liturgical aims of the Second Vatican Council...and to work to continue the liturgical renewal promoted by Pope Benedict XVI, especially through the post-synodal apostolic exhortation Sacramentum Caritatis...and the motu proprio Summorum Pontificum... I ask you to be wise, like the householder...who knows when to bring out of his treasure things both new and old (see: Mtt 13:52), so that the Sacred Liturgy as it is celebrated and lived...