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Parish Guide For Implementing Catholics Returning Home Ministry
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Book Synopsis Parish Guide for Implementing Catholics Returning Home Ministry by : SALLY L. MEWS
Download or read book Parish Guide for Implementing Catholics Returning Home Ministry written by SALLY L. MEWS and published by Leonine Publishers. This book was released on 2018-07-30 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catholics Returning Home is a six-week series designed to welcome returnees back, help them overcome their difficulties with the Church, facilitate development of trust in the faith community, and then update them on the basics of Catholicism in order to help them reattach and bond.
Book Synopsis Parish Ministry for Returning Catholics by : Patricia Barbernitz
Download or read book Parish Ministry for Returning Catholics written by Patricia Barbernitz and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An informative, caring and community-focused guide for parishes embarking on a ministry for returning Catholics.
Book Synopsis Catholics Can Come Home Again! by : Carrie Kemp
Download or read book Catholics Can Come Home Again! written by Carrie Kemp and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A handbook for welcoming inactive Catholics back to membership or participation in a parish community.
Book Synopsis When They Come Home by : Melanie Rigney
Download or read book When They Come Home written by Melanie Rigney and published by Twenty-Third Publications. This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here the authors offer practical, how-to advice on building parish programs that will attract inactive Catholics and keep them engaged once they've returned. They honor existing programs such as "Landings" and "Coming Home," but also offer ways to adapt and personalize these programs. They also emphasize the importance for parish teams of being authentic shepherds for Christ, gathering up and feeding his sheep. Returnees, they say, will be richer for rekindling their relationship with Christ, and the parish will be richer for sharing their journey.
Book Synopsis Returning Home to Your Catholic Faith by : Sally Mews
Download or read book Returning Home to Your Catholic Faith written by Sally Mews and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Returning Home to Your Catholic Faith" addresses with honesty and compassion the fears, hurts, and guilt that many inactive Catholics feel when they first consider returning to the Church. A brief, to-the-point presentation of issues always stress God's mercy; most people who leave and later return do so as part of the process of maturing. Practical tips on how to reconnect with the Church are included. The section on what the Church is like today is a reassuring overview of the opportunities available in a parish. View sample pages. "Paperback"
Download or read book Rebuilt written by Michael White and published by Ave Maria Press. This book was released on 2012-02-28 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the wisdom gleaned from thriving mega-churches and innovative business leaders while anchoring their vision in the Eucharistic center of Catholic faith, Fr. Michael White and lay associate Tom Corcoran present the compelling and inspiring story to how they brought their parish back to life. Rebuilt: Awakening the Faithful, Reaching the Lost, and Making Church Matter is a story of stopping everything and changing focus. When their parish reached a breaking point, White and Corcoran asked themselves how they could make the Church matter to Catholics, and they realized the answer was at the heart of the Gospel. Their faithful response not only tripled their weekend mass attendance, but also yielded increased giving, flourishing ministries, and a vibrant, solidly Catholic spiritual revival. White and Corcoran invite all Catholic leaders to share the vision, borrow their strategies, and rebuild their own parishes. They offer a wealth of guidance for anyone with the courage to hear them.
Book Synopsis Inviting Catholics Home by : Sally L. Mews
Download or read book Inviting Catholics Home written by Sally L. Mews and published by Liguori Publications. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about "Catholics Returning Home," a six-week support program aimed to help Catholics return to the Church. The program's non-judgmental approach is designed to recognize each participant's feelings and help each to understand they are not alone. Program activities, suggestions for publicizing the program and recommendations for follow-up make this an effective evangelization resource. Paperback
Book Synopsis A New Way to Be Church by : Jezreel, Jack
Download or read book A New Way to Be Church written by Jezreel, Jack and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2018-09-20 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building on his experience as founder of JustFaith, a parish-based program for adult Catholics, Jezreel presents the case for how to renew parish life by promoting lay ministry with an outward mission-driven identity that connects evangelization, faith-formation, service, and social justice.
Book Synopsis Made for Mission by : Tim Glemkowski
Download or read book Made for Mission written by Tim Glemkowski and published by Our Sunday Visitor. This book was released on 2019-09-26 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “God has created me to do him some definite service; he has committed some work to me which he has not committed to another. I have my mission.” — Blessed John Henry Newman The statistics are heartbreaking. In 2007, 24 percent of Americans identified as Catholic. By 2014, that had dropped to 21 percent. The number of people who claim no religious affiliation has surpassed Catholics and evangelicals, making “nones” the largest religious group in the United States. Catholics are simply walking away from the Church. Yet there are many committed, faithful Catholics who desperately want to stem this tide. We are here, in this moment, and are called to be part of the mission, for the sake of our members, and for those who are still outside the Church. Yet while we long for this renewal, we are often at a loss as to how to accomplish it in a practical way. What steps do we take? How do we start, and how do we continue? How will we measure success — and how long will it take? In Made for Mission: Renewing Your Parish Culture, author and speaker Tim Glemkowski offers four keys that can radically change parish culture: Cast the vision Prioritize a clear path to discipleship Mobilize leaders Align everything Implementing these four keys over time, parishes can become not simply gathering places for worship but seedbeds of discipleship and missionary outposts of the New Evangelization. This book is a must-read for Catholic clergy, lay parish staff, anyone working in ministry, and any dedicated parishioner who is passionate about renewing the Church. Click here to register for the related webcast ABOUT THE AUTHOR Tim Glemkowski is an international speaker and the founder and president of L’Alto Catholic Institute. He is also cofounder and president of Revive Parishes, an online formation platform for parish leaders. Tim has served in various roles in evangelization, including teaching high school theology, with youths and young adult ministry at a parish, and as a director of evangelization and catechesis. He double-majored in theology and philosophy at Franciscan University of Steubenville and has a master’s in theology from the Augustine Institute in Denver, Colorado.
Book Synopsis Excellent Catholic Parishes by : Paul Wilkes
Download or read book Excellent Catholic Parishes written by Paul Wilkes and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author provides an in-depth look at eight diverse models of excellence, a directory of hundreds of great parishes throughout the country, and listings of those traits common to excellence that can be reproduced in parishes everywhere.
Book Synopsis Revisioning the Parish Pastoral Council by : Mary Ann Gubish
Download or read book Revisioning the Parish Pastoral Council written by Mary Ann Gubish and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical guidebook for all persons involved in developing pastoral councils on a parish level.
Book Synopsis Transforming Parish Communications by : Scot Landry
Download or read book Transforming Parish Communications written by Scot Landry and published by Our Sunday Visitor. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Are we still a Church capable of warming hearts? A Church capable of leading people back to Jerusalem? Of bringing them home?" - Pope Francis, Meeting with the Bishops of Brazil, 28 July 2013. Pope Francis, like his predecessors Benedict XVI and John Paul II, is calling for Catholics to embrace the new evangelization. But there has been ongoing confusion about who is responsible, what it really means and what it looks like in practical application. How can we respond to the Holy Father's call, creating evangelization opportunities that help bring people back to the Church? By transforming Catholics into digital missionaries - ready and able to take the joy and warmth of the Gospel online via social media to infrequent, inactive, or ex-Catholics around the corner or across the globe. Consider this: 1. Nearly every "lost" Catholic in the U.S. is most likely connected with at least one engaged Catholic - or is one "retweet" or "like" away from them 2. On the whole, Catholics have not been taught to see social media as a way to live out their faith 3. Motivating parishes to put a priority on evangelization has been a challenge 4. Catholics are more likely to be comfortable as digital missionaries than to participate in other forms of evangelization 5. Parishes can offer "digital missionary training" to parishioners - who would welcome it! In Transforming Parish Communications: Growing the Church Through New Media, you'll discover: How to embrace the Church's vision of evangelization in new media How entire parishes can become hubs of digital evangelization - and how to overcome obstacles Specific strategies for implementation How to create a consistent digital identity online Best practices for parish websites The nuts and bolts of Facebook, Twitter, email, blogging and more Consider this book your entry into an important - and urgent - call to each of us as Catholics. To bring the warmth of the Gospel to the "lost" and bring them back to the Church. Visit the companion site for more ParishGuideToNewMedia.com
Book Synopsis The Rebuilt Field Guide by : Michael White
Download or read book The Rebuilt Field Guide written by Michael White and published by Ave Maria Press. This book was released on 2016-10-10 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You know your Catholic parish needs to change its focus, but you’re not sure where or how to begin. In The Rebuilt Field Guide, award-winning authors Rev. Michael White and Tom Corcoran walk you through ten essential steps for getting started with your church’s reawakening. After publishing their groundbreaking book Rebuilt in 2013 about the rebirth of the Church of the Nativity in Timonium, Maryland, Fr. Michael White and Tom Corcoran were inundated with requests for help from other Catholic parishes about where to start. Subsequent books in the Rebuilt Parish series—Tools for Rebuilding, Rebuilding Youth Ministry, and Rebuilding Your Message—offer additional means to reach the end goal of making church matter and growing disciples by challenging the faithful and reaching the lost with the life-changing message of Jesus Christ. In the newest book in the Rebuilt Parish series, White and Corcoran lead you and your leadership team through assessment and goal-setting exercises and provide meeting templates that include prayer, scripture reflection, storytelling, and “rally cries” that become reminders of the change the team is striving toward. This workbook offers practical steps that will help your team set change in motion with tools including: A checklist that helps identify the real problems facing your parish and seven questions to help you prioritize them A seven-part exercise to help you decide which parish activities do not support your disciple-making mission and then make a plan to stop doing them A simple, focused demographic assessment to help you identify your own “Timonium Tim” A discussion and planning guide for moving toward great liturgical music Seven conversation starters to help your team set a course for dealing with the conflict that inevitably comes with change The exercises are adapted from those used at Church of the Nativity and correlate to the chapters of Rebuilt. The book will show you how to stop everything you are doing, rethink your purpose, and focus your attention on discipleship and evangelization.
Book Synopsis One Moment Can Change a Soul by : Tom Peterson
Download or read book One Moment Can Change a Soul written by Tom Peterson and published by Our Sunday Visitor. This book was released on 2020-05-28 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God wants YOU to become a hero of the Faith. He wants all of us to share the truth and beauty we've found in the Catholic Church, no matter who we are or where we come from. In One Moment Can Change a Soul: Helping Catholics Come Home, you'll find encouragement and inspiration to say "yes" to God's call. Tom Peterson shows how God gives each one of us the grace we need to share the Faith and show countless people the way home to Jesus and his Church. "The mission of Tom Peterson and Catholics Come Home to bring souls home to Jesus and the church is critically important during this challenging time in our history. I fully support this New Evangelization project." - Pastor Rick Warren, author of The Purpose Driven Life "Tom inspires each of us to share God's love with others in order to help change the world for the better, for eternity." - Roma Downey, Touched by an Angel star and co-producer of The Bible TV series. ABOUT THE AUTHOR After twenty-five years as an award-winning corporate advertising executive, Tom Peterson experienced a radical spiritual conversion while on a Catholic retreat. Soon afterward, he founded three media apostolates: VirtueMedia.org (pro-life), CatholicsComeHome.org (new evangelization), and AmenAlleluia.org. Catholics Come Home, the first faith group ever to air on national networks like CBS, NBC, and ESPN has reached over 300 million viewers and helped more than a half-million souls home to the Catholic Church. Tom hosts the popular prime-time EWTN television series Catholics Come Home, has presented internationally at over five hundred Catholic conferences, has had numerous appearances on national media venues, and has authored five popular books. He has been a member of Legatus International for eighteen years and served as vice-chairman. Tom lives in Atlanta with his wife of thirty-four years, and has three daughters, and six grandchildren.
Book Synopsis From Maintenance to Mission by : Robert S. Rivers
Download or read book From Maintenance to Mission written by Robert S. Rivers and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evangelization, contrary to what many people believe, is not just a Protestant concern; in fact, writes Robert Rivers, it is Catholic to the core. In this practical, approachable work he suggests that the Catholic parish is a wonderful setting to carry out the evangelizing work of the church. He makes the case that evangelization holds they key to the future of the church because it was in fact the centerpiece of post-Vatican Council reform. Drawing from the USCCB document Go and Make Disciples, which offers a comprehensive plan and strategy for evangelization, he explores ways to challenge us to become Catholic evangelizers. And he proposes ways to move from maintenance to mission-oriented parishes. "My purpose," affirms the author, "is to try to place before the reader a compelling vision of Catholic evangelization and share some strategic thinking that might enable us to implement the great vision to which we have been called." He attains that goal convincingly, practically, and hopefully. +
Book Synopsis A Pastoral Guide to Opening Your Parish by : OSV
Download or read book A Pastoral Guide to Opening Your Parish written by OSV and published by Our Sunday Visitor. This book was released on 2020-05-20 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The COVID-19 crisis has had a profound, lasting effect on our world, and our parishes are no exception. As our parishes begin to reopen following local guidelines, the Catholic faithful have many questions and legitimate concerns about what life will look like post-pandemic. A Pastoral Guide to Opening Your Parish is the go-to playbook for parish leadership to welcome back parishioners following the shutdown. This resource will equip you to move forward in a careful, hopeful, and prayerful direction. Covering pastoral ministry, finance, technology, and additional areas of parish governance, this guide provides pastors, pastoral leaders, and pastoral councils the tools they need to lead their parishes effectively in these challenging, uncertain times. This pandemic has caused all of us to hit pause in our busy lives. It has been a time of reflection and space to take a breath. Now, as our governments, businesses, and economies begin to reopen, parishes must take action. This is the time to explore new opportunities and use them wisely. Above all, this time offers us an invitation to trust in the Lord, believing that "all things work for good for those who love God" (Rom 8:28).
Book Synopsis Transforming the Parish by : Thomas P. Sweetser
Download or read book Transforming the Parish written by Thomas P. Sweetser and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1993 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully updated and revised, this book offers dynamic models for the future in the areas of spirituality, small faith communities, liturgies, and volunteers. A practical guide for ministry.
