Category: Lay Ministry
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Book Review: Vocātiō: Imaging a Visible Church
Doyle imagines clergy allowed out of the parish structure as we have known it for over a thousand years, out of a two-tiered, that is clergy-lay institutional church structure.
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Instituted Ministries: What are we waiting for?
Don’t wait for someone else to do it. Empower your bishop.
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Summer Intensive Preaching Course for Lay Leaders and Deacons
Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology is offering an intensive 3-credit Preaching and Teaching course this summer from July 18-22, 2022 with Dr. Deb Organ. This three-credit course geared toward laypeople and deacons will focus on concrete practices for developing a “homiletic eye” to note the many ways that God acts in our daily…
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Brief Book Review: Unfolding the Mystery of Christ
Anne Koester reviews Eliot Kapitan, Unfolding the Mystery of Christ.
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Now Hiring: Liturgy Training Publications
Now Hiring: Liturgy Training Publications.
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Women in Instituted Ministries: “A Milestone and a Point of No Return”
It “will not fail to positively mark the life of the Church.”
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The Minor Orders: Not a Major Matter
Ministries evolve over time.
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Lectors and Acolytes — we need to reflect first
A note of caution
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Provisional translation of the Letter of Pope Francis to Cardinal Ladaria regarding the access of women to the ministries of Lectorate and Acolyte
Earlier today Anthony posted the news that Pope Francis has opened the liturgical ministries of Lectorate and Acolyte to women. The motu proprio is available in English on the Vatican webpage. However, there is a second letter to Cardinal Ladaria, the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, where he explains some…