Category: Lay Ministry
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Co-Responsibility for Proclaiming the Gospel: Part I
MEGAN EFFRON — Too often, lay people are described solely as evangelists who witness to Christ by living in the world. This is a worthy goal, but only part of our call. Lay people can—and should—also use their words to preach the gospel!
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Pope Francis says “no” to women deacons?
KATHARINE E. HARMON — We assume that because the Pope says “no,” we must take our ideological corners and judge what the Church “is” or “is not.”
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The ACU Centre for Liturgy bears fruit in Nigeria
EDITOR — The recently featured ACU Centre for Liturgy is offering an online program for lay liturgical ministers in Nigeria.
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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.”