Tag: Lay Ministry
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Co-Responsibility for Proclaiming the Gospel: Part III
MEGAN EFFRON — I would like to highlight the pastoral need for commissioning a more diverse pool of preachers to give the homily at our eucharistic liturgies and to put a human face on a contentious issue.
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Co-Responsibility for Proclaiming the Gospel: Part II
MEGAN EFFRON — Being equipped to draw connections between scripture and daily life is an essential part of being an agent of evangelization.
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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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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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Lectors and Acolytes — we need to reflect first
A note of caution
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Refresh my heart: Take a moment for joy
Something about the approach of Lent always draws my heart to the liturgical ministers, catechists, pastoral staff, priests, etc who find their time commitments and demands ramping up at a season when they know they need extra nourishment and refreshment. Today I want to offer a call, and a thank you, for witnessing to the…
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A “Time of Testing” for Pastoral Ministers
Increasingly church ministers lament that they “went into ministry under completely different conditions, with completely different expectations.” Church workers report with ever greater frequency that they strive to be loyal to the church, but this makes them feel “disloyal to their own soul.”