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by John Michael Talbot
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
John Michael Talbot's Reflections on St. Francis offers readers an accessible entrance into the Rule and Testament of St. Francis of Assisi. Talbot's reflections shed light on Francis as a saint, a founder, and a reformer. Drawing on his own experience as the founder of The Brothers and Sisters of...
Will Pope Francis Pull It Off?
The Challenge of Church Reform
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2017
Pope Francis has made no secret of the fact that he seeks to reform the Catholic Church, especially the institutional components by which it is guided and governed. Standing in his way are institutional inertia, simplistic ideologies, scandals, and the resistance of some who will not readily relinquish...
by Barbara E. Reid OP
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2014
With an approach that is marked by both sound scripture scholarship and keen pastoral insight, Barbara Reid explores the ways that the saving work of Jesus has been approached in preaching. She uncovers a rich variety of metaphors, symbols, analogies—some severely limited and others immensely liberating....
Pilgrim People
A Scriptural Commentary
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
What does it mean today to be part of a people whose very identity is rooted in the belief that they belong to God and that their lives are a pilgrimage of faith?
Pilgrim People is a journey through Scripture that examines how the call of God has led the faithful in both Old and New Testaments...
Psalms for All Seasons
Revised Edition
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2013
Dare to expect a new world through the power of prayer. That is the challenge offered by Psalms for All Seasons. John Craghan says that by praying the Psalms, you will discover radical newness in your life as you align your heart with God's will. The psalms are prayers of both praise and lament. They...
When I in Awesome Wonder
Liturgy Distilled from Daily Life
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
All of life is liturgy. People encounter God as they live, work, and play in human communities and as they work to sustain the health of communities and the ground on which communities are built. Liturgy is distilled from everyday life when we peer through the mist and see the sacramental and spiritual...
Same Call, Different Men
The Evolution of the Priesthood since Vatican II
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Far-reaching changes continue to take place in the American priesthood. Building on insights gained from four previous surveys, Same Call, Different Men uses fresh data from a 2009 survey-jointly implemented by the National Federation of Priest's Councils and the Center for Applied Research in the...
Catholic Cultures
How Parishes Can Respond to the Changing Face of Catholicism
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2016
From its earliest days, Christianity has been lived and proclaimed in the language and symbols of each receiving culture. Today, these cultures include the new ethnic groups moving into our parishes. They also include new generations of Catholic young adults, whose childhood experiences of their faith...
Oscar Romero
Love Must Win Out
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2014
People of God is a brand new series of inspiring biographies for the general reader. Each volume offers a compelling and honest narrative of the life of an important twentieth or twenty-first century Catholic. Some living and some now deceased, each of these women and men have known challenges and...
The Gospel According To Luke
Volume 3
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Luke continues to challenge our lives. Focusing on Jesus and his earthly ministry among the early church, Michael, F. Patella, OSB, opens the Gospel of Luke to the 21st-century reader.
Patella presents literary, textual, and historical criticism in a readable manner to give readers a solid...
Navigating Pastoral Transitions
A Staff Guide
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013
As a parish staff member, you have a unique leadership role when there is a change in pastors. In that transitional time when the current pastor hasn't quite left and the new pastor hasn't quite arrived, you are an anchor that the rest of the parish turns to for guidance.
Navigating Pastoral...
An Ignatian Journey of the Cross
Exercises in Discernment
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2016
This book is a collection of fifteen spiritual exercises for people who seek to experience God in everyday life with the help of Ignatian discernment. At times, life looks like a way of the cross. Pain is there, uninvited. Art and beauty have long been able to deepen our spirituality. By contemplating...
Life Abounding
A Reading of John's Gospel
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2014
The fourth gospel addresses the thirst for life that lies at the depth of every human heart. The life in question is not just physical life but the “more abundant life‘” (John 10:10) that is nothing less than a share in the “eternal life” of the divine communion of love. In Life Abounding,...
Connecting Pulpit and Pew
Breaking Open the Conversation about Catholic Preaching
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2014
Whether you preach from a pulpit or sit in a pew, you hope (and pray) for a homily that connects the Good News with life. But what does it mean to connect? In a world that buzzes with the synapses of technological “connection,” can the human touch of preaching make a difference anymore? Connecting...