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Author: Tim Muldoon
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Published: 2009
Total Pages: 276
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work features original essays which explore the role of the laity within the Catholic Church and the nature of Catholic identity.
Author: Sister Patricia Helene Earl
Publisher: IAP
Published: 2008-10-01
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 1607528673
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTwo major real-world problems prompted this study: maintaining the Catholic identity of the Catholic schools, and increasing interest in character education. Traditionally, Catholic schools in the United States were staffed exclusively by priests, sisters, and brothers. Today, they are predominately staffed by laypersons. This change has influenced the essential religious character and culture of Catholic schools. While Religious filter their teachings through their own religious training and emphasize the mission and charisma of Catholic education, lay staff often lack the same intensely religious experiences to bring to the teaching/learning environment. This qualitative interview study explored the influence that a series of spirituality and virtue seminars had on lay teachers’ perceptions of the Catholic school and character education.
Author: National Catholic Laity Council Ghana
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Published: 1994
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Paul A. Nelson
Publisher: Leonine Publishers
Published: 2021-08-28
Total Pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9781942190660
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDuring the last five decades, the Church has been transformed into an entity that doesn't resemble what it had been for two-thousand years. Wayward, agenda-driven, modernist bishops and priests have effected widespread heresies. Poorly catechized and gullible Catholics have bought into what was being peddled to them, believing these perversions to be acceptable within the Catholic Church. As this trend continues today, Restoring Our Catholic Identity lays out plainly the ways in which the laity have been misled, who was responsible for it, and how we can repair the damage and restore the Roman Catholic Church to its original grandeur.
Author: William V. D'Antonio
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
Published: 2001-08-07
Total Pages: 191
ISBN-13: 0759117004
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow much do American Catholics still identify with the Catholic Church? Do they agree with the Church's teachings, and how often do they participate in its sacraments? What do they think it takes to be a good Catholic? What do they consider to be the Church's core teachings? How do they believe issues of faith and morals should be decided: by the hierarchy, the laity, or some combination of the two? How are they coping with the priest shortage, and what do they believe the Church should do to solve the problem? How do they feel about social issues such as capital punishment and increased military spending? In American Catholics, four distinguished sociologists use national surveys from 1999, 1993, and 1987 to examine these issues. They show that Catholics' beliefs and practices are changing. They also demonstrate how differences in gender, generation, and commitment to the Church influence attitudes on all of these issues. Balanced and clear, filled with useful tables and charts, and unique in its ability to compare results over time, American Catholics makes essential reading for anyone interested in the future of Catholicism in the United States.
Author: Stephen K. Black
Publisher:
Published: 2018-09-25
Total Pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9781947826977
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe essays in this volume, in different ways, invite the reader to consider Catholic identity not only in terms of who we are but what are we for? To be sure, identity and mission are deeply interconnected but offer different starting points for reflection on formation. The authors of this volume, working in Catholic higher education, elementary and secondary education, Catholic social services and pastoral ministries--articulate a number of challenges when it comes to formation around Catholic identity. How does the Catholic identity of a college or university enter into the curriculum and institutional practices of a community? How does Catholic identity contribute to the training and self-understanding of educators in elementary and secondary schools? How does an organization inspire and empower the laity into leadership? At the heart of these questions is the challenge of building the common good within the Church and for the world.
Author: Francis J. Butler
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9781556127076
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiverse essays - from a youth minister to a university president - all struggling for Catholic identity in times of crisis. With heightened concern for the future, this is necessary reading.
Author: Michele Dillon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1999-08-13
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780521639590
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMichele Dillon investigates why pro-change Catholics continue to remain actively involved with the Church.
Author: Daniel Donovan
Publisher: Paulist Press
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 271
ISBN-13: 080913750X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Catholicism...is a living community of faith, a community with its own distinctive rituals and structure, its own patterns of individual and collective religious life, " writes distinguished theologian Daniel Donovan. What is unique about the Catholic experience of Christianity? What features set it apart from other Christian religions? Donovan explores these questions and more here, offering readers the fruit of his experience from a lifetime of theology and teaching.In eight chapters, Donovan draws attention to certain emphases and characteristics of Catholicism which have influenced and continue to influence the way in which Catholics experience and think about their faith. These include: sense of community; the historical dimension of Catholicism; the objective nature of faith; liturgy and sacraments; ordained ministry; and tension between universal and particular. A final chapter reflects on all the themes and relates them to the concrete experience of individual Catholic believers.
Author: Patricia Helene Earl
Publisher: Information Age Pub Incorporated
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9781593117146
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA volume in Research on Religion and Education Series Editors Stephen J. Denig, Niagara University and Lyndon G. Furst, Andrews University Two major real-world problems prompted this study: maintaining the Catholic identity of the Catholic schools, and increasing interest in character education. Traditionally, Catholic schools in the United States were staffed exclusively by priests, sisters, and brothers. Today, they are predominately staffed by laypersons. This change has influenced the essential religious character and culture of Catholic schools. While Religious filter their teachings through their own religious training and emphasize the mission and charisma of Catholic education, lay staff often lack the same intensely religious experiences to bring to the teaching/learning environment. This qualitative interview study explored the influence that a series of spirituality and virtue seminars had on lay teachers' perceptions of the Catholic school and character education.
