Shaping Catholic Parishes: Pastoral Leaders in the 21st Century / Edition 1

by Carole Ganim

Overview

Catholic parish life in the United States is changing. As a result, new organizational models are emerging: clustered parishes, large megachurches, one pastor overseeing multiple parishes, lay leadership... Pastoral leaders, ordained and lay, need to learn new skills and adopt new leadership styles to function effectively in this changing pastoral environment. Shaping Catholic Parishes looks at these changes from the pastoral leader's point of view. Twenty-two priests, deacons, religious, and lay people share first-person accounts of their experiences serving as pastoral leaders in these new situations and roles.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780829426465
Publisher:	Loyola Press
Publication date:	04/28/2008
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.40(d)

Table of Contents

Foreword     vii
Introduction     xi
Welcoming
An Anglo-Hispanic parish flourishes in Seattle     3
In San Francisco, a church full of young adults     7
Pastoring diversity     13
A charismatic deacon in Amarillo     19
Laotian, Catholic, and American     25
Collaborative
Four parishes, five churches, three priests     33
In Queens, the search is on for lay leaders     39
The astonishing diversity of Orlando     47
Standing room only in the Oklahoma panhandle     53
In New Jersey, a suburban mega-parish finds its mission     59
Ethical
In a Kentucky parish, pastoral leaders find common ground     67
Forging a common vision in Detroit     73
A journey of providence on Chicago's West Side     79
Pastoral
Sunday without a priest in northern Wisconsin     87
In Montana, glimpsing the future of the rural Catholic Church     93
A parish in the desert that surprised everyone     99
In rural South Carolina, a stopgap measure that looks permanent     107
Prophetic
Hearing a call in Mississippi     115
Going out to immigrants in Shelbyville     123
After Katrina, a devastated parish finds generousfriends     131
Commentary
A theologian's commentary     141
A sociologist's commentary     153
A psychologist's commentary     163
The Project: Emerging Models of Pastoral Leadership     173