CHANGING FACE OF THE CHURCH ($16)
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LTP: 1-56854-259-3
FOR A GENERATION since Vatican II, we have been engaged
in the diverse challenges of renewal. The vision of the Council inspired us, and we put our hands to the task of renewing our parishes and our worship, the continuing formation of our assemblies and their outreach to the societies, cultures and environments in which they live
Now with a wealth of experiences both fruitful and
frustrating we see ever more clearly the changing face of the church. And the changing church, richer for its diversity, is coming to birth.
This collection of papers seeks to understand how the changing face of the church influences the liturgies we celebrate. Its contributors envision how the church of the future will embrace the church of the past. The authors deal with topics like initiation, eucharist, preaching,
inculturation, music, liturgical space and design, conversion and the formation of the assembly and its ministers.
Chapter titles include:
- On Receiving the Michael Mathis Award by Donald W. Trautman, STP, SSL, Bishop of Erie
- The Celtic Legacy: Tool orTreasure? by
John L. Bell
- Christian Initiation in the Small Non-Metropolitan Church by Michael Clay
- Marriage Preparation and Wedding Liturgies by Austin Fleming
- Healing the Past, Claiming the Future: Naming and Welcoming the "Other" by Diana L. Hayes
- A Generation after the Council:W hat is the Spirit Telling Us? by Theresa F. Koernke, IHM
- Discipleship, Equality and the Bible by Carolyn Osiek, RSCJ
- The Changing Face of the Church in a Parish's Preparation for Liturgy by Lois Paha, OP
- The Maturing Faith of the Church: Signs of Development and Promise by Paul J. Philibert, OP
- Cultural Diversity in Worship: Will We Survive? by Mary Frances Reza
- Cremation American-Style: A Change for the Better? by H. Richard Rutherford, csc
- Where Is My Guestroom? Toward a Method for Assessing
Catholic Worship Spaces by Thomas G. Simons
- The Spiritual Storyteller by J. Thomas Sparough
- Waking the Church: Grief that Frees Us, Dreams that Compel Us by James D. Whitehead and Evelyn Eaton Whitehead
- Sunday Worship in the Absence of the Eucharist:
Short-Term Solution or Long-Term Problem? by Joan Workmaster
- Sunday Celebrations in the Absence of Eucharist by Nathan Mitchell
