How can you keep your faith when bad things happen to good people? Joseph Richard's widow powerfully recounts this healing story of his challenges and victories. You can learn from a minister in the midst of his difficult journey through two separate heart transplants.
New Canon Law : Postponing Baptism Q. In your article on the new Canon Law for baptism , you mentioned the Christian significance of the name given in Baptism . I always thought that a baptismal name should be a saint's name . Isn't ...
Called to Serve: Essays for Elders and Deacons
74 J.W. Carroll , B. Hargrove and A.T. Lummis , found that the majority of both men and women entered ministry as the result of a ' call from God ' . Women of the Cloth : a new opportunity for the churches , New York , Harper and Row ...
The Long Diaconate, 1987-1994: Women Deacons and the Delayed Journey to Priesthood
Lange Zeit waren Diakoninnen und Diakone selbstverständlicher und selbständiger Bestandteil kirchlicher Tradition, bis sie nacheinander wieder verschwanden - die Diakoninnen ersatzlos, die Diakone für 1000 Jahre reduziert auf ein reines ...
Guide for Deacons
A series of essays which addresses theological, ministerial, canonical, and liturgical issues regarding the ministry of the deacon, as well as the symbols and texts in the ordination liturgy for deacons--Provided by publisher.
... Church does. In his Apostolic Letter on Norms for the Diaconate, Pope Paul VI says that Christ instituted a variety of ... a human element” (LG 8). The Church is complex for being both visible and invisible, for having both divine and ...
This book explores trends in the diaconate as well as current and emerging opportunities and challenges in the ministry.
A basic, essential text for discernment committees and commissions on ministry, and a comprehensive look at the vital ministry of the permanent diaconate in the church today.