Creating Small Church Communities

, by Baranowski, Arthur R.; O'Reilly, Kathleen M.; Piro, Carrie M.

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ISBN: 9780867162752 | 0867162759
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 10/1/1996

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Foreword

Introduction: Why Change Your Parish?

(1)

Why Restructure?

(1)

The Why of a Parish

(3)

RCIA---A Model for Being Catholic

(3)

Being Who We Are Better

(2)

Looking to Our Past

(3)

A New Way to Be Church

(10)

Levels of Belonging

(1)

A Total Approach to Parish

(2)

The Pastoral Bridge

(1)

`You Brought Us Together'

(3)

Summing Up

(2)

From Vision to Reality in Your Parish

(18)

A Three-Phase Process

(3)

A Long-Term Commitment

(1)

First Steps

(1)

Identifying Key People/Forming a Core Team

(2)

Assessing Your Parish

(2)

Starting With The Experience

(1)

Including Several Area Parishes

(1)

Starting Small and Setting Realistic Goals

(2)

Coloring the Parish

(2)

leading Consistently

(3)

From Small Groups Toward Small Church Communities

(12)

Groups: Getting Started

(2)

Motivating Parishioners

(2)

Phase One: Focus on Belonging

(3)

Phase Two: Praying Alone and Together

(2)

The Pastoral Link

(3)

Pastoring the `Pastors'

(12)

Keeping Pastoral Facilitators a Top Priority

(2)

A Word to Priests

(2)

Selecting Pastoral Facilitators

(3)

Formation of PFs

(1)

Summing Up

(1)

A Caution

(2)

Being Church for the Long Haul

(22)

Phase Three: Owning the Church's Story

(4)

Getting Good Focus Questions

(4)

Getting Even Smaller

(1)

Naming the Experience, Evaluating the Progress

(1)

The Two-Hour Format for the Small Church Community

(2)

Hand-Holding or Out-Reaching

(1)

Ordinary Life and Everyday Care

(2)

Large Church/Small Church

(3)

Why Some Communities Disband

(4)

The Other 75 percent

(12)

A Balancing Act

(2)

An Investment in the Future

(2)

The Discipline of Priorities

(3)

What About the Children?

(5)

Conclusion: Where Do We Go From Here?

(2)

How to Begin

(2)

Appendices

101

(1)

A: Bibliography

101

(4)

B: Basic Principles for a Small-Group Agreement or Contract

105

(1)

C: Sample Evaluations

106

(1)

D: Review of Life

107

(1)

E: Stages of Group Development (Psychological)

108

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