Title: A struggle for holy ground : reconciliation and the rites of parish closure /
Authors: Weldon, Michael
Publisher: Liturgical Press,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Catholic Church United States.; Parishes United States.; Church closures United States.; Pastoral theology Catholic Church.
Contents: The best we could do with church? : demographics, finances, and culture -- Traditions of reconciliation : conflict, Communion, and sacred remembering -- The negotiation of crisis : forgiveness, trauma, and sacred space -- Remembering in a different kind of way : grief, lament, and healing -- Pastoral solutions : towards new rituals of reconciliation at the closure of sacred space -- Conclusions: It's about doing church : imaginings and implications.