Becoming followers of Jesus
Subtitle: a people's approach to wholistic spirituality
By: Barbara Paleczny and Michel Côté.
Contributors: Côté, Michel.
Publisher: Trinity Press
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Burlington, Ont
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
Subjects: Spiritual life.
First sentence: from the Introduction:  
"Humans alone in this earth have the ability to ask the all important question "Why?"  Why are we here, being what we are and doing what we're doing?  Why are things the way they are?  This little word, why, invites our minds, our hearts and hopefully even our feet on a pilgrimage, a quest for truth."
Description: Inspired by Vatican II, this unique series  offered a spiritual renewal program aimed directly at  the needs of the Canadian Catholic laity in the mid-eighties.  The book offers a means of self direction among  small lay groups  in a home setting.   'Becoming Followers of Jesus' maps out a promising new road encouraging participants to discover their spiritual roots based on a individual experience of God in their everyday life.  The program is divided into 6 separate units and 69 weeks, which could be comfortably covered in a period of approximately two years or more. The two volume text consists of  a 'Participant's Manual' and a 'Facilitator's Guide'.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
EXTRA READING FOR EACH UNIT
UNIT I:
English, John SJ, Choosing Life, Toronto: Paulist Press, 1978.
UNIT II:
Kavanaugh John SJ, Following Christ in a Consumer Society,
New York: Orbis Books, 1981. Segundo, Luis SJ, Grace and the Human Condition,
Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 1973.
UNIT III:
Baars, Conrad M.D., Feeling and Healing Your Emotions, Plainfield, New Jersey: Logos International, 1979.
Johnson, Robert, He: Understanding Masculine Psychology, New York: Harper & Row, 1974, 83 p. She: Understanding Feminine Psychology, New York: Harper & Row, 1976, 72 p. Linn SJ, Dennis & Matthew, Healing Life's Hurts:
Healing Memories Through Five Stages of Forgiveness, Toronto, New York: Paulist Press, 1978.
Linn, Mary Jane, Dennis, Matthew, Healing the Dying,
Toronto, New York: Paulist Press, 1979.
Pope John Paul II, On the Mercy of God, 1980. Powell, John SJ, Fully Human, Fully Alive,
Argus Communications, (or any of his) Sanford, John, Invisible Partners,
New York: Paulist Press, 1980. Segundo, Luis SJ, Our Idea of God,
Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 1974. This Community Called Church. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 1973.
UNIT IV:
Baum, G. Priority of Labour,
N.Y.: Paulist Press, 1982
Brown, R. et al, Mary in the New Testament, Toronto: Paulist Press, 1978.
Cassidy, R., Jesus, Politics and Society: A Study of Luke's Gospel,
Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 1978. Mische, Patricia & Gerald, Toward a More Human World
Order,
New York: Paulist Press, 1977. Nolan, A., Christ Before Christianity,
New York: Orbis Books, 1980. Roy, Paul SJ, Building Christian Communities for Justice,
Toronto, New York: Paulist Press, 1981. Vatican Documents Statements by Canadian Bishops:
Formation of Conscience, 1974.
Sharing Daily Bread, 1974.
Northern Development: At What Cost?, 1975.
From Words to Action, 1976.
A Society to be Transformed, 1911.
Witness to Justice, 1978.
Fullness of Life, 1978.
Strangers in our Midst, 1979.
Unemployment: The Human Costs, 1980.
One in Christ Jesus, 1980.
On the Neutron Bomb, 1981.
Ethical Reflections on the Economic Crisis, \ 983.
Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
90 Parent Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario
K1N7B1
Papal Encyclicals:
Peace on Earth, John XXIII, 1963.
On the Development of Peoples, Paul VI, 1967.
On Human Labour, John Paul II, 1981.
Synodal Document: Justice in the World, 1971. We encourage in Canada,
1.	Participation in the
Canadian Urban Training Project for Christian Service,
51 Bond Street,
Toronto, Ontario
MSB 1X1. Their courses are held in several cities.
2.	Use of the Social Justice Curriculum for High Schools
available from the
Christian Movement for Peace,
427 Bloor Street West,
Toronto, Ontario,
M5S 1X7.
It is excellent for adults as well. Because it is experience based, it could be used for many meetings to reflect on our work experience. You could follow our usual introductory approach of reflecting on experience in the light of faith and then follow the suggested format on issues; such as, unemployment, unions, industrial disease and injury, conditions of farm work, coke workers in Guatemala, problems of clerical workers. Ten Days' booklets (1980 & 1981) on work are also excellent for this.
Ten Days for World Development,
Room 315, 85 St. Clair Avenue East,
Toronto, Ontario,
M4T1M8.
3.	Reading autobiographies and biographies of people who
lived with similar values to those expressed in this book;
for example,
Cassidy, Sheila, Audacity to Believe. London: Collins Press, 1977.
UNITV
Donovan, Vincent CSSP, Christianity Rediscovered,
New York: Orbis Books, 1978. Segundo, Luis SJ, Sacraments Today,
Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 1974.
UNIT VI
English, John SJ, Communal Graced History:
A Manual of Theology and Practice, Ottawa: CRC Publication, 1981. 324 Laurier Ave. E. Ottawa, Canada
Schemel, George, SJ, and Sister Judith Roemer, "Communal
Discernment",
Review for Religious, Volume 49, Number 6, Nov./Dec., 1981
pp. 825-836.
Table of contents: label: UNIT I
title: COMMITTING OURSELVES TO BECOME FOLLOWERS OF JESUS
pagenum: 3 - 25; label: UNIT II
title: ON BEING HUMAN AND INTEGRATING MATTER AND MEANING
pagenum: 27 - 46; label: UNIT III
title: INTEGRATING FEELINGS AND FAITH IN DAILY LIFE: A HEALING PROCESS
pagenum: 47 - 110; label: UNIT IV
title: INTEGRATING FAITH AND JUSTICE - HEALING OUR COLLECTIVE EXPERIENCE
pagenum: 111 - 161; label: UNIT V
title: INTEGRATING GOD'S VISION OF RIGHT - THE KINGDOM IN THE MAKING
pagenum: 163-179; label: UNIT VI
title: INTEGRATION THROUGH DECISION-MAKING
pagenum: 181-207