Divine renovation
Subtitle: bringing your parish from maintenance to mission
By: Fr. James Mallon
Publisher: Twenty-Third Publications
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New London, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9781627850384
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Church renewal; Catholic Church; Church; Christian leadership
Description: Annotation: Highly acclaimed for his work with parish renewal and the New Evangelization, Fr. James Mallon shares with us the many ways for bringing our parishes to life. Through humorous and colorful stories, Mallon challenges us to rethink our models of parish life, from membership-based communities to assemblies of disciples of Jesus who proclaim and share the good news with all peoples. Accessible and engaging, Divine Renovation turns to the Churchs many writings on evangelization and mission so as to articulate practical ways for injecting new life into our parishes. Pastors and parish ministers will be inspired by this book and turn to it for many years to come."
Notes: Canadian edition published by Novalis under title: Divine renovation: from a maintenance to a missional parish.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: house of cards; title: House of prayer: remembering our identity and purpose; title: Rebuild my house: from Vatican II to Pope Francis; title: House of pain: the experience of a maintenance church; title: Clearing our the junk: what we need to jettison if we are going to rebuild; title: Laying the foundation: how to transform the culture of the parish community; title: The front door: the sacraments as our greatest pastoral opportunity; title: Leader of the house: the essential role of leadership.