What is a parish?
Subtitle: canonical, pastoral, and theological perspectives
By: Thomas A. Baima, editor ; Lawrence Hennessey, editor
Series: Collections series; Hillenbrand Books collections series
Publisher: HillenbrandBooks
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9781595250339
Subjects: Parishes; Government; Parishes (Canon law); Pastoral theology; Catholic Church; Laity
Notes: "...fruit of an exceptional conference sponsored by the Dominican School of philosophy and Theology. The papers were subsequently published as articles in Chicago Studies"--Pref.

Papers first published in Chicago studies in 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Can you tell me what a parish is? / Michael Sweeney; title: The parish in the mission of the Church / Francis Cardinal George; title: The status of the parish in the 1983 Code of Canon Law / Joseph Fox; title: - The difficulties faced by the parish: some solutions a response to Joseph Fox, OP, "The parish in the Code of Canon Law" / Roch Pagé; title: Constitutional reflections on the parish: an entity in the fabric of the Church / Mark Chopko; title: Our structural constitution: religious freedom and Church autonomy (a response to Mark Chopko) / Richard Garnett; title: Bonds of communion among parishes and among pastors / Robert Christian; title: Bonds of communion between pastors and parishes: a response to Rev. Robert Christian, OP / Ron Lewinski; title: Trinity and the parish: some insights from the theology of Yves Congar, OP / Anthony Oelrich; title: Trinity and the parish: a response to Anthony Oelrich / Daniel Barnett; title: The parish and the apostolic formation of the laity / Sherry Weddell; title: Yes, it's possible: an autobiographical response to Sherry Weddell / Mark Shea; title: Afterword / Thomas A. Baima.