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  LIMEX Course 5,
Church, Sacraments, and Ministry

LIMEX Curriculum Bibliography

Required Texts:

Bernier, Paul. Ministry in the Church: A Historical and Pastoral Approach. Mystic, CT: Twenty-Third, 1993. ISBN # 0896225364.

† Gaillardetz, Richard R. "Proclaiming the Catholic Faith: The Scope and Limits of Pastoral Ministry." Commonweal 9 February 1996: 14-18.

† Glen, Jennifer. "Rites of Healing." Anointing of the Sick. Ed. Peter Fink. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical, 1987. Vol. 7 of Alternative Future for Worship. ISBN # 081461499X.

† Haughey, John C. "Eucharist at Corinth: You are the Christ." Above Every Name: The Lordship of Christ and Social Systems. Ed. Thomas E. Clarke. Ramsey, NJ: Paulist, 1980. ISBN # 080912338X.

Klein, Gregory, and Robert Wolfe. Pastoral Foundations of the Sacraments: A Catholic Perspective. New York: Paulist, 1998. ISBN # 0809137704.

Sanks, T. Howland. Salt, Leaven and Light: The Community Called Church. 1992. New York: Crossroad, 1997. ISBN # 0824516664.

Searle, Mark. Liturgy Made Simple. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical, 1981. ISBN # 0814612210.

† These texts are found in Appendices to the syllabus.

Official Church Documents:

* (Indicates recommended books for diocesan or sponsoring agency libraries.)

* Catechism of the Catholic Church. 2nd ed. Washington, D.C.: United States Catholic Conference, 2000. Publication # 5-109 (hard cover), 5-110 (paperback). (This text is also required for Course 1, so the diocese may have already purchased this text.) Order by calling 800.235.USCC, or outside the U.S. and Canada 202.722.8716; or by visiting the web site http://www.usccb.org/publishing/catechism.shtml. Text is available online at http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc/index.htm.

U.S. Catholic Bishops. Built of Living Stones: Art, Architecture, and Worship. Washington, D.C.: United States Catholic Conference, 2000. Publication # 5-408. Order by calling 800.235.USCC, or outside the U.S. and Canada 202.722.8716; or by visiting the web site http://www.usccb.org/publishing/liturgy/index.shtml. Also available online at http://www.nccbuscc.org/liturgy/livingstones.htm.

---. Together in God's Service: Toward a Theology of Ecclesial Lay Ministry. Washington, D.C.: United States Catholic Conference, 1998. Publication # 5-285. Order by calling 800.235.USCC, or outside the U.S. and Canada 202.722.8716; or by visiting the web site http://www.usccb.org/publishing/laity.shtml.

Vatican Council II: The Conciliar and Post Conciliar Documents. Vols. 1 and 2. Ed. Austin Flannery, O.P. Northport, NY: Costello, 1998. ISBN # 0918344395 and 0918344166. Documents are available online at
http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/index.htm. (Note to diocesan librarians: this text is an Additional Resource for Course 1, so the diocese may have already purchased this text.)

Additional Sources:

Church

* Coll, Regina. How to Understand Church and Ministry in the United States. New York: Crossroad, 1995. ISBN # 0824514688.

* Dulles, Avery. Models of the Church. Expanded ed. New York: Doubleday Image, 1991. ISBN # 0385133685.

Fahey, Michael. "Church." Systematic Theology: Roman Catholic Perspectives. Vol. 2. Ed. John Galvin and Francis Fiorenza. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 1991, p. 179-346. ISBN # 0800624610.

* Gaillardetz, Richard. Teaching with Authority: A Theology of Magisterium in the Church. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical, 1997. ISBN # 0814655297.

---. By What Authority? A Primer on Scripture, the Magisterium, and the Sense of the Faithful. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical, 2003. ISBN # 0-8146-2872-9.

* Harrington, Daniel. The Church According to the New Testament: What the Wisdom and Witness of Early Christianity Teach Us Today. Lanham, Maryland: Sheed and Ward/Rowman and Littlefield, 2001. ISBN# 1580511112.

Phan, Peter, ed. The Gift of the Church: A Textbook on Ecclesiology. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical, 2000. ISBN # 0814659314.

* Sullivan, Francis. The Church We Believe In: One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic. New York: Paulist, 1989. ISBN # 0809130394.

–––. From Apostles to Bishops: The Episcopacy in the Early Church. New York: Paulist, 2001. ISBN# 0809105349.

Sullivan, Maureen. 101 Questions and Answers on Vatican II. New York: Paulist, 2003. ISBN # 0809141337.

Ministry

* Hahnenberg, Edward. Ministries: A Relational Approach. New York: Herder and Herder, 2003. ISBN # 082452103X.

* McBrien, Richard. Ministry: A Theological, Pastoral Handbook. San Francisco: Harper, 1988. ISBN # 0060653248. (This text is also required for Course 1, so the diocese may have already purchased this text.)

* O'Meara, Thomas Franklin. Theology of Ministry. Rev. ed. New York: Paulist, 1999. ISBN # 0809138565. (This text is also required for Course 2, so the diocese may have already purchased this text.)

Sacraments

* Bausch, William. New Look at the Sacraments. Mystic, CT: Twenty-Third, 1983. ISBN # 0896221741.

Chauvet, Louis-Marie. The Sacraments: The Word of God at the Mercy of the Body. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical, 2001. ISBN# 0814661432.

Chupungco, Anscar J., Ed. Fundamental Liturgy. Vol. 11.  Handbook for Liturgical Studies. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical, 1998. ISBN # 0814661629.

* Cooke, Bernard. Sacraments and Sacramentality. Rev. ed. Mystic, CT: Twenty-Third, 1994. ISBN # 0896225887.

*Fink, Peter, ed. New Dictionary of Sacramental Worship. Collegeville, MN: Michael Glazier, 1990. ISBN # 0814657885.

Goergen, Donald, and Ann Garrido, eds. The Theology of Priesthood. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical, 2000. ISBN# 0814650848.

* Irwin, Kevin. Responses to 101 Questions on the Mass. New York: Paulist, 1999. ISBN# 0809138883.

* Kavanagh, Aidan. The Shape of Baptism: The Rite of Christian Initiation. 2nd ed. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical, 1992. ISBN # 0814660363.

* Martos, Joseph. Doors to the Sacred: A Historical Introduction to Sacraments in the Catholic Church. Expanded ed. Liguori, MO: Triumph, 1991. ISBN # 0-7648-0718-8.

*Morris, Thomas H. The RCIA: Transforming the Church, A Resource for Pastoral Implementation. Rev. ed. New York: Paulist, 1997. ISBN # 0809137585.

Osborne, Kenan. Christian Sacraments in a Postmodern World. New York: Paulist, 2000. ISBN # 0809139049.

---. The Christian Sacraments of Initiation: Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist. New York: Paulist, 1988. ISBN # 0809128861.

Web Sites of Interest

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
. http://www.usccb.org. This is the official website of the Bishops.

The Vatican. http://www.vatican.va. This website includes the full text of many papal documents as well as the The Catechism, Vatican II documents, and the Code of Canon Law.

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