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  LIMEX Course 844
Parish Life and Ministry

LIMEX Curriculum Bibliography

Required Readings:

The Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy. Vatican Council II: The Conciliar and Post Conciliar Documents. 2nd ed. Ed. Austin Flannery, O.P. Northport, NY: Costello, 1996. ISBN# 0-9183-4439-5. Documents are available online at: http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/index.htm.

Coriden, James. The Parish in Catholic Tradition: History, Theology, and Canon Law. New York: Paulist, 1996. ISBN # 0-8091-3685-6.

Duggan, Robert D. Parish Liturgy: A Handbook for Renewal. Kansas City, MO: Sheed and Ward, 1996. ISBN #1-55612-909-2. (Specialty text; private reprints by the National Pastoral Life Center are also available by special order from the NPLC by calling 212-431-7825 or visiting http://www.nplc.org/pub/books.asp.)

Keeler, Robert F. Parish! New York: Crossroad, 1997. ISBN # 0-8245-1697-4.

Sweetser, Thomas P., and Patricia Forster. Transforming the Parish. Franklin, WI: Sheed and Ward, 1999. ISBN # 1-55612-654-9.

U. S. Catholic Bishops. Communities of Salt and Light. Washington, DC: United States Catholic Conference, 1994. Publication # 1-55586-701-4. (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/parish.shtml. Available online at http://www.nccbuscc.org/sdwp/saltandlight.htm.

Roman Catholic Documents and Resources:

The Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy. Vatican Council II: The Conciliar and Post Conciliar Documents. Vols. 1 and 2. 2nd ed. Ed. Austin Flannery, O.P. Northport, NY: Costello, 1996, 1999. See the required texts for the course for full bibliographic information.

U.S. Catholic Bishops. Built of Living Stones: Art, Architecture, and Worship. Washington, D.C.: United States Catholic Conference, 2000. Publication # 5-395. http://www.usccb.org/liturgy/livingstonesind.shtml.

–––. Communities of Salt and Light. Washington, DC: United States Catholic Conference, 1994. See the required texts for the course for full bibliographic information.

U.S. Catholic Bishops, Committee on the Liturgy. General Instruction of the Roman Missal (and related documents). Washington, D.C.: United States Catholic Conference, 2002. Publication # 5-395. http://www.usccb.org/liturgy/girm/index.shtml.

Additional Sources:

Bausch, William. Total Parish Manual: Everything You Need to Empower Your Faith Community. Mystic, CT: Twenty-Third, 1994. ISBN# 0-89622-607-7.

Beal, John P. et al., eds. New Commentary on the Code of Canon Law.   Study ed. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 2000. ISBN# 0-8091-0502-0.  

Begolly, Michael J. Leading the Assembly in Prayer: A Practical Guide for Lay and Ordained Ministers. San Jose, CA: Resource, 1997. ISBN# 0-89390-398-1.  

Bernstein, Eleanor, C.S.J., ed. Disciples at the Crossroads: Perspectives on Worship and Church Leadership. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical, 1993. ISBN# 0-8146-2146-5.

Bouley, Allan, O.S.B. Catholic Rites Today: An Abridged Text for Students. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical, 1992. ISBN# 0-8146-2032-9.

Burghardt, Walter. To Be Just is to Love: Homilies for a Church Renewing. New York: Paulist, 2001. ISBN# 0-8091-4041-1.

Coll, Regina. How to Understand Church and Ministry in the United States. New York: Crossroad, 1995. ISBN# 0-8245-1468-8.

Darragh, Neil. When Christians Gather: Issues in the Celebration of Eucharist. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 1996. ISBN# 0-8091-3678-3.

Edington, Howard with Lyle E Schaller. Downtown Church: The Heart of the City. Nashville: Abingdon, 1996. ISBN# 0-687054-40-0.

Gubish, Mary Ann, and Susan Jenny, S.C. Revisioning the Parish Pastoral Council: A Workbook. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 2001. ISBN# 0-8091-3957-X.

Hahnenberg, Edward P. Ministries: A Relational Approach. New York: Herder and Herder, 2003. ISBN# 0-8245-2103-X.

Hopewell, James F. Congregation: Stories and Structures. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1987. ISBN# 0-8006-1956-0.

Kasper, Walter Cardinal. Leadership in the Church: How Traditional Roles Can Serve the Christian Community Today. New York: Herder and Herder, 2003. ISBN# 0-8245-1977-9.

Ludwig, Robert. Reconstructing Catholicism. New York: Wipf and Stock, 2000.  ISBN# 1-57910-338-3.

Mauck, Marchita. Shaping a House for the Church. Chicago: Liturgy Training, 1989. ISBN# 0-929650-06-9.

Shaughnessy, Mary A. Ministry and the Law. New York: Paulist, 1998. ISBN# 0-8091-3789-5.

Stillwell, Virginia. Priestless Parishes: The Baptized Leading the Baptized Allen, TX: Thomas More, 2002. ISBN# 0-8834-7481-6.

              

Sweetser, Thomas, S.J. The Parish As Covenant: A Call to Pastoral Partnership. Franklin, WI: Sheed and Ward, 2001. ISBN# 1-5805-1110-4.  

Sweetser, Thomas, S.J., and Mary Benet McKinney. Changing Pastors: A Resource for Pastoral Transitions. Franklin, WI: Sheed and Ward, 1998. ISBN# 1-5561-2961-0.

Turner, Paul. Sourcebook for Sundays and Seasons 2005. Chicago, IL: Liturgy Training, 2004. ISBN# 1-56854-483-9.


Untener, Kenneth. Preaching Better: A Practical Guide for Homilists. New York: Paulist, 1999. ISBN# 0-8091-3849-2.

Wilkes, Paul. Excellent Catholic Parishes: The Guide to Best Places and Practices. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 2001. ISBN# 0-8091-3992-8.

---. Excellent Prostestant Congregations: The Guide to Best Places and Practices. Nashville: Westminster/John Knox, 2001. ISBN# 0-6642-2329-X.

–––. New Beginnings. (1413 Hawthorne Road, Wilmington, NC 2840, 910-815-0695) http://www.nbontheweb.com.

Wilkes, Paul, and Marty Minchin. Best Practices from America’s Best Churches. New York: Paulist, 2003. ISBN# 0-8091-4135-3.

Wilson, George B., S.J./Management Design Institute. Church Leadership: A Human Systems Approach/Training in the Ethical Use of Power. Loveland, OH: Treehaus Communications. (P.O. Box 259, Loveland, OH 45140; treehaus1@fuse.net; 800-638-4287.)

Web Sites of Interest

The Center for Parish Development. http://www.missionalchurch.org.  

The Leadership Network. http://www.leadnet.org.

The National Association for Lay Ministry. http://www.nalm.org.

The Parish Evaluation Project . http://www.pepparish.org.

U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Departments. http://www.usccb.org/depts.htm.

 

Page Updated March 19, 2005 

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