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Shaping Catholic Parishes - An Interview
Catholic Bookmarks Radio
June 2, 2008
Project Director Marti Jewell is interviewed about the Project's new book "Shaping Catholic Parishes." The interview is condcuted by Frank Morock, host of Catholic Bookmarks Radio, an initiative of the U.S. Conference of Bishops' Catholic Communications Campaign.
Ministry Summit Participants Address the Future
May 8, 2008
Working on a tight timetable and employing state-of-the-art technology, lay and ordained pastoral leaders from fifty states and six foreign countires engaged the six research areas of the Emerging Models Project to develop practical recommendations that can be implemented now.
National Ministry Summit on Emerging Models of Pastoral Leadership
Creting a Culture of Accountability
May 6, 2008
“Create a culture of accountability through performance reviews for all ministers – ordained, religious and lay – that reflect the application of best practices of emerging models of parish leadership.”
That was one of the key recommendations from over 1,200 lay leaders, deacons, priests and bishops who gathered in Orlando last week for a national ministry summit on emerging models of pastoral leadership.
Ministry summit–goers see diverse leadership as a key to church’s future – but don’t see it in themselves.
National Ministry Summit
April 24, 2008
Catholic ministry leaders detailed lifelong learning, collaborative ministry, solid formation and a greater need to encourage diverse leadership as crucial to the further growth of a healthy church on the last day of an unprecedented summit meeting.
Expanded role for lay ministers emerges as a Summit topic
National Ministry Summit
April 23, 2008
[Bishop Blase Cupich] He said that what’s being created through the summit is a leaven that the participants can take back to their parishes and dioceses to see what develops.
Summit–goers grapple with changing church: multi–parish pastors, more lay ministers, growing diversity.
National Ministry Summit
April 22, 2008
An expanded role for professional lay ministers is high among possible models for pastoral leadership emerging from an unprecedented gathering here of 1,200 Catholics — clergy, vowed religious and laity — preparing for the future of a changing church.
U.S. Religious Landscape Survey
March 3, 2008
New study of U.S. religious affiliation released. Study conducted by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, a subsidiary of the Pew Charitable Trusts.
Symposium on Lay Ecclesial Ministry
St. John's School of Theology, Collegeville
September 18, 2007
Over 200 Catholic leaders gathered at St. John's School of Theology in Collegeville this summer. Representing U.S. bishops, national organizations, diocesan offices, Catholic colleges and universities, Hispanic, African American and Asian Pacific ministry leaders, pastors, and lay ecclesial ministers the gathering focused on compelling questions affecting the advancement of lay ecclesial ministry formation, authorization, pathways into ministry, and workplace issues.
Hispanic Youth are U.S. Church's Best Investment
Viewpoint
September 7, 2007
Despite its strategic importance, Hispanic youth and young adult ministry suffers from a chronic shortage of paid personnel, training resources, and other financial support. Among those surveyed, 65 percent completed at least high school and the majority (61 percent) is bilingual. However, these largely single lay leaders are virtually all volunteers! [Read full story.]
"The Bookend Generations"
Report on studies published in NCR
March 13, 2007
"What the young look for now are ways to to integrate the Gospels into their life." New studies reported in NCR.
Parish Life Coordinators, Sacramental Ministers, and Priest Moderators
Research Symposium Series Completed
February 22, 2007
Best practices for parish life coordinators and sacramental ministers were surfaced in two research symposium hosted by the Emerging Models Project. 100 participants from across the country were invited to engage the conversation of best practices for those ministering under Canon 517.2.
Press Release
Unprecedented Ministy Summit Calls for Action
Addresses Changing Parish Life
May 2, 2008
Some 1,200 priests, deacons, lay ecclesial ministers, and vowed religious took part in the National Ministry Summit in Orlando. The three-day Summit, convened by six national Catholic organizations intent on addressing changes in U.S. parishes, employed a collaborative process that yielded recommendations that the sponsors will study and begin to implement.
Next Generation of Pastoral Leaders
Interim Report of Extensive On-Line Study
January 17, 2008
The Emerging Models Project is announcing the findings of an extensive on-line study of active Catholics in their 20's and 30's. They are telling us they are interested in ministry, whether lay, ordained, or vowed, but they want to be involved in the Church NOW! They are telling us what we need to know to develop their leadership. The Church has its work cut out!
