The Energy Within: Parish Pastoral Councils Today - Discern, Decide, Implement, Involve - Softcover

Doherty, Johnny; Coyle, Paddi; Crilly, Tony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847307655 ISBN 13: 9781847307651

Publisher: Veritas Books, 2017

Synopsis

The Energy Within, Parish Pastoral Councils Today grew out of the firsthand experience of its four contributors. At its core is the record of a process which has been used successfully in the establishment of many new parish pastoral councils. It is placed in the context of deep reflection on the unique contribution that parish pastoral councils can make to collaborative leadership in the Church. The book includes an overview of the story of parish pastoral councils in Ireland since 1971. This book is a valuable resource for the individual reader who wishes to explore the role and methodology of parish pastoral councils. It will be of special interest to parishes and dioceses who aim to establish pastoral councils as part of their pastoral planning, or who are looking at approaches to training and energising existing pastoral councils.

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About the Author

Johnny Doherty CSsR is a Marriage Enrichment Specialist with ACCORD, Director of Love is for Life, founder of a Movement of Continuous Prayer for Marriage & Family Life and an international retreat giver for priests and religious. He is the author of Living the Sunday Liturgy and collaborated on Together Forever, a set of videos on marriage. Fr Oliver Crilly has been a parish priest in the Derry Diocese in the parishes of Melmount, Ardmore and Greenlough. A past Director of Veritas, his interest in parish pastoral councils was stimulated by the NCPI Conferences on collaborative ministry in the 1980s, led by Brother Loughlan Sofield. Paddi Coyle has nearly twenty years experience as a Parish Administrative Secretary, combining administrative with pastoral skills. She shares with her husband David a love of music and drama and creative liturgy. Tony Crilly is very involved in the life of his parish in Ardmore, Co. Derry, where he has been a member of the parish pastoral council.

About this edition

• Publisher: Veritas Books
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1847307655
• ISBN 13: 9781847307651
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 186