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READING your way to
Indianapolis
Some reading suggestions we found applicable to our focus on accountability:
Acts of the Apostles, New Testament - Here is where VOTF really began.
Consider what you find in these pages and superimpose that image
over your own parish/diocesan
experience.
Governance, Accountability and the Future of the Catholic Church edited
by Francis Oakley and Bruce Russett (2004)
Faith That Dares To Speak by Fr. Donald Cozzens (2004)
The Liberation of the Laity by Paul Lakeland (2003)
Common Calling - The Laity and Governance of the Catholic Church* edited
by Stephen J. Pope
Others recommended by members:
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The Remaking of the Church by Richard P. McBrien (1973 and still
relevant)
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Vatican II document "Dogmatic Constitution on The Church" (Lumen Gentium)
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Letter to Women from Pope John Paul II 1988 - "On the Dignity and Vocation
of Women" (Mulieris Dignitatem) "
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A Documentary History of Religion in America*- edited by Edwin
Gaustad and Mark A. Noll (VOTF made it into the third edition, 2003)
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Lay Ministry in the Catholic Church** - Visioning Church Ministry Through
the Wisdom of the Past - symposium sponsored by National Association of
Lay Ministry in collaboration with the Catholic Community Foundation of
Kansas City in June 2004. Books, videos, study guides, cassettes available
from Liguori Publications, One Liguori Drive, Liguori, MO 63057-9999 or
email liguori@liguori.com
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American Catholics - Gender, Generation, and Commitment by D'Antonio,
Davidson, Hoge and Meyer (2001)
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Good Catholic Girls - How Women Are Leading the Fight To Change the
Church by Angela Bonavoglia (reviewed in the March issue of In
the Vineyard)
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“Report of
the Church in America” – Leadership
Roundtable 2004 at The Wharton School, Phila., PA (PDF file, Adobe Reader
required)
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Marshall Ganz, the grassroots organizer’s notes on “People,
Power and Change” is available
here.
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Excellent Catholic Parishes by Paul Wilkes; also Wilkes’ Seven
Secrets of Successful Catholics
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NALM – the National Association of Lay Ministry is a professional
organization that supports, educates and advocates for lay ministers
and promotes the
development of lay ministry in the Catholic Church. Their web
site is worth a visit.
*The essays in these books are each worth reading, study and discussion but
they also make good group projects where members could recap one reading apiece.
**Two perspectives presented that may have particular resonance with VOTFers
heading to the leadership meeting are "Who Did What in the Church in the New
Testament" by Sr. Carolyn Osiek, R.S.C.J. and "Who Did What in the Church in
the First Millennium?" by Dr. Francine Cardman of Weston Jesuit School of Theology.
Voice of the Faithful Leadership Meeting
Indianapolis, IN July 8 -10
at
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Indianapolis, Indiana
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