Sentences with phrase «at the parish level»

It is at parish level that we will change everything.»

At the parish level the pastoral problem is solved by leaving such matters off the table unless the lay person brings them up with the priest who administers the sacrament without questioning whether or not the communicant is «worthy.»

A great gap has opened up between biblical and theological scholarship on the one hand, and what went on at the parish level on the other.

Concern begins at the parish level but moves progressively through state, region, and nation to global village.

There are signs that during the past decade the New Breed has been influential in campus and experimental ministries and even in administrative positions within the churches, but our data suggest they have had little success at the parish level, where most clergymen are and where most communication between the clergy and the laity takes place.

Boston excepted, at the parish level life goes on, and there are even many reports of increased participation and giving.

Historically, parochial schools have been independently operated and managed locally — at the parish level by the pastor and principal.

Not exact matches

While I have tried to describe rather carefully the pastoral role of a clergyman working in a mental health center as contrasted to that of a parish pastor, I think it is important that some aspects of his pastoral role be maintained diligently — his openness to all levels of pastoral conversation, his availability at all times, his understanding of and empathy with the deep yearnings of people for a sense of purpose and meaning in life, forgiveness, moral clarity, the sense of the holy, and the importance of confidentiality and continuity in relationships.

Often congregations hope to organize parish life for success, either at crowd or at discipleship levels.

The church is realized and expressed at the local level (parish / diocese / region / nation) as well as the universal.

At the ethnic level, the pastor works within the subculture from which his parish is gathered.

The CES believes that the Heythrop study gives «the foundation for a review of strategy at national diocesan and parish level.»

At the level of pastoral practice, I believe strongly that parish priests should make the arrangement of baptisms easy.

Thus, the Church at the parish and diocesan level is the focus of much current ecclesial inquiry and theological reflection.

Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.

Do pastoral leaders readily welcome a diversity of gifts from the laity - including intellectual leadership at the parish and diocesan levels?

Empowering councillors at local authority and parish levels would make the link between citizens and representatives clearer, she suggests.

Parishes, cities, school districts, public facilities, and associations of public employees frequently use public funds to influence legislation and appropriations at the state and federal levels.

St. Matthias received the highest level of participation award for school and parish at the 2015 Soles for Catholic Education Walk.

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It had become apparent to Auxiliary members that there was a need to adapt to changing social patterns within Dioceses across Victoria and to explore the most effective way for the work and support of Anglicare Victoria at parish grassroots level to continue into the future.