The Catholic World articles from May 1993

The Catholic World archives from May 1993

Fulfilling the promise: the role of leadership in the church.
May 1, 1993... There is probably no more elusive or more distressing concept in the history of human thought than the topic of leadership. Every major period in history has attempted to analyze it. It is no surprise, then, that the folklore of every...

Achieving a church leadership rooted in spirituality.
May 1, 1993... What do we mean when we talk about church leadership? Well, if we really believe that you and I are the church, then we've got to realize that when we talk about church leadership we're not talking about any "they" out there; we're talking...

Educating the laity for leadership. (Catholic Church)
May 1, 1993... Leadership is on many people's minds today: in society, in business and in the church. New winds are in the air regarding leadership in society with more being known today than ever before about what good leadership is and how to foster it....

Witnessing hope. (the power of hope in the religious experience)
May 1, 1993... There is a film entitled Enchanted April that opened some time ago and is still making the rounds of theaters. Because of the limitations of space, a detailed description of the film can't be given here, but following are certain aspects of it...

I'll take out the garbage. (leadership in church and family)
May 1, 1993... I am a husband and father of five, and I have been about the business of family leadership for over twenty-six years. If I had lived during the days of the Roman Empire, I would have been officially designated as the Paterfamilias with all the...

Christian leadership. (human and spiritual components to religious leadership)
May 1, 1993... "Shouldn't we start with the Spirit, with a spiritual approach?" is a question I am frequently asked as I prepare to work with a parish council or pastoral team. My response is, "Why not start with the human as well as the spiritual?" It seems...

A Time of Awakening: The Young Christian Worker Story in the United States, 1938 to 1970.
May 1, 1993... Andrew Greeley remarked, quite accurately, some years ago that the social commitments of U.S. Catholicism have remained one of the best kept secrets in the church. An important part of the panoply of justice-oriented groups that collectively...

The Craft of Theology: From Symbol to System.
May 1, 1993... Readers of contemporary theology look to Avery Dulles for two types of work: either an extended study of a single topic, as in Models of the Church (revised, 1987) and Models of Revelation (1983) or a collection of essays related to a general...

Image Guidance: A Tool For Spiritual Direction.
May 1, 1993... "Image Guidance," Vanek emphasizes throughout the book, is "a tool"--not the "newest" not the "best" method, necessarily, for the ministry of spiritual direction, but a tool that often facilitates the working of the spirit in this privileged...

Where Can We Find Her? Searching For Women's Identity in the New Church.
May 1, 1993... Ten professional women theologians--most of them Sisters of Mercy--write to engage women and men in collaborative reflection on church documents that deal with women's concerns. In response to the American bishops' statement, "Partners in...

Women's leadership: new forms, new agendas. (leadership in women's groups, politics and the church)
May 1, 1993... The decision to feed the world is the real decision. No revolution has chosen it. For that choice requires that women shall be free.(1) --Adrienne Rich As the nightly news of current revolutions--in Somalia, in Bosnia Herzagovia, in...