Introduction to Living Your Strengths Living Your Strengths is a presentation in PowerPoint format that is offered by the Office of Stewardship. Prospective audiences include: parish staffs, members of pastoral and finance councils, members of parish organizations, and even entire parish communities. This presentation is an introduction to the Strengths Finder tool which […]
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Parish Toolkit #3 Priestly Vocations How can I utilize the internet as a means to encourage young men and women who might feel called to priesthood or religious life? Most parishes have already created excellent websites or have the means to improve them in order to include a section directed
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Parish Toolkit #2 Priestly Vocations How can I promote vocation recruitment in my parish? There are several ways in which recruitment and encouragement of vocations can be fostered in the parish setting through the formation of a vocation team ministry who could provide varying gatherings etc which would offer opportunities to meet
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Parish Toolkit #1 Priestly Vocations Pastoral Priority How can we promote vocations through prayer in our parishes? Prayer is essential to promoting vocations in our parishes and in the church as a whole. There are a great many ways in which this can be fostered and encouraged. A daily insert in
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Several years ago, Catholics in South Jersey expressed their concerns about Priestly Vocations to Bishop Galante during a series of Speak Up sessions. They said they were concerned about “aging, retiring priests, attracting young men to
Introduction to “Asking with Passion and without Apology” (A Spiritual Approach to Stewardship Based on the writing of Henri Nouwen) This presentation is in a PowerPoint format and summarizes the thoughts of Henri Nouwen as presented in his book, “The Spirituality of Fundraising.” Nouwen’s thoughts are provocative, challenging and transformative. Prospective audiences include: parish
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Catholic Divorce Ministry recognizes that the members of our parish communities who have experienced separation and divorce, through their vulnerability, courage, and patient
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(2) Support Group Facilitator Requirements The purpose of this document is to guide pastors with the requirements a person would need to be a facilitator of a support group for people who have experienced separation and/or divorce. _______________________________________________ Catholic Divorce Ministry of the Diocese of Camden Support Groups to those Separated and Divorced Requirements for Facilitators
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Catholic Divorce Ministry The purpose of this toolkit is to assist parish leaders to be part of the ministry of outreach to those in their community who are separated or divorced. Our diocese is affiliated with the Catholic Divorce Ministry (CDM) of the North American Conference of Separated and Divorced
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Resources for Compassionate Outreach Responding to the Recession Challenge: Many Catholic households have been affected by the economic downturn. Families have lost jobs, have fallen behind on mortgage or rent payments, have no money for food, are undocumented, or are otherwise burdened by expenses outpacing household income. Many families approach the
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