Pastoral Council Bibliography

The following bibliography contains only items published from the 1990s to now, apart from four Vatican publications essential to councils and seven other items essential to the library of those in the planning and council ministries.

Bausch, William J. The Hands-On Parish: Reflections and Suggestions for Fostering Community. Mystic: Twenty-Third Publications, 1989.

Brennan, Patrick J. Re-Imagining Evangelization: Toward the Reign of God and the Communal Parish. New York: Crossroad, 1995.

Broderick, Bill. "Does Your Diocese Have a Council?" Commonweal 122 (Oct. 20, 1995): 12. See also John P. Kavanagh, "Yes, We Have a Council" [letter to the editor from Lansing, Michigan], Commonweal 122 (12/15/95): 4, 24.

Bunker, Barbara Benedict, and Billie T. Alban. Large Group Interventions: Engaging the Whole System for Rapid Change. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1997.

Callahan, Kennon L. Effective Church Leadership: Building on the Twelve Keys. San Francisco: Harper, 1991.

Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, Laity Commission. The Parish Pastoral Council: Guidelines for the Development of Constitutions. Ottawa: Canadian Catholic Conference, 1984.

Champlin, Joseph M., with Charles D. Champlin. The Visionary Leader: How Anyone Can Learn to Lead Better. New York: Crossroad, 1993.

Cooper, Norman P. Collaborative Ministry: Communion, Contention, Commitment. New York and Mahwah: Paulist Press, 1993.

Cooperrider, David L.; Peter F. Sorensen, Jr., Diana Whitney, and Therese F. Yaeger, editors, Appreciative Inquiry: Rethinking the Organization Toward a Positive Theory of Change. Champaign, IL: Stipes Publishing LLC, 2000.

Coriden, James A. The Parish in Catholic Tradition: History, Theology and Canon Law. New York and Mahwah: Paulist Press, 1997.

Cusack, Barbara Anne, and Therese Guerin Sullivan. Pastoral Care in Parishes Without a Pastor. Washington, D.C.: Canon Law Society of America, 1995.

Deegan, Arthur X., II, Editor. Developing a Vibrant Parish Pastoral Council. New York and Mahwah: Paulist Press, 1995. Includes the following:

- O'Leary, Dennis J., "Parish Pastoral Councils: Instruments of Visioning and Planning" (19-35).

- Murphy, John F., "A Pastor's View of How a Parish Pastoral Council Should Work" (51-60).

- Pineda, Nancy A., "Parish Pastoral Councils: Responding to Cultural Diversity" (107-131).

Ditewig, William T. Lay Leaders: Resources for the Changing Parish. Notre Dame, IN: Ave Maria Press, 1991.

Doyle, Ruth T.; Robert E. Schmitz, and Mary Beth Celio, Editors. Laity, Parish and Ministry. Monograph no. 1 in the series Research Monographs of the Catholic Research Forum of the Conference for Pastoral Planning and Council Development. New York: Office of Pastoral Research and Planning, Archdiocese of New York, 1999.

Duch, Robert G. Successful Parish Leadership: Nurturing the Animated Parish. Kansas City: Sheed and Ward, 1990.

Flaherty, John P., Editor. Diocesan Efforts at Parish Reorganization. A Report Published by the Conference for Pastoral Planning and Council Development. Clearwater, FL: CPPCD, 1995.

Froehle, Bryan T. Diocesan and Eparchial Pastoral Councils: A National Profile. Undertaken by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University. A Study Commissioned by the Bishops' Committees on the Laity and Pastoral Practices. Washington, D.C.: United States Catholic Conference, June, 1998.

Froehle, Bryan T., and Mary L. Gautier. Catholicism USA: A Portrait of the Catholic Church in the United States. Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, Georgetown University. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2000.

Froehle, Bryan T., and Mary L. Gautier. National Parish Inventory Project Report. Washington, D.C.: Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University, October, 1999

Gilder, Constance. The Ministry of Pastoral Planning: A Planning Guide for Parishes in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Archdiocese of Baltimore: Division of Planning and Council Services, 1993.

Heaps, John. Parish Pastoral Councils:Co-responsibility and Leadership. Newton,. New South Wales: E. J. Dwyer (Australia), 1993. Published in the United States by Morehouse Publishing of Ridgefield, CT.

Heney, David. Motivating Your Parish to Change. San Jose, CA: Resource Publications, 1998.

Howes, Robert G. Parish Planning: A Practical Guide to Shared Responsibility. Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 1994.

Howes, Robert G. Creating an Effective Parish Pastoral Council. Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 1991.

Hubbard, Howard J. (Bishop of Albany). Fulfilling the Vision: Collaborative Ministry in the Parish. New York: Crossroad, 1998.

John Paul II, Pope (Karol Wojtyla). "Christifideles Laici. Apostolic Exhortation on the Laity." Based on the 1987 World Synod of Bishops, whose theme was "Vocation and Mission of the Laity in the Church and in the World 20 Years after the Second Vatican Council." January 30, 1987. Origins 18:35 (February 9, 1989): 561, 563-595. This contains the most recent official Church statements on pastoral councils.

Kleissler, Thomas A.; Margo A. LeBert and Mary C. McGuinness. Small Christian Communities: A Vision of Hope. New York and Mahwah: Paulist Press, 1991.

Leege, David, and Joseph Gremillion, Editors. Notre Dame Study of Catholic Parish Life. Reports 1-10. Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame, 1984-1987. Ninth Report. "Parish Life Among the Leaders" (December, 1986), by David C. Leege, focuses on parish councils. All of the reports were compiled in Castelli, Jim and Joseph Gremillion. The Emerging Parish: The Notre Dame Study of Catholic Life Since Vatican II. San Francisco: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1987.

Los Angeles Archdiocesan Pastoral Councils Office. Parish Budgeting Manual for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Second Edition. Produced by the Pastoral Councils Office in consultation with the Parish Finance Council Advisory Board. Los Angeles: Archdiocese of Los Angeles, 1994.

Los Angeles Archdiocese Parish Stewardship Program. Stewardship: Faith in Action. Los Angeles: Archdiocese of Los Angeles, 1994. A training program which includes a theology of stewardship, a treatment of parish planning, along with a description of how to present stewardship at the parish level.

Murnion, Philip J., et al. New Parish Ministers: Lay and Religious on Parish Staffs. New York: National Pastoral Life Center, 1992.

McKinney, Mary Benet. Sharing Wisdom: A Process for Group Decision Making. Allen, TX: Tabor Publishing, 1987. Reprint edition: Chicago: Thomas More Press, 1998.

Morseth, Ellen. Call to Leadership: Transforming the Local Church Kansas City: Sheed and Ward, 1993. A series of five education sessions for parish pastoral councils with materials to photocopy.

Murnion, Philip J., and David DeLambo. Parishes and Parish Ministers. New York: National Pastoral Life Center, 1999.

Olsen, Charles M. Transforming Church Boards into Communities of Spiritual Leaders. New York: The Alban Institute, 1995.

Provost, James H. "Canon Law and the Role of Consultation." Origins 18:47 (May 4, 1989): 793, 795-799.

Rademacher, William J. "Parish Councils: Consultative Vote Only?" Today's Parish 32:3 (March 2000): 6-9.

Rademacher, William J., with Marliss Rogers. The New Practical Guide for Parish Councils. Foreword by Most Rev. Rembert G. Weakland, OSB. Mystic: Twenty-Third Publications, 1988.

Renken, John A. "Pastoral Councils: Pastoral Planning and Dialogue among the People of God." The Jurist 53 (1993): 132-154.

Sacred Congregation for the Clergy. "Patterns in Local Pastoral Councils" (Circular letter Omnes Christifideles, January 25, 1973). Origins 3:12 (Sept. 13, 1973): 186-190. This is the only post-conciliar document to deal exclusively with pastoral councils, and the first document to mention parish (and regional) "pastoral" councils.

Sofield, Loughlan, and Brenda Hermann, Developing the Parish as a Community of Service (New York: LeJacq Publishing, 1984).

Sofield, Loughlan; Rosine Hammett and Carroll Juliano. Building Community: Christian, Caring, Vital. Notre Dame, IN: Ave Maria, 1998.

Sofield, Loughlan; and Donald H. Kuhn. The Collaborative Leader: Listening to the Wisdom of God's People. Foreword by Dolores Leckey. Notre Dame, IN: Ave Maria Press, 1995.

Sweetser, Thomas P., and Mary Benet McKinney. Changing Pastors: A Resource for Pastoral Transitions. Kansas City: Sheed and Ward, 1998.

Sweetser, Thomas P., and Patricia M. Forster. Transforming the Parish: Models for the Future. Kansas City: Sheed and Ward, 1993.

Vatican Council II. "Decree on the Apostolate of Lay People." Apostolicam actuositatem, November 18, 1965. Translated by Father Finnian, OCSO. In Vatican Council II. The Documents of Vatican II. Austin P. Flannery, General Editor. Preface by John Cardinal Wright. New York: Pillar Books, 1975. Number 26 of this document recommends apostolic councils at the parish level.

Vatican Council II. "Decree on the Pastoral Office of Bishops in the Church." Christus Dominus, October 28, 1965. Translation by Matthew Dillon, Edward O'Leary and Austin P. Flannery. In Vatican Council II. The Documents of Vatican II. Austin P. Flannery, General Editor. Preface by John Cardinal Wright. New York: Pillar Books, 1975. Number 27 of this document recommends pastoral councils at the diocesan level.

Wallace, Ruth A. They Call Her Pastor: A New Role for Catholic Women. New York: State University of New York Press, 1992.

Gordon, Greer. "The Parish Council and Pastoral Leadership." Two-hour videotape. Cleveland: Diocesan Pastoral Planning Office, (date?).

Lawrence, Richard T. The Ministry of the Parish Council. One-hour videotape. Baltimore: Avis Media Services, (date?).

O'Leary, Dennis J. "Pastoral Councils: Instruments of Visioning and Planning." Videotape of a presentation originally delivered at the CPPCD annual convention at the Holiday Inn at Union Station, Indianapolis, Indiana, March 2, 1991. Louisville, KY: Meetings Internationale, Ltd., 1993.

National Pastoral Life Center. Parish Councils: Do We Need a New Approach? Two-hour videotape. New York: National Pastoral Life Center, (date?).

Parish Pastoral Councils: A Training Videotape for Catholic Parishes. Two 120-minute video tapes with Discussion Guide. Chicago: ACTA Publications, 1989.

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