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To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the restoration of the
diaconate as a permanent and stable order of ministry in the United
States, the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at
Georgetown University undertook a contemporary study of the
diaconate in the United States. Building on studies completed in
1981 and 1995 as well as annual research that CARA has conducted
for the USCCB since 2005, CARA designed a comprehensive study of
deacons, their wives, diaconate directors, and bishops to explore
all aspects of this ministry. This book explores trends in the
diaconate as well as current and emerging opportunities and
challenges in the ministry. Deacons and their wives, diaconate
directors, and bishops share insights about how those trends impact
diaconal ministry today and into the future.
To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the restoration of the
diaconate as a permanent and stable order of ministry in the United
States, the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at
Georgetown University undertook a contemporary study of the
diaconate in the United States. Building on studies completed in
1981 and 1995 as well as annual research that CARA has conducted
for the USCCB since 2005, CARA designed a comprehensive study of
deacons, their wives, diaconate directors, and bishops to explore
all aspects of this ministry. This book explores trends in the
diaconate as well as current and emerging opportunities and
challenges in the ministry. Deacons and their wives, diaconate
directors, and bishops share insights about how those trends impact
diaconal ministry today and into the future.
In the past thirty years, the Catholic bishops of the United States
have made headlines with their statements on nuclear disarmament
and economic justice, their struggles to address sexual abuse by
clergy, and their defense of refugees and immigrants. Despite many
similarities, the nearly two hundred U.S. bishops are a diverse mix
of varying backgrounds and opinions. The last research-based book
to study the bishops of the United States came out in 1989, since
which time the Church has gone from Pope John Paul II to Benedict
XVI to Pope Francis and undergone dramatic shifts. Catholic Bishops
in the United States: Church Leadership in the Third Millennium
presents the results of a 2016 survey conducted by the Center of
Applied Research for the Apostolate. It reveals the U.S. bishops'
individual experiences, their day-to-day activities, their
challenges and satisfactions as Church leaders, and their
strategies for managing their dioceses and speaking out on public
issues. The bishops' leadership has been tested by changes
including the movement of Catholics from the Northeast and Midwest
to the South and West, the arrival of huge numbers of Catholic
immigrants, and the ongoing decline in the number of priests and
sisters serving the Catholic community. This book provides a
much-needed up-to-date and comprehensive view of who the U.S.
bishops of today are, where they are from, and how they are leading
the Church in the United States in the era of Pope Francis.
The history of religious life in the Catholic Church has been
filled with change: periods of membership growth and decline,
shifts in the types of ministries, and changes in the ethnic and
socioeconomic backgrounds of the men and women who join. Today, as
the numbers of new members diminish, some say that the very future
of religious life is in jeopardy. What is the state of religious
life in the United States today? Which institutes are increasing in
membership and which are decreasing or ceasing to exist? From what
ethnic and socioeconomic populations are they drawing their
members? What new religious institutes and ecclesial movements are
being founded and how successful are they? What influences a young
man or woman to consider religious life today? How are religious
from other countries shaping religious life here as they come to
the US to minister? Many of these questions can be addressed by
data from studies of religious life in the US which the Center for
Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) has conducted over the
last ten years. The impact of the individual's family dynamics and
educational experience before their entrance into religious life is
examined here, as well as the influence of an increasing number of
Catholic volunteer programs. The emergence of lay associates in
religious institutes and the birth of new religious institutes
since Vatican Council II in the United States are investigated as
new ways of living religious life. The increase in the number of
sisters and priests studying and ministering in the United States
from other countries is examined for its impact on religious life.
The authors' findings yield valuable recommendations for religious
institutes and vocation directors who wish to attract new members.
A seminal moment in the study of U.S. Catholic parish life came in
the 1980s with the publication of a series of reports from the
ground-breaking Notre Dame Study of Catholic Parish Life. These
reports are now badly outdated, as Catholic dioceses grapple with
new challenges that didnt exist in the 80s. Topics that were not
considered then, like greater Catholic mobility, increased cultural
diversity, and structural re-organization as well as the rise of
lay leadership, have attained new significance. This timely book,
based on more than a decade of research, provides an in-depth
portrait and analysis of the current state of parish life and
leadership. Unique in the scope of the research and the timeliness
of its findings, the book critically examines the current state of
parish life. The authors draw on data from national polls of
Catholics, national surveys of parishes, and thousands of in-pew
surveys which explore parishioner's needs, experiences, and
satisfaction with parish life in the twenty-first century. The book
provides a unique 360- degree view of parish life from the
perspective of pastors, parish staff, parishioners, as well as the
larger Catholic population.
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