Living Liturgy for Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion: Year C - 2007 - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0814631711 ISBN 13: 9780814631713

Publisher: Liturgical Pr, 2006

Synopsis

Living Liturgy™ for Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion is a new resource that provides a way for Eucharistic Ministers to prepare for the coming Sunday. Besides being a guide for administering Communion of the Sick, this little book offers encouragement for Eucharistic Ministers and for those to whom they minister.

The content for each Sunday is shown using two-color text and images throughout. It includes Communion of the Sick for Sundays and particular Feast Days including Ash Wednesday, Holy Thursday, and All Souls Day. The first edition of Living Liturgy™ for Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion begins with the First Sunday of Advent 2006 and includes the following: · Page for inscription of minister’s name and church · "How to" guide for using this book · A brief theology of the ministry · Commissioning rite · Sunday by Sunday content · Personal reflections for Extraordinary Ministers · Communion of the Sick and Homebound for each Sunday · External Use Guide to administer Communion of the Sick · Short form for use with people having special needs · Adaptations for exceptional circumstances where pastorally appropriate A valuable guide for Eucharistic Ministers! Each step of administering Communion of the Sick is clearly outlined

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Living Liturgy? for Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion is a new resource that provides a way for Eucharistic Ministers to prepare for the coming Sunday. This little book offers encouragement for Eucharistic Ministers and includes personal reflections for each Sunday. Includes a separate insert of the Communion of the Sick.Living Liturgy? for Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion begins with the First Sunday of Advent 2006 and includes the following:? Page for inscription of minister?s name and church? ?How to? guide for using this book? A brief theology of the ministry ? Commissioning rite? Sunday by Sunday content? Personal reflections for Extraordinary Ministers? Includes a free copy of Administration of Communion to the Sick by a Special MinisterA valuable guide for Eucharistic Ministers!Each step of administering Communion of the Sick is clearly outlined. A. GreetingB. Penitential RiteC. Opening PrayerD. Reading of the GospelE. Reflection on the GospelF. Communion Minister?s Private ReflectionG. The Lord?s PrayerH. CommunionI. Prayer After CommunionJ. BlessingK. Sign of Peace?Here is a concise, easy-to-use resource designed to help extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion prepare for their duties during liturgy or visits to the sick and homebound.? Writing Works

About the Author:

Joyce Ann Zimmerman, C.PP.S., is the director of the Institute for Liturgical Ministry in Dayton, Ohio; founding editor and columnist for Liturgical Ministry; and a past advisor to the U.S. Bishops’ Committee on the Liturgy. She is also an adjunct professor of liturgy, liturgical consultant, and frequent facilitator of workshops and days of recollection on liturgy. She has published numerous scholarly and pastoral liturgical works. She holds civil and pontifical doctorates of theology.

Thomas A. Greisen, a priest of the Archdiocese of Omaha, is the director of spiritual formation for lay ministry for the archdiocese, a spiritual director, and an associate pastor. He has been the director of spiritual formation for college seminarians and a professor of spirituality. He holds graduate degrees in theology and spirituality.

Kathleen Harmon, S.N.D. de N., is the music director for programs of the Institute for Liturgical Ministry in Dayton, Ohio, and the author of the Music Notes column for Liturgical Ministry. An educator and musician, she facilitates liturgical music workshops and cantor formation programs, teaches private voice lessons, and is a past parish music director. She holds a graduate degree in music and is completing doctoral studies in liturgy.

Thomas L. Leclerc, M.S., has been an associate pastor in parishes in Georgia and Connecticut, and has been involved with adult education in the Archdioceses of Atlanta and Boston. He is a professor of theology at St. Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, and holds a doctorate of theology in Hebrew Bible/Old Testament.

About this edition

• Publisher: Liturgical Pr
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0814631711
• ISBN 13: 9780814631713
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 136
• Editor: Joyce Ann Zimmerman C.PP.S., Thomas A. Greisen, Kathleen Harmon S.N.D. De N., Thomas L. Leclerc