Parish Theme Resources and Bibliography

Bibliography and Resources for Theme 2011-12

 Theme  : Do This In Memory of Me – Living the  Eucharist

Articles and Catholic Updates – Parish Library

• C0705 Finding Jesus in the Eucharist: Four Ways He is Present
• C0495  First Communion Joining the Family Table
• C1094  Follow the Way of Love
• CU 0987  How All of Us Celebrate the Mass
• CU 0882  How to Participate More Actively in the Mass
• CU 0887  Lay Catholics Today: We’ve Arrived’
• C0996  Real Presence in the Eucharist
• C1092  Seeing Family Life as Holy, Warts and All
• C0602  Disciplines of Successful Catholics
• CU0586 Seven Ways to Enrich Faith-Life in your Home
• CU810 Changing How we Pray
• C0311  The Roman Missal – Embracing the New Translation

CD/DVD – Parish Library

Becoming the Eucharist We Celebrate  by Fr. Dan Crosby, Cap., S.T.L.

Living the Eucharist by Paulist Evangelization (Parish Starter Kit – 7 DVD’s Small group packet, bulletin inserts, prayer cards, brochure etc.)

Do This In Memory of Me: Living the Eucharist Convocation and Outline by Fr. John Parr

Websites

USCCB:  www.usccb.org/catecheticalsunday/

Center for Ministry Development:   www.cmdnet.org/

RTJ’s Creative Catechist:  www.rtjscreativecatechist.com/

Paulist Evangelization Ministries www.livingtheeucharist.org

Do This In Memory of Me: Living the Eucharist Convocation by Fr. John Parr     (YouTube) www.stanneswausau.org/administration/convocation/2011-2

Resource Books – Parish library

• The Conspiracy of Compassion by Joseph Nassal

Summary of themes from the book: We can discern how the Spirit of God breathing within us gives us the courage to change from self-centered ways into a growing respect for the needs of others.  It is because of God’s memory that we can be compassionate.  It is in seeing our own brokenness that we can see the brokenness of others.  … a desire to come together to share our experience, honest dialogue and listening to one another’s stories.  Our service to one another is based on our ability to remember.  The challenge of ever Eucharist is to go forth as people who remember, to break the bread of friendship with an ever widening circle.  We are challenged to be the real presence of Christ in the world.

• Eucharist –Celebrating it’s rhythms in our lives by Paul Bernier

Summary of themes from the book: The Eucharist is gathering, storytelling, prophetic, nurturing and missionary which rhythm together to captures who we are and gives us the strength to live the Eucharist more fully. Eucharist gives us power to transform our everyday lives.

• Making the Eucharist Matter by Frank Andersen,M.S.C.

Summary of themes from the book: Eucharist allows us to embody Jesus and his values, to embrace the compassion he showed to all.  Eucharist is how we are church.  Eucharist is quality of insight gained through ritual.  It is our living that we celebrate in Eucharist.

• Community, Eucharist and Spirituality by Kenan Osborne

Summary of themes from the book: Interplay of speaker and hearer, can one hear the news as good?  Intersection of culture – local issues and meaning.  Jesus the Light, the church itself is lunar and must reflect Jesus.  Word and Eucharist must be united and lived more fully.  By our life we preach the gospel, and in the lives of others we hear the gospel.  Have a sacramental world view to love one another.

• Life on the Vine Cultivating the  fruits of the Spirit  by Philip Kenneson

Summary of themes from the book: Love is always a gift not earned.  God’s love is stead fast regardless of our response.  God’s love is a suffering love, in the very fabric of love, to suffer for and with others. God’s love knows no bounds. The defining feature of God’s love is its “other directedness”.  We are called out of ourselves to live a life of concern for the well-being of others.  We cannot love other people without paying attention to them.   We need to realize that the community is the body of Christ to receive each other as gifts. How much time do we devote to the needs and concerns of others?  To see “our stuff” more as resources for furthering God’s Reign.  To give without expectation of a return.

• The Cup of our Life by Joyce Rupp
• THE MASS is Never Ended: Rediscovering Our Mission to Transform the World by Gregory F. Augustine Pierce
• Hearts Afire by Jesuit Father J-Glenn Murray

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