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Co-Workers in the Vineyard of the Lord: A Resource for Guiding the Development of Lay Ecclesial Ministry
USCCB pastoral resource (2005) guiding the development of lay ecclesial ministry through integral formation, theological preparation, professional competence, certification, and pastoral collaboration.
KEYWORDS: agents of formation; Catholicism; certification and credentialing; formation pathways; integral formation; lay ecclesial ministry; pastoral collaboration; professional competence; spiritual development; theological preparation; vocation
On the Priesthood
St John Chrysostom’s (347-407 CE) classic treatise on the dignity, responsibility, and spiritual demands of the Christian priesthood, originally written as a dialogue in six books
KEYWORDS: open access / free access; asceticism; book; early church clergy; Eastern Christianity; ecclesiastical office; moral authority; pastoral care; pastoral theology; Patristics; preaching; priesthood; spiritual formation
Christifideles Laici (Christ's Faithful Laity)
Apostolic Exhortation by John Paul II (1988) on the vocation and mission of the lay faithful, articulating integral human formation, secular character, charisms, and formation for mission.
KEYWORDS: catechetical responsibility; Catholicism; charisms / common priesthood; formation for mission; human dignity; integral human formation; laity / lay spirituality; new evangelization; secular character; vocation