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Just Church
Catholic Social Teaching, Synodality, and Women

Phyllis Zagano

Just Church engages the reader in the synodal pathway to a “Just Church” that can and should reflect its social teaching.

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Women Deacons
Past, Present, Future

Phyllis Zagano

The tremendous growth of the permanent order of deacon in the church carries with it lingering questions about women deacons.

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Women: Icons of Christ

Phyllis Zagano

Women: Icons of Christ traces the history of ministry by women, especially those ordained as deacons. History teaches that women ministered in baptism, catechesis, altar service, spiritual direction, and confession…

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Hope from the Ashes
Insights and Resources for Welcoming Lenten Visitors

Paul E. Jarzembowski

If you have chosen to read and reflect on Hope from the Ashes with a small group or as a church community, this short study guide can help you get the most out of that experience.

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Galatians: Life in the New Creation
A Spiritual-Pastoral Reading

Ronald D. Witherup

This commentary examines Galatians section by section with attention both to expounding the text and to pointing out many background aspects that help explain it.

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Parish Finance
Best Practices in Church Management

Michael J. Castrilli and Charles E. Zech

A practical, accessible guide to help church leaders through the steps needed to ensure an effective, accountable, and transparent financial process in a parish.

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Mercy
The Essence of the Gospel and the Key to Christian Life

Walter Cardinal Kasper

A Reader’s Guide to help individuals and discussion groups reflect on Cardinal Kasper’s wisdom.

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Reading the Early Church Fathers:
From the Didache to Nicaea

James L. Papandrea

An overview of early Christian documents
up through the fifth century.

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Beginning To Read The Fathers

James Boniface Ramsey

A survey of the principal themes of patristic writing, touching on the major Greek and Latin Fathers of the Church.

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Introduction to the Prophets
Their Stories, Sayings and Scrolls

Thomas Leclerc

This volume introduces college students and adult learners to biblical stories about the prophets as well as the theology and teachings of each of the prophetic books in the Bible.

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God and the Mystery of Human Suffering
Theological Conversation across Ages

Rev. Robin Christopher Ryan CP

A survey of the Judeo-Christian tradition and the contemporary theological conversation concerning ways of speaking of God’s relation to suffering people and to a world in which suffering is such a stark reality.

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A Survival Guide for Church Ministers

William J. Jarema

Common sense advise and guidelines to assist and protect the pastor, parish coordinator, pastoral leader, church staff, school staff, and church volunteers and those who love them.

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A Complete Introduction to the Bible

Christopher Gilbert

A literary and historical introduction to the Bible exploring the content of both the Hebrew Scriptures and the Christian New Testament, but also introducing the reader to scholarly questions and theories about the Bible.

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