Like His Brothers and Sisters: Ordaining Community LeadersThis provocative book is about the proposed ordination of proven leaders of Catholic communities. While most people begin any consideration of this topic by pointing out the current shortage of priest, this concise investigation assumes a different starting point. Roman Catholic Priests are human beings like everyone else, but at the same time they are also quite dissimilar. For example, they do not make their living by the work of their hands. Nor do they raise a family. The crucial question that this book raises is: must all ordained leaders be of the kind? Can the Catholic Church introduce a second kind of priest who is living in a way that is similar to the rest of the community? Such questions are at the heart of this important study. |
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The community of Silungile is ready waiting for | 10 |
Even the ordination of a pensioner will do | 18 |
Father Plenty is shocked by Father Share | 26 |
THE CHOICES BEFORE | 57 |
The motives and reasons for introducing ordained | 85 |
A choice which is vital but could prove disastrons | 98 |
HOW THE CHURCH COULD BEGIN | 109 |
Initial reactions to the news that community leaders | 119 |
A new role for the existing priests | 128 |
How to prepare for the ordination of community leaders | 147 |
How to sustain a structure of ordained community leaders | 160 |
The reaction of seminarians and the adjustment of seminary | 173 |
The financial implications of ordaining community leaders | 179 |
Conclusion | 205 |
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