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Support and affirm your volunteer liturgical ministers with this concise
and practical book on spirituality. From the premise that all liturgical
ministry is important and should be prepared for prayerfully, Donna Cole
uses the commissioning rite as the basis for the liturgical minister's
formation. Chapters provide practical tips specific to lectors, ministers
of communion, musicians, ministers of hospitality, and servers.
Reviews
“Liturgical Ministry is a very helpful resource for both
the novice and the seasoned liturgical minister. Donna Cole invites her
reader to prepare for ministry — whether that of reader, musician, acolyte,
minister of communion or of hospitality — by study, reflection, and prayer,
and she provides the resources to do just that.”
— Kathleen Hughes, RSCJ, professor of liturgy, Catholic Theological
Union, Chicago
“Liturgical Ministry is an outstanding guide for the formation
of liturgical ministers. Priests, deacons, and all those charged with the
formation of ministers and the liturgy will find it an invaluable help
in both the practical training and spiritual formation of new and not-so-new
liturgical ministers. A copy of this manual should be given to every person
involved in liturgical ministry.”
— The Rev. William J. Fadrowski, executive director, Office of the
Clergy Personnel, Archdiocese of Newark, N.J.
“Donna Cole admirably shows us that liturgical ministry is not
merely carrying out certain functions as we worship together; rather, this
ministry — like all forms of ministry — primarily concerns the ways we
relate to God, to those we serve, and to our deepest selves. Highly recommended
for both ordained and lay ministers.”
— Lawrence J. Johnson, director, The Pastoral Press, and author
of The Word and Eucharist Handbook and The Mystery of Faith
“Liturgical Ministry shares inspirational prayer and practical
guidance that sensitize us to the importance of both our own spiritual
preparation and the ‘public’ posture necessary to effectively represent
ourselves to the world as ministers of the church and Christ. Parish ministers,
after reading this wonderful book, will further realize how their role
as prepared leaders affects the assembly. A ‘must read’ for all who are
called to serve at any and all levels of ministry.”
— Susan Sturm, St. Catherine of Siena Parish Communications, Cedar
Grove, N.J.
“A parish could make good use of this book as the text for a series
of workshops with all of its ministers (including the ordained ones). Together
they could work through the book's first two sections, and then, using
the third section in small groups, they might pursue a common understanding
to be gained by all those who share a specific ministry.”
— Gordon Truitt, reviewer, from Celebration, January 1998
About the Author
Donna Cole is associate coordinator for liturgy and a liturgical
musician at St. Catherine of Siena Parish, Cedar Grove, N.J. Active in
liturgy planning and ministry training, she gives workshops on ministry
formation, parish life and music planning.
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Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Call and Response
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Call to Spirituality
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Call to Prayer
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Call to Service
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Discernment
The Prayer of Ritual
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Exploring Faith through Liturgy
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Transforming Faith into Action
Active Ministry
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Readers
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Ministers of Communion
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Ministers of Music
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Ministers of Hospitality
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Servers
Conclusion
Final Reflection
References and Suggested Reading
Following is the forward to Liturgical Ministry. All rights reserved.
Copyright © 1996, Resource Publications, Inc.
Foreword
A few years ago the Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commission
conducted a poll as to what was the most pressing challenge for the liturgical
renewal. The response came as a surprise. The greatest challenge was perceived
to be not what the liturgists expected: for example, the restructuring
of rites or even the need for greater participation. It was rather the
fact that people were out of touch with their religious experiences of
God. Many worshipers appeared to be unable to relate what goes on at the
Sunday eucharistic assembly with their lives during the rest of the week.
Liturgical Ministry: A Practical Guide to Spirituality
addresses this need as it relates to the ministers of the Word, holy communion,
music, hospitality, and serving. Donna Cole is eminently qualified for
this task. She generously volunteers her time and talent as associate coordinator
for liturgy at St. Catherine of Siena parish in Cedar Grove, New Jersey,
where I serve as pastor. I know firsthand that she walks the talk. She
finds her spirituality in the ministry she gives to the parish.
How does she do it? Donna tells us it begins with a call from
God to serve the church. This call is what makes the difference between
a liturgical functionary (“giving out communion”) and a liturgical minister
(“sharing the Eucharist”). This call leads to a spiritual identity as a
minister, which includes a willingness to share more deeply with one's
whole being in the paschal mystery of Christ we celebrate in the liturgy.
The liturgy is the public worship of the church. It was never
intended to fulfill all our needs for prayerful communion with God. For
this reason Donna offers suggestions from liturgical texts and from postures
such as standing, sitting, kneeling, bowing, signing, and so forth in order
to knit together personal prayer alone with personal prayer together (the
sacred liturgy). In this way one is more in touch with an interior life
so that a transition to common prayer is facilitated.
In the chapter titled “Call to Service” she addresses the particular
challenge of being a lay minister in a world where you find yourself often
unsupported by Christian values and must take the risk of appearing different
by witnessing to Jesus Christ. This growth process toward discipleship
calls for an ongoing discernment that flows from a vibrant spirituality.
Her unpacking of the existential meaning of the renunciation and profession
of faith at baptism is one of the highlights of the book.
What all this comes down to is the spirituality of the specific
liturgical ministry: The various ministers find Christ in the very exercise
of the ministry they perform in the service of their brothers and sisters
in Christ. And what is more, they exercise their ministry properly to the
extent that they animate the ministry of the assembly. Once the liturgical
assembly is conscious of their sublime dignity that flows from baptism,
they too are more eager to enter into the mystery of Christ dying and rising
through their full, conscious, and active participation within the liturgy
and by their commitment to go forth as a church with a mission to transform
the world.
I am pleased to have been asked to write these few words that
commend Donna's insights to a wider audience.
The Very Rev. Charles W. Gusmer, STD,
Episcopal vicar, Archdiocese of Newark
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