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Propers 13 (Pentecost 9) Series A 2017, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

This PDF comments on Proper 13 of Series A and offers ideas for preaching

A Study On The Factors Of Church Growth By Building Young Adults: The Case Of Busan Happy Church, Sung Kim

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this study is to suggest a church model that can raise up young adults based on a case study focusing on Busan Happy Church, which has experienced a great young adult revival amidst the reality of a decline in Korean churches. Korea has become an aging society due to a decreasing birthrate, and the Korean church is aging more rapidly than society is because young people continue to leave church. This researcher investigates reasons for the rapid decrease in the number of young adults in the Korean church, analyzing both the social and theological aspects in order …

Trinity 7 One Year Series 2017, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

This PDF comments on the Propers for the Seventh Sunday of Trinity in the One Year Series and offers ideas for preaching.

Propers 12 (Pentecost 8) Series A 2017, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

This PDF comments on Proper 12 of Series A and offers ideas for preaching

Stewards Of God’S Mercy: Vocation And Priestly Ministry In Africa, Jordan Nyenyembe

Journal of Global Catholicism

A reflection on the tasks of priestly ministry in Africa with specific reference to the example and exhortation of Pope Francis. Among the issues addressed and critiqued are Western “cultic” understandings of the priest and the, the “Igwe Syndrome" which likens the priest to a chief.

Inculturation Of Liturgical Music In The Roman Catholic Church Of Igbo Land: A Compositional Study, Benedict Nwabugwu Agbo

Journal of Global Catholicism

A study of inculturation, composition and music among Catholics in Igboland, Nigeria. The article insects with contemporary discussions of inculturation/enculturation after Vatican II and the recommendation of St. John Paul II in his Ecclesia in Africa.

Editor's Introduction, Marc Roscoe Loustau

Journal of Global Catholicism

Introduction to African Catholicism: Contemporary Issues: Volume: 1, Issue 2 of the Journal of Global Catholicism

Propers 11 (Pentecost 7) Series A 2017, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

This PDF comments on proper 11 of Series A in the Three Year Lectionary and offers ideas for preaching

Trinity 6 One Year Series 2017, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

This PDF comments on the propers for the Sixth Sunday after Trinity in the One Year Series and offers ideas for preaching.

Oral History: John Bartosiewicz

Zycie w Ameryce: A Collection of Polish-American Oral Histories

This conversation is an oral history interview with a former member of Worcester’s Polish-American community. The interview touches on a variety of aspects of life in the community, from school and parish life, to Polishness and the significance of language, and the effects of suburbanization.

Interview keywords: St. Mary’s, church / parish, all Polish, PNI, women’s guild, basketball, immigrant, Polishness, language, John Paul II, I-290, suburbs.

Propers 10 (Pentecost 6) Series A 2017, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

This PDF contains commentary on the Proper 10 in Series A of the three year lectionary.

Trinity 5 One Year Series 2017, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

This PDF contains commentary on the readings for the fifth Sunday after Trinity in the One Year Lectionary and suggests ideas for sermons.

Oral History: Richard Lewandowski

Zycie w Ameryce: A Collection of Polish-American Oral Histories

This conversation is an oral history interview with a former member of Worcester’s Polish-American community. The interview discusses much about the Polish-American experience, from the Polish diaspora, the effects of I-290 and discrimination on the community in Worcester, as well as the effect of global events such as the rise of Solidarity on the Worcester parish.

Interview keywords: St. Mary’s, English, displaced people, I-290, Polish-American parish, Solidarity, Polishness, John Paul II, discrimination, education, Church

Oral History: ​Carol Fredette

Zycie w Ameryce: A Collection of Polish-American Oral Histories

This conversation is an oral history interview with a former teacher at the Polish-American high school in Worcester, Saint Mary’s. The interviewee is not Polish, but of Lebanese descent, so provides the point of view of someone who came from outside the community yet still became a part of it. The interview touches on the rising importance of the English language, the Church’s centrality, ethnic parishes, school life, and high school basketball.

Interview keywords: English, ethnic parish, church, nun, club, basketball

Oral History: Anonymous 1

Zycie w Ameryce: A Collection of Polish-American Oral Histories

This conversation is an oral history interview with a longtime member of Worcester’s Polish-American community. The interview discusses aspects of community life, the neighborhood’s ethnic composition, as well as the effect of I-290 on the neighborhood.

Interview keywords: festivals, non-Polish, White Eagle Club, PNA, PNI, Booster’s, crime, expressway, Polish language

Trinity 4 One Year Series 2017, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

This PDF contains commentary on the Fifth Sunday after Trinity in the One Year Lectionary and offers ideas for Preaching and Sermons.

Propers 9 (Pentecost 5) Series A 2017, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

This PDF contains commentary on the 9th Propers of series A in the three year lectionary cycle and offers up ideas for preaching and proclamation.

Oral History: Irene Rojcewicz

Zycie w Ameryce: A Collection of Polish-American Oral Histories

This conversation is an oral history interview with a longtime member of Worcester’s Polish-American community. The interview discusses aspects of life in the parish of Czestochowa, from festivals to clubs, to tensions within the diocese, as well as trips organized by the parish to travel to Poland.

Interview keywords: festivals, clubs, English, tension, Poland, John Paul II.

Oral History: Charlene Zimkiewicz

Zycie w Ameryce: A Collection of Polish-American Oral Histories

This conversation is an oral history interview with a longtime member of Worcester’s Polish-American community. This interview touches on difficulties the parish faced, tensions between different groups, school life, and the transition from an ethnic community to a public college.

Interview keywords: ethnic communities, festivals, Irish, fire, I-290, White Eagle Club, basketball, languages, college, immigrants, universal, June Show.

Propers 8 (Pentecost 4) Series A 2017, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

This PDF comments on the pericopes for the Eighth Proper after Pentecost, Series A and offers up ideas for preaching and proclamation.