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Pentecost: Mass During The Day - 24 May 2026, Ann-Maree O'Beirne

Pastoral Liturgy

No abstract provided.

The Most Holy Body And Blood Of Christ (Corpus Christi) - 7 June 2026, Ann-Maree O'Beirne

Pastoral Liturgy

No abstract provided.

Contributors

Pastoral Liturgy

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In Memoriam - Rev. Dr Russell Hardiman

Pastoral Liturgy

No abstract provided.

Major Developments Of The Altar And Ritual Movements In The Liturgy From The Early Church To The Immediate Post-Vatican Ii Years, Andy Nguyen Sj

Pastoral Liturgy

No abstract provided.

Eleventh Sunday In Ordinary Time - 14 June 2026, Joe Tedesco

Pastoral Liturgy

No abstract provided.

Twelfth Sunday In Ordinary Time - 21 June 2026, Joe Tedesco

Pastoral Liturgy

No abstract provided.

Fourteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time - 5 July 2026, Pina Ford

Pastoral Liturgy

No abstract provided.

Fifteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time - 12 July 2026, Ann-Maree O'Beirne

Pastoral Liturgy

No abstract provided.

Sixteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time - 19 July 2026, Ann-Maree O'Beirne

Pastoral Liturgy

No abstract provided.

Eighteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time - 2 August 2026, Ann-Maree O'Beirne

Pastoral Liturgy

No abstract provided.

Nineteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time - 9 August 2026, Rose Mcallister

Pastoral Liturgy

No abstract provided.

Twenty-First Sunday In Ordinary Time - 23 August 2026, Rose Mcallister

Pastoral Liturgy

No abstract provided.

Twenty-Third Sunday In Ordinary Time - 6 September 2026, Andrew Doohan

Pastoral Liturgy

No abstract provided.

Twenty-Fourth Sunday In Ordinary Time - 13 September 2026, Andrew Doohan

Pastoral Liturgy

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Twenty-Fifth Sunday In Ordinary Time - 20 September 2026, Andrew Doohan

Pastoral Liturgy

No abstract provided.

Twenty-Sixth Sunday In Ordinary Time - 27 September 2026, Andrew Doohan

Pastoral Liturgy

No abstract provided.

Twenty-Seventh Sunday In Ordinary Time - 4 October 2026, Angela M. Mccarthy

Pastoral Liturgy

No abstract provided.

Twenty-Eighth Sunday In Ordinary Time - 11 October 2026, Angela M. Mccarthy

Pastoral Liturgy

No abstract provided.

Twenty-Ninth Sunday In Ordinary Time - 18 October 2026, Rose Mcallister

Pastoral Liturgy

No abstract provided.

Thirty-Third Sunday In Ordinary Time - 15 November 2026, Gerard Moore

Pastoral Liturgy

No abstract provided.

Our Contributors

Pastoral Liturgy

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Third Sunday In Ordinary Time - 25 January 2026, Angela M. Mccarthy

Pastoral Liturgy

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Fourth Sunday In Ordinary Time - 1 February 2026, Errol Lobo

Pastoral Liturgy

No abstract provided.

Sixth Sunday In Ordinary Time - 15 February 2026, Errol Lobo

Pastoral Liturgy

No abstract provided.

From The Editor, Angela M. Mccarthy

Pastoral Liturgy

No abstract provided.

The Importance Of Mental Health Education In The Black Church: Exploring Mental Health And Trauma Through A Biblical Lens, Navita Kj Johnson-Belcher

Doctor of Ministry

The Black church has historically served as a cornerstone for African American spiritual and communal life yet faces significant challenges in addressing mental health needs rooted in generational trauma and systemic oppression. This dissertation explores the crisis of silence surrounding mental health in Black church contexts, where stigma, pastoral limitations, and historical mistrust of institutional systems create barriers to healing. Through examination of biblical perspectives on suffering, church-based mental health programs, and emerging digital ministry models, this study demonstrates that online platforms can effectively integrate trauma-informed care with theological education.

The research presents a digital, trauma-informed, biblically-based, mental health education …

Good Grief: Implementing Solace And Support Of Bereavement Ministry Within A Resource-Constrained Church In Chicago, Illinois, Celeste Haynes

Doctor of Ministry

Grief is a universal human experience that occurs at some point in everyone's life. This body of work explores the various benefits of implementing a bereavement support ministry in a resource-constrained church in Chicago, Illinois. The research will outline how a bereavement ministry can offer emotional support, spiritual guidance, and provide educational resources, community building, outline a budget proposal, and a grant opportunities, partnership with local agencies, training for volunteers, and practical help to bereaved members in a church, as well as the bereaved community.

Bereavement is an inevitable part of the human experience, and churches have historically served as …

Sabbath For Everyone: A Guidebook For Practicing Rest, Ryan Thorson

Doctor of Leadership

While Sabbath practices are central to God’s design for human flourishing, Compassion Church currently lacks a shared, accessible formation pathway that supports individuals and households in practicing Sabbath in sustainable, life-stage–appropriate ways within the demands of contemporary life and ministry.

This doctoral project responds to that need by developing and testing a Sabbath formation guidebook designed to help individuals and communities engage Sabbath as a gift through the practices of stopping, resting, praying, and playing. A key insight emerging from the research is that Sabbath is not merely a discipline to be mastered but a relational space in which God …

Wellspring For Renewal And Transformation In Ministry, Deborah Cundey Owen

Doctor of Leadership

Ministry leaders increasingly experience burnout and isolation within performance-driven leadership cultures in the United States that fail to cultivate self-awareness, resilience, and spiritual formation. This Need/Problem/Opportunity (NPO) emerged through stakeholder engagement, expert interviews, and academic research, revealing that leaders are not primarily lacking ministry skills but the emotional, spiritual, and relational capacity to sustain those skills in healthy ways.

Several key insights shaped the project. Burnout is less a function of workload than of identity; leaders operating from performance rather than belovedness are spiritually and neurologically vulnerable. Emotional regulation functions as spiritual formation. Concepts such as differentiation, non-anxious presence, undefended …