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  20/20 Vision for the Parish: A Clear Direction for the Future, a 35-minute DVD published by the NAPRC. featuring parishes from the North, South, East and West Pastors and parishioners speak about doing parish in a new and different way Questions for group conversation Study guide included.  Available in DVD or VHS format     $25. Click Here to Order
 
 
PHASE 1 STARTER PROGRAM:
CAYA BK.gif (18508 bytes) Come As You Are, A Small Group Program about Everyday Living. This is a 12-session program with a participant book for each member of the group, a facilitator 's book and audio tapes. It is meant for a group that is beginning or a group of people who may be experienced in small groups but have never been together with each other in this particular group. Available also in Spanish. Participant's journal $9, Facilitator's book $18CD $12; Kit (includes 1 Facilitator Book, 10 Participant Books, &  CD) $108  Please add 10% for shipping and handling. The National Alliance of Parishes Restructuring Into Communities. Click Here to Order
En Espanol...

 
Come As You Are books in Spanish

$18.00 for the Facilitator Books
$9.00 for the Participants Books
$6.00 for the audio tapes

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PHASE 2 PROGRAMS:
Pray As You Are , An eleven session process to help deepen the sharing level of the small group while learning how to pray together through varied prayer experiences. Participant's journal $9, Facilitator's book $18, CD $12; Kit (includes 1 Facilitator Book, 10 Participant Books, & CD) $108. 10 percent shipping and handling. The National Alliance of Parishes Restructuring Into Communities.
A breakdown of the weeks are...

1. Opening Windows to God - Unlocking windows to prayer
2. The Looking Glass - Finding God in the everyday
3. Not-So-Sound-Proof Windows - Praying amidst the noise
4. Breaking Open the Window - Praying with our barriers
5. A Window to Perspective - Grateful prayer
6. Broken Windows - Praying within incompleteness
7. Tinted Windows - Praying with images of God/self
8. Imagining Windows - Praying with our imaginations
9 The Word Is A Window - Praying with the Scriptures
10. Focusing - Centering prayer
11. Keeping Our Windows Open - What next?
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PHASE 3 DECISION TO GROW INTO SMALL CHURCH COMMUNITY:
Faith Sharing for Small Church Communities
Questions and Commentaries on the Sunday Readings
Edited by
           Rev. Arthur Baranowski & National Alliance for Parishes Restructuring into Communities

For each Sunday and major feast for all three cycles of the Lectionary, a "Scripture Focus" provides a brief commentary on the readings; "Life Focus" gives questions--submitted by small church communities from all over the United States and the world--to spark faith sharing. Order Number: 0-86716-166-3   Price: $9.95
being re-printed - to be available soon

OTHER ITEMS OFFERED:
Creating Small Church Communities
A Plan for Restructuring the Parish and Renewing Catholic Life: Third Revised Edition
Arthur R. Baranowski

In this third edition of his Creating Small Church Communities, Father Art Baranowski updates his story of a pastor's vision of church and a parish's journey to renewal. Baranowski brought the church into the homes of his people by restructuring his parish into Small Church Communities. The people of his parish do not just go to church, they are church. "I believe that our deliberate pastoral attempt to bring parishioners together into small groups can serve as a model for any parish, for all parishes. This book is an effort to share the vision which inspired us as well as the nuts and bolts of how we did what we did," says Father Baranowski.
Order Number: 0-86716-275-9  Price: $7.95    
 
being re-printed - to be available soon
   
QUESTcover.gif (648 bytes)  The Fall Spring & Summer Quest editions are available.  Each covers approx. 18 weeks  Price: US$ 4.75
approx. 116 pages.
     
Pastoring the Pastors.gif (17135 bytes) Pastoring the Pastors:
Resources for Training and Supporting Pastoral Facilitators

Item U 018 S 6.95

being re-printed - to be available soon

 

   
   
   
   

RESOURCES IN SPANISH
Pastoreando a los ‘pastores’
Arthur R. Baranowski

Traducido por padre Jerry Frank, Parroquia del Espíritu Santo, McAllen, Texas (Pastoring the 'Pastors': Resources for Training and Supporting Pastoral Facilitators)

Proporciona a las parroquias todo lo que necesitan para entrenar y apoyar a los facilitadores pastorales de grupos pequeños. Incluye: seis sesiones de entrenamiento con material de apoyo para ser fotocopiado para entrenar a los nuevos facilitadores pastorales, tres retiros anuales con circulares para ser fotocopiadas para las personas que participen en el retiro, y recursos adicionales para juntas mensuales y reuniones anuales de facilitadores pastorales.Order Number: 0-86716-405-0  Price: $6.95
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Orando Solos Y Juntos/Praying Alone and Together (Llamados a Ser Iglesia Ser)
by Arthur R. Baranowski, Jerry Frank (Translator), Samuel French, Kathleen M. O'Reilly
List Price:$6.95 Edition: Paperback

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Compartiendo la fe para las pequeñas comunidades eclesiales
Preguntas y comentarios sobre las lecturas del domingo (ciclos A,B, y C)
Arthur R. Baranowski
Traducido por padre Jerry Frank, Parroquia del Espíritu Santo, McAllen, Texas (Faith Sharing for Small Church Communities: Questions and Commentaries on the Sunday Readings)     
     Personas de todas partes del país y del mundo se reunen regularmente, para conectar sus experiencias diarias con las Escrituras y la tradición de la iglesia. Como resultado de ello, pequeñas comunidades eclesiales en las parroquias católicas de los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica, Canadá, Inglaterra, Lithuania, varias partes de Latinoamérica, Africa, Asia, y Australia han contribuido con preguntas a: Compartiendo le fe en pequeñas comunidades eclesiales: Preguntas y comentarios sobre las lecturas dominicales. Para cada domingo y festividad mayor, un "Enfoque en la Escritura" proporciona un comentario corto sobre las lecturas del leccionario. "Enfoque en la vida" otorga un conjunto de preguntas para iniciar a compartir la fe. Se proporciona material para los tres ciclos del leccionario. Además de enriquecer a las pequeñas comunidades eclesiales, las preguntas de "Enfoque en la vida" pueden ser utilizadas por grupos parroquiales, que buscan incorporar el compartir la fe en su formatos de reuniones periódicas.
Order Number: 0-86716-406-9 Price: $9.95
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Creando Pequeñas Comunidades Eclesiales
Edición revisada: Un plan para reestructurar la parroquia y renovar la vida católica
Arthur R. Baranowski
Creating Small Church Communities Revised Edition
A Plan for Restructuring the Parish and Renewing Catholic Life
Traducido por padre Jerry Frank, parroquia del espíritu santo, McAllen, Texas.Translated by Fr. Jerry Frank, Holy Spirit Parish, McAllen, Texas.

Esta experiencia surge de la visión ecclesial de un párroco y del peregrinar de su parroquia hacia la renovación. El Padre Art Baranowski introdujo la iglesia en los hogares de sus feligreses reestructurando su parroquia en pequeñas comunidades eclesiales. De modo que sus feligreses reestructurando su parroquia en pequeñas comunidades eclesiales. De modo que sus feligreses ya no van a la iglesia, ahora son iglesia.
     La experiencia del Padre Art puede ser la suya también. El expresa: "Creo que nuestro esfuerzo en reunir a nuestros feligreses en pequeñas comunidades eclesiales puede servir de modelo para todas las parroquias. Este libro contiene tanto la visión que nos inspiró como los detalles prácticos de como hicimos lo que hicimos."
     Los líderes de la iglesia afirman que ha llegado el momento de renovar la vida católica mediante la fe y el amor que se experimentan en pequeñas comunidades.
     In this third edition of his Creating Small Church Communities, Father Art Baranowski updates his story of a pastor's vision of church and a parish's journey to renewal. Baranowski brought the church into the homes of his people by restructuring his parish into Small Church Communities. The people of his parish do not just go to church, they are church. "I believe that our deliberate pastoral attempt to bring parishioners together into small groups can serve as a model for any parish, for all parishes. This book is an effort to share the vision which inspired us as well as the nuts and bolts of how we did what we did," says Father Baranowski.  Order Number: 0-86716-404-2 Price: $7.95
 
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