Projects

Monograph on the Laity

The Forum's first monograph is available. "Laity, Parish & Ministry" has seven chapters:

1. A Diocesan Overview: Parish Pastoral Staffing 
2. Parish Structures for Lay Participation (Ruth Narita Doyle, Archdiocese of New York)
3. Volunteerism: Increasing Sophistication and Complexity (Robert E. Schmitz, Archdiocese of Cincinnati) 
4. Parish Pastoral Staffing: A Case Study (Mary Beth Celio, Archdiocese of Seattle)
5. Attitudes Toward the Laity (Thomas F. McDonald, Fordham University) 
6. Learning to Listen: The First Diocesan Empirical Studies on Parish Councils 
(James R. Kelly, Fordham University) 
7. Parish Pastoral Councils (Mark Fischer, Archdiocese of Los Angeles) 

This monograph is available from the Research and Planning Office, Rockford Catholic Diocese, 921 West State Street, Rockford, IL 61102. Copies cost $5 which includes shipping.