Projects
Religious Research
Association
The Catholic Research Forum is sponsoring a session at the annual meeting of the
RRA, to be held at Kansas City, Missouri, October 23, 2004. Titled Co-constructing
Catholic Parishes: Three Studies that Engage People in Building Effective
Parishes, the following papers will be presented:
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Listening to the People of
God: Lay Leaders Reflect on Parish Reorganization, by Robert Miller and
Robert Parfet, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, and Charles Zech, Villanova
University;
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Consulting the People of
God: The Evolving Role of the Parish School, by Michael Cieslak,
Rockford Diocese; and
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Leading the People of God: Understanding
Expectations for Excellence in the Pastor, by Mary E. Bendyna and Mary
L. Gautier, Center for Applied Research in the Aposotolate.
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The respondent to these papers will be Anthony J.
Pogorelc, Catholic University of America. Jeff Rexhausen, University of
Cincinnati, will be the moderator.
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