William J. Cahoy is dean of Saint John's School of Theology*Seminary, Collegeville, MN. He has a Master of Arts in Religion from Yale Divinity School and a PhD from Yale University. He serves on the boards of the Louisville Institute, the Commission on Accrediting for the Association of Theological Schools, the Collegeville Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research, and the Society for Arts in Religious and Theological Studies.
This volume harvests some of the best U.S. thinking on the
understanding and implementation of ministry. It will be important
reading not only for ecclesial ministers, lay and clergy, but for
all informed Catholics in leadership, so that this vision may imbue
the full life of the church in the 21st century.New Catholic Books
& Media
If you are curious about the phenomenon of lay ecclesial ministry
and its impact on the life of the Church—especially here in the
United States—this book represents the most up-to-date wisdom of
theologians, bishops, national ministry leaders, and lay ecclesial
ministers themselves.Pastoral Music
The Church and her understanding of lay ecclesial ministry is
facing adaptive challenges and the outcome is still murky! In the
Name of the Church: Vocation and Authorization of Lay Ecclesial
Ministry doesn’t provide definitive answers, rather the writers
describe possible directions for the vocation of lay ecclesial
ministry anchored in theology and scripture. Cahoy’s Introduction
and Conclusion are terrific bookends to a scholarly and pastoral
treatment of a most hopeful and exciting reality emerging in the
Church today.Robert J. McCarty, D.Min., Executive Director,
National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry
In the Name of the Church: Vocation and Authorization of Lay
Ecclesial Ministers represents a landmark set of insights on Lay
Ecclesial Ministry on the part of the authors. It also captures and
reflects a theological process that represents a consensus of the
theology of those gathered for the purpose of pursuing what has
come to be a type of new reality in the Catholic community. The
voices of the delegates from the sponsoring associations,
institutions and organizations responsible for the formation and
support of Lay Ecclesial Ministers are reflected in this volume.
These authors articulated their own research, engaged in, listened
to the dialogue and nuanced key points from and for this visionary
community gathered at Saint John University, Collegeville, MN. This
book serves as a summative document for the Catholic Church in the
process of recognizing the vocation of the Lay Ecclesial Minister
and inviting authorization as well. Jean Marie Webe
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