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A list of scripture readings that may be chosen for the marriage liturgy or for the Nuptial Mass.

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Formatted for viewing on a tablet (or a mobile phone at a pinch!), this document brings together a series of essential documents for understanding the phenomena of Social Media:

• Social Networking Protocols (for the Australian Church)
• Social Media Guidelines (USCCB)
• World Communications Day statements from 2008 - 2012

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Helpful suggestions and guidelines adapted from the Archdiocese of Sydney.

Contains the texts of the Marriage Liturgy (as revised by the Third edition of the Roman Missal).

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The ecclesiological reflection of the Second Vatican Council, together with the considerable social and cultural changes of recent decades, has resulted in various Particular Churches having to reorganise the manner in which the pastoral care of Parish communities are assigned. This has made it possible to initiate new experiences, enhancing the dimension of communion and implementing, under the guidance of pastors, a harmonious synthesis of charisms and vocations at the service of the proclamation of the Gospel, which better corresponds to the demands of evangelisation today.

Pope Francis, at the beginning of his Petrine ministry, recalled the importance of “creativity”, meaning thereby “seeking new ways”, that is “seeking how best to proclaim the Gospel”; in respect of this, the Holy Father concluded by saying, “the Church, and also the Code of Canon Law, gives us innumerable possibilities, much freedom to seek these things”.

The situations outlined in the following Instruction, represent a valuable opportunity for pastoral conversion that is essentially missionary. Parish communities will find herein a call to go out of themselves, offering instruments for reform, even structural, in a spirit of communion and collaboration, of encounter and closeness, of mercy and solicitude for the proclamation of the Gospel.

Contents

- Introduction
- Pastoral Conversion
- The Parish in a contemporary context
- The value of the Parish today.
- Mission: the guiding principle for renewal
- “A community of communities”: A Parish that is inclusive, evangelising and attentive to the poor.
- From the conversion of people to that of structures.
- The Parish and other subdivisions within the Diocese.
>> How to proceed with the establishment of Parish groupings.
>> Vicariate Forane
>> Pastoral Units
>> Pastoral Regions
- Ordinary and extraordinary ways  of assigning the pastoral care of the Parish community.
>> Parish Priest
>> Parish Administrator
>> Priests in solidum
>> Parochial Vicar
>> Deacons
>> Consecrated men and women
>> The Laity
>> Other forms of assigning pastoral care
- Appointments and Pastoral Ministry
- Bodies of Ecclesial Co-responsibility
>> The Parish Finance Council
>> The Parish Pastoral Council
>> Other forms of co-responsibility in pastoral care
- Offerings for the Celebration of the Sacraments
- Conclusion

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All of the texts and readings in a single document.

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See also: Wedding Liturgy Outline

All of the texts and readings in a single document.

Search and replace [Name of Groom] and [Name of Bride] with your own names, delete the items you will not be using, and you have the full text of your liturgy in just a few minutes.

The document is formatted as A5 to make it easier to create a booklet. Not all the text needs to be included in a guest's booklet. Fr Rick will guide you in this.

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Prepared by Fr Frank Doyle SJ (1931-2011), and previously published on the livingspace.sacredspace.ie website, these reflections have been collected and published in ebook format to make them more accessible when you are on the road or away from your computer.

Contains all 34 weeks of first readings and gospels for use during Year 1 (odd years).

Updated and corrected on 1 Nov 2013.

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Prepared by Fr Frank Doyle SJ, and previously published on the livingspace.sacredspace.ie website, these reflections have been collected and published in ebook format to make them more accessible when you are on the road or away from your computer.

Now contains weeks 1-34 (first reading and Gospel) for Year 2 (2012, 2014, etc)

Rob Bell began a series on his robbellcom.tumblr.com blog entitled "What is the Bible?" in November 2013 which continued weekly until being replaced by the Robcast in January 2015. The series is excellent, so I have compiled it into an ebook for those who are so inclined. 

This edition includes the total of 75 blogs up until January 2015. Rob announces in this final blog that he will now continue with a weekly podcast, called The RobCast.

2017 Update 

Rob rewrote the tumblr series and organised it into a new book to be published by HarperCollins in May 2017 and available to order here: What-is-the-bible