Liturgy of the Hours

In reading a book it is typical to make notes and highlight passages. However, with Mike King’s Presence Centered Youth Ministry, what started with highlighters, turned to pencil, then sticky notes. Finally, read now and then read again later became the mantra. It is infrequently that books resonate with our own theology and our own transformational journeys, but that is the situation with Presence Centered Youth Ministry. Thesis for Presence Centered Youth Ministry One must really dig into the

youth ministers will then branch together similar topics and make that the main focus for the night. The themes revolve around the four pillars of the Catholic Church. According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church these four pillars are faith, liturgy and sacraments, morality of our life and prayer. This program is a fun an interesting way to bring these teenagers to Christ. A typical night starts with snacks and games to start building a community and then officially starts with a prayer. One

Pope John XXIII was know as the ‘peoples pope’ because of his warm and friendly nature that people could relate to. He contributed socially, liturgically and politically to Christianity especially in the Catholic church. Pope John XXIII was an advocate of Christian unity, social justice, human rights and the promotion of world peace. Through his work with the Vatican II, Ecumenism, interfaith and his encyclicals as well as his initiative with world leaders he set a new task for Church and a new

What is a drone? Sustained tone 17. What is an ostinato? Persistently repeated melodic or rhythmic pattern 18. What is the liturgy? Words of the mass 19. Who is Guillaume de Machaut? 14th century poet and musician who composed the first complete polyphonic setting of the entire Ordinary of the Mass. 20.  What city became the musical center of Europe during the mid to late

In Shaped by the Word, by Robert Mulholland Jr., one finds a way to read scripture in order to provide a deeper understanding of God and allow His Word to shape one’s spiritual life. In the Introduction, in chapter 1, the reader is introduced to the idea that there is a movement in the church that seeks to become deeper and stricter in spiritual formation. He claims there are many books written for this purpose, and his intending purpose for this book is for God to use however he may want in the

Martin Luther, born in 1483, grew up in a devout Roman Catholic household, where the church stood at the center of his world. However, he suffered at the hand of his parents’ harsh criticism. His father had emerged from the feudal system into the new middle class as a successful Coppersmith. His desire was for his son to also climb the social ladder. To assist with his son’s success, Luther’s father was a fierce judge of the character of his son, and often punished him severely for his failures.

share the good news wit all, to cross every boarder with the gospel. We live in a multicultural world where western Christianity is being confronted by the Christianity of the Southern hemisphere, which is “marked by a culture of poverty, an oral liturgy, narrative preaching, uninhibited emotionalism, maximum participation in prayer and worship, dreams and vision, faith healing, and an intense search for community and belonging.” As a result,

reconcile my Catholic Christianity with my sexuality, my gender politics, and my racial justice convictions in an intellectually honest way. I see taking as many classes as I can with Linn Tonstad (feminist and queer theology and theory), Teresa Berger (liturgy and Catholic theology) and William Goettler (Transformation Leadership Initiative) as a good way to do that. When my years at Yale are up and I return to South Phoenix, I intend to take my YDS values to the Arizona State Legislature—a place in desperate

and future as portrayed by Charles Dickens Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose, yuletide carols… The smell of pine, cinnamon or gumdrops Risking your life to hang the Christmas lights on your house Waiting in line for hours so your child can sit on the lap of a complete stranger with bad breath wearing a red suit Hundreds of presents equaling thousands of dollars neatly stacked beneath a parched, highly flammable pine tree Fruitcake Fighting your way through specials

talking about God, recognizing and appreciating what he does for me. Once I got home, I wanted more. I started reading my Bible, highlighting things that stood out to me, connecting what I read with things in my life and really engaging myself in the liturgy at church. I was beginning to fall in love with what I was always supposed to love, but this time It was different. This time it was for