Lay Ministry Update, Vol.4, No.3
Newsletter for US Bishops sponsored by the NCCB Subcommittee on
Lay Ministry. Summer ’99
At least three
dioceses (Erie, Reno, Winona) will be participating in a pilot
project of the Institute for Church Life of the University of
Notre Dame this fall.
Designed for
dioceses that have far-flung pastoral sites at great distances
from the diocesan see, the project will include pre-prepared videos,
on-site facilitation, on-line connection and interactive dialogue
with theology professors that is real-time, multi-site, and simultaneous.
As a follow-up for the STEP production programs, Notre Dame will
prepare a website that will provide a bibliography, brief articles,
opportunity for dialogue with the professors, and interaction
with other learners.
The pilot
program is the result of year-long research by the Institute for
Church Life with bishops and diocesan pastoral leaders. Topics
for the four programs scheduled during 1999-2000 are Discipleship
and ministry empowered by Baptism, What do we do when we gather
at Eucharist, The integration of faith and everyday life, and
Pastoral collaboration: How do we do all this together?
