2011,
47 pages,
$12.95
New partnerships are forming and growing every day to strengthen existing Catholic schools and broaden community support for their work. Significantly, archdioceses and dioceses are taking a more dynamic role in planning, school funding and bringing quality leadership to the schools, while opening up more innovative and participative ways to govern and to finance them. A dozen speakers, including the president of Boston College, Catholic school superintendents, and an Assistant Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education, discuss how new management configurations are helping to beat the national trend of school closures.
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2008,
$19.95
Key issues facing the Catholic education sector leadership and finances, measuring quality in the classroom, and innovation are discussed by experts and philanthropists from across the nation. Some of the most enterprising and new Catholic schools are showcased and examples of emerging partnership among Catholic colleges and universities and Catholic schools show a significant and promising trend for the future.
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2006,
72 pages,
$19.95
Whenever the faithful gather today it seems that the subject of church leadership quickly arises in the conversation. Not infrequently one hears the call for a more empowering leadership on the part of pastors and bishops so that laity will participate more fully and invest themselves more completely in the success of the faith community. Theology professor and writer, Rev. Michael J. Himes provides foundation leaders with a lively interchange on the notions of power and authority, the crisis of imagination within the church, and the need for more discussion on the meaning of the sacrament of baptism.
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2003,
56 pages,
$19.95
Edited proceedings from a conference discussing ways to broaden the participation of laity in church governance and leadership in the wake of the clergy sexual abuse crisis. National experts explain how laity can become more involved in creating a climate of positive change.
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2007,
44 pages,
$14.95
Catholics are attending colleges and universities in numbers that far exceed their percentage of the general population. Each year nearly forty percent of the three million freshmen enrolling in the nation’s 4,100 degree-granting institutions identify themselves as Catholic. How is their religious community present to them during the formative years of college? These proceedings reflect leading campus ministry programs in the country including Arizona State, Yale, Michigan, Stanford, and Northwestern among others. An exciting and well-funded ministry is becoming more of an influence in the lives of young Catholics and is increasingly a powerhouse of Catholic intellectual ferment.
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2008,
$12.95
This is a lively conversation between Catholic grant makers Father Paul Locatelli, S.J. the new Secretary for Higher Education of the Society of Jesus. For generations the Catholic foundation community has been a funding partner with many Jesuit institutions of higher learning. Because these institutions are now at a critical crossroads and on the verge of new and exciting forms of cooperation, grantmakers are provided an inside look at the future for these centers of learning and research.
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2011,
72 pages,
$14.95
Human trafficking involves the subjugation of children, women or men for sexual exploitation or forced labor. Catholic Charities USA reports that a quarter of its US agencies provide services to trafficking victims. To inform the Catholic philanthropic community about CCUSA’s current campaign and the growing problem of human trafficking, FADICA & CCUSA co-sponsored this conference. Panelists & speakers - charity leaders, law enforcement & human rights experts, as well as a victim of human trafficking - underscored the urgency and complexity of this tragic problem.
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2007,
$12.95
Father James Martin, S.J. discusses his award-winning book, My Life with the Saints, a work that bridges the everyday world that we find ourselves in and the rich and diverse spiritual traditions that are ours in Catholicism. America magazine’s Associate Editor and First Place winner of the Catholic Press Association’s award for Spirituality Books, Father Martin’s work is an enthralling biographical overview of the mysterious interplay of holy men and women in heaven with the living faithful in their everyday struggles.
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2005,
27 pages,
$10.95
Members of the foundation community visit St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville Minnesota, home of the liturgical movement in the United States and its founder Father Virgil Michel, OSB. The conversation centers on the role of prayer and worship in shaping the Christian Community and is led by Abbot John Klassen, tenth abbot of St. John’s. Abbot Klassen tells the participants how the Holy Spirit gathers and brings together the body of Christ, prays in each member of the community in ways we cannot imagine, and works acts of healing and reconciliation. The single place to start in bringing a faith community together, the Abbot tells his audience, is with a good liturgical experience.
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2006,
52 pages,
$19.95
Relentless news coverage of the church in the wake of clergy scandals compounded by a drastic decline in the number of priestly ordinations over the past quarter century are putting enormous burdens on average priests. Nationwide, Catholicism remains one of the fastest growing faith communities in the U.S. But how will a smaller and older clergy keep pace with increased pastoral and administrative demands? A group of highly respected scholars and pastoral leaders exchange candid opinions on the priesthood within the coming years.
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2009,
$19.95
With the world’s economy struggling to recover from an enduring downturn, the foundation world found itself in the most challenging circumstances in decades. Investment portfolios plummeted while human needs within the community grew in unprecedented ways. In this setting the Catholic funding community came together to talk candidly, and to map out the better ways to cooperate in a new era of limited resources. The conference discusses a variety of ways in which foundations and donors can help grantees beyond grant making itself – in helping to make connections, for example, or framing the right questions that lead to better strategic planning. Readers will conclude that foundation practices will shift in the years ahead favoring organizations where leadership, planning and accountability are outstanding, achievement is evident, and a spirit of collaboration is foremost.
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2004,
59 pages,
$10.95
Nearly forty years after the Vatican II Council, the church is still seeking the right formula for engaging lay members in its institutional life. These conference proceedings offer an array of opinion on how effective the church has been in fostering a sense of shared responsibility for its life. Speakers include journalists, researchers, scholars, and prominent lay Catholics who caution the church that without more vigorous efforts to activate the laity a slide into nominal Catholicism may be in the offing.
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2009,
From
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The Catholic Funding Guide is a resource for fundraisers, offering information on preparing grant proposals and locating funding sources. For 13 years, the Guide has presented profiles on over a thousand funding sources. Available in print and online.
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2010,
48 pages,
$14.95
In many ways, the charity of religious women has been the most formidable influence in the tradition of Catholic philanthropy in our day. They provide shelter, food, medical care and meet basic human needs for the economically or socially disadvantaged and advocate relentlessly for fair and equal treatment of all persons. They can be found in urban schools, migrant labor camps, at the side of the ill and dying, advocating for the homeless and serving the cause of justice and peace. In order to honor the rich contribution of American religious women at a pivotal moment in their history, and to appreciate better the array of their charitable involvements today, FADICA brought together a dozen members of religious communities in the U.S. for a conference on their philanthropic leadership and service. These proceedings are intended primarily for those who took part in this informative and inspiring gathering, but they are also enlightening for all donors who want to increase the impact of
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2010,
45 pages,
$9.95
Catholic sisters are serving in the most remote and impoverished areas among refugees, the survivors of humanitarian tragedies and war, and with the ill and dying of global epidemics. They connect their on the ground ministries to the world's poor, to their organized advocacy for justice within the halls of government and at the United Nations. Sisters promote peace, train young women for leadership, and bring spiritual consolation, hope and healing to multitudes of the world's population. These proceedings highlight three areas of endeavor: sustainable agriculture in Africa and Latin America, the work of sisters at the United Nations, and finally, the involvement of sisters in earthquake torn Haiti, providing an inspiring look at the courageous, creative and spirit-filled work of women religious around the globe.
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2004,
18 pages,
$6.95
Our times beckon good leaders to step forward, especially lay leaders. Sister Kathleen Cannon, OP, Associate Dean of the College of Science at the University of Notre Dame and a teacher on lay service and lay power in the church, offers a reflection on the spiritual foundation of Christian life, leadership, and speaking with authority.
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2003,
58 pages,
$19.95
What constitutes virtuous and responsible leadership? Scandals have undermined public confidence not only in business, the media, government and the charitable sector but the church as well. The causes are often traced to the failure of leadership. Leaders who dispense with ethical decision making, work by expediency, self- survival, and short term fain, rather than deeply-rooted principle, are not building great organization but rather paving the way for their undoing. This conference discusses the erosion of trust in the nation’s leadership and the importance of ethical formation, the practice of virtue and the value of accountability among leaders including clergy and laity. Participants include the president of the U.S. bishops, former commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, writers, scholars and foundation leaders.
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2002,
56 pages,
$12.95
There are over a million foreign born citizens are being added to the U.S. population every year. Over the past decade the foreign born population increased nearly four times as fast as the native born population and now exceeds thirty million people. Nearly half of these new arrivals are Catholic. They offer a whole new range of challenges and opportunities for the church in the U.S. Immigration experts and pastoral leaders discuss the impact of the new arrivals on church life, the shortage of English language classes in metropolitan areas, the pastoral challenges of foreign born priests, the need for language competent ministers, catechetical materials and other measures to help the church provide a welcoming presence.
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2006,
$19.95
The most comprehensive research on Catholic giving behavior. The book, by Villanova Professor Charles E. Zech, offers a research based analysis of what is behind low per capita giving in the Catholic community and makes a strong case for stewardship practices. Written for pastors, diocesan staff, development directors, stewardship committees, and anyone else whose job includes generating income.
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2005,
69 pages,
$14.95
Women serve as diocesan chancellors, seminary faculty, Catholic school superintendents, diocesan directors of liturgy and worship, pastoral planners, catechetical leaders and in many other areas of leadership. Yet, despite a trend toward the inclusion of women in leadership positions, there is abundant evidence of the church culture that is far from welcoming of the gifts and talents of women. Only 16 percent of today’s Vatican employees, professional and clerical, are female, for example. These conference proceedings include the viewpoints of women of the highest responsibilities as church employees sharing their experience and wisdom on the work ahead to build a church that lives what it believes about the dignity and equality of all of its members.
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2002,
44 pages,
$19.00
U.S. Catholicism is young. Forty percent of the adult Catholic population are in their 20s and 30s. Despite sizeable numbers, young adults generally have a tenuous connection with their Catholicism. About eight percent of the large population, for example, is in church every Sunday. Most young adult Catholics like being Catholic but still lack connections with their parishes and their church’s sacramental life. A brilliant study on young adult American Catholics conducted by a four-member research team serves as the basis of this FADICA exchange. The conversation provides timely insights into what works and does not work in pastoral outreach to the young adult population.
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