A Struggle for Holy Ground: Reconciliation and the Rites of Parish Closure

A Struggle for Holy Ground results from thirty-five interviews with participants in the 1989 consolidations of then parishes in Chicago's Englewood and two parishes from the San Francisco consolidations after its 1989 earthquake. It explores the roles of ritual and pastoral care in this sometimes highly conflicted situation through the lens of trauma and reconciliation. It proposes a series of new rites: group reconciliation, atonement, lament, leave-taking, memorial, and inauguration based on the experience of people most impacted by parish restructurings.

Author: Michael Weldon
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Published: 08/01/2004
Pages: 280
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 9.12h x 6.08w x 0.66d
ISBN: 9780814621554

About the Author
Weldon, Michael: - Michael Weldon, O.F.M., D.Min., of Francis and Clare's Friary, Franklin, Wisconsin, is also an instructor at Sacred Heart School of Theology, Hales Corners, Wisconsin.

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