Title: ACCOUNTABILITY & STEWARDSHIP Catalog Number: C8369001 Audience Level: A Produced: 1993 Length: 120 Language: Description: The code of Canon Law mandates parish finance councils to help the pastor in the administration of the goods of the parish (c. 57). As the church in the U.S. promotes greater parishioner financial commitment through stewardship programs there will be increased need to ensure careful administration and clear accountability. How should finance councils be organized to enhance administration and accountability? What is their relationship to pastoral councils? How can parishes balance the legal responsibilities of pastors and canonical requirements of councils? Subject Cross-Reference: Financial Planning; Pastoral Councils Title: ADVENT IN SIGN & SYMBOL TELECOURSE Catalog Number: C8223001 Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA 1989 Length: 90 Language: Description: Renowned Scripture scholar, Fr. Eugene LaVerdiere presents this telecourse in the liturgical season of Advent. Fr. LaVerdiere explores the symbols and signs of the season and shares his insights into the dynamism of this significant liturgical time. (1983) Subject Cross-Reference: Advent; Symbols/Signs; Christmas Title: AGING IN A CATHOLIC COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE Catalog Number: C0008301 SERIES Audience Level: A Produced: Instructional Television - New York Length: Language: Description: Fordham Third Age Tele-training via CTNA satellite. Subject Cross-Reference: Elderly Issues; Ministry; Aging; Teleconferences Title: IT'S NEVER BEEN THIS WAY BEFORE: SESSION I Catalog Number: C8301001 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 120 Language: Description: SESSION I: Saturday, April 9, 1988. 1. Introduction to the training process, raising awareness, providing a community organization tool, assisting a parish to implement a plan, providing a counter culture vision of aging. 2. Aging in contempory American society and in the Christian community. 3. The parish and its older members. Subject Cross-Reference: Aging Title: THE CHURCH & SERVICE: SESSION II Catalog Number: C8301002 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 120 Language: Description: SESSION II: Sunday, April 10, 1988. 1. Ministry of & to older persons. 2. Examples of service and programs. Removal of psychological and physical barriers. Promotion of physical, emotional, social well-being support of the frail. Programs for the homebound and those who care for them 3. Elements associated with successful parish programs Subject Cross-Reference: Aging Title: SPIRITUALITY & THE THIRD AGE: SESSION III Catalog Number: C8301003 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 120 Language: Description: SESSION III: Saturday, April 23, 1988 1. Special features in the quest for holiness; Personal history and psychology; Changing relationships; Changing religious milieu. 2. The Pastoral Response; Liturgy/Prayer/Personal growth experience; Spiritual Direction. 3. Religious needs and parish response to the very frail: At home/ In institutions. Subject Cross-Reference: Aging Title: MORAL STATUS IN THE THIRD AGE: SESSION IV Catalog Number: C8301004 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 120 Language: Description: SESSION IV: Sunday, April 24, 1988. 1. Values with which to grow old gracefully. 2. Family life in the Third Age. 3. The older person in interaction with society. 4. A special area for social action, long term care. Subject Cross-Reference: Aging Title: AMERICAN FAMILIES IN A CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE: LIVING IN AN AGE OF CHANGE Catalog Number: C0008356 SERIES Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA 1992 Length: Language: Description: A Family Life Teleconference. Sr. Bridget Mary Meehan, SSC, D.Min., pastoral associate, Ft. Myer Chapel, Arlington, Virginia and author of several books including "Exploring the Feminine Face of God (Sheed & Ward, 1991) will moderate the series. This series is a cooperative production of CTNA and the NCCB Secretariat for Family, Laity, Women and Youth. Change is almost taken for granted, yet the impact of change can never be taken for granted as regards the family. There are positive and negative consequences which need to be examined in the light of Christian values. Subject Cross-Reference: Family; Parenting, General; Teleconferences Title: LIVING IN AN AGE OF CHANGE Catalog Number: C8356001 Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA 1992 Length: 60 Language: Description: This provides the groundwork for the series by looking at different types of families and the variety of family experiences in cultural contexts. Subject Cross-Reference: Cultural/Ethnic Awareness; Family; Parenting, General Title: LIVING IN A TIME OF STRESS Catalog Number: C8356002 Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA 1992 Length: 60 Language: Description: This program looks at the sources of tension in families today and some of the pressures in family life as well as some possible remedies. Subject Cross-Reference: Family; Careers; Stress Title: LIVING IN THE STRENGTH OF FAMILY Catalog Number: C8356003 Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA 1992 Length: 60 Language: Description: Emphasis on the characteristics of healthy families, various positive factors and the role of spirituality in the family is the focus of this program. Subject Cross-Reference: Family; Teleconferences; Communication, Interpersonal Title: LIVING IN A MEDIA CULTURE Catalog Number: C8356004 Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA 1992 Length: 60 Language: Description: The final program for this series looks at how families can counter negative and destructive cultural influences as well as build upon positive messages present in the electronic media. The media -- television, radio print and film industries -- can and do exercise great influence on our children. After a brief discussion panelists offer practical steps parents, teachers and pastoral ministers can take to evaluate and select: programming; advocate for improved standards in the media; and identify and support positive quality programming. Subject Cross-Reference: Family; Media Education; Parenting, General; Media; Television; Teleconferences Title: BISHOP'S PASTORAL ON EVANGELIZATION Catalog Number: C8371001 Audience Level: A Produced: 1993 Length: 60 Language: Description: This program will highlight efforts to implement the national evangelization plan approved at last November's meeting of the NCCB. Two study guides, one prepared by the NCCE and the other by the Paulist National Catholic Evangelization Association, will be available. Subject Cross-Reference: Pastoral Letters/Bishop's Statements; Evangelization Title: BLACK CATHOLIC HISTORY Catalog Number: C0008350 SERIES Audience Level: HA Produced: CTNA 1992 Length: Language: Description: This telecourse (a series of 10 sessions) discusses the religious movement within the African-American community. The period covered in this course extends from the early church in Africa to the beginning of the Civil Rights movement. The evolution of the Black Catholic community will be stresseed. Highlights include the Afro-Hispanic settlements, slavery, African-American clergy and religious, the emergence of lay leadership, the concerns of the Roman Curia and the growth of militancy. The presenter for this series is Fr. Cyprian Davis, OSB, a Benedictine monk of St. Meinrad Archabbey and professor of church history at St. Meinrad School of Theology. Subject Cross-Reference: History, Catholic Church; History, American/U.S.; African-American; Telecourses; Africa Title: BLACK CATHOLIC HISTORY PART I Catalog Number: C8350001 Audience Level: HA Produced: 1992 Length: 60 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Title: BLACK CATHOLIC HISTORY PART II Catalog Number: C8350002 Audience Level: HA Produced: 1992 Length: 60 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Title: BLACK CATHOLIC HISTORY PART III Catalog Number: C8350003 Audience Level: HA Produced: 1992 Length: 60 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Title: BLACK CATHOLIC HISTORY PART IV Catalog Number: C8350004 Audience Level: HA Produced: 1992 Length: 60 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Title: BLACK CATHOLIC HISTORY PART V Catalog Number: C8350005 Audience Level: G Produced: 1992 Length: 60 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Title: BLACK CATHOLIC HISTORY PART VI Catalog Number: C8350006 Audience Level: A Produced: 1992 Length: 59 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Title: BLACK CATHOLIC HISTORY PART VII Catalog Number: C8350007 Audience Level: A Produced: 1992 Length: 60 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Title: BLACK CATHOLIC HISTORY PART VIII Catalog Number: C8350008 Audience Level: A Produced: 1992 Length: 60 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Title: BLACK CATHOLIC HISTORY PART IX Catalog Number: C8350009 Audience Level: A Produced: 1992 Length: 60 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Title: BLACK CATHOLIC HISTORY PART X Catalog Number: C8350010 Audience Level: A Produced: 1992 Length: 59 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Title: BLACK CATHOLIC HISTORY / FR. CYPRIAN DAVIS, OSB Catalog Number: C8350011 Audience Level: A Produced: 1993 Length: 59 Language: Description: Fr. Cyprian Davis wraps-up the course "Introduction to Black Catholic History" with a one-hour live program. He was available to take calls from the students during this program. Subject Cross-Reference: History, Catholic Church; African-American; Cultures/Ethnic Groups Title: BLESSINGS: BOOK OF Catalog Number: C8201001 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 60 Language: Description: The celebration of blessings holds a privileged place among all the sacramentals created by the Church for the pastoral benefit of the people of God. Subject Cross-Reference: Blessings Title: CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH TELECONFERENCE Catalog Number: C8379001 Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA 1994 Length: 60 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Teleconferences; Catechism of the Catholic Church Title: CATECHIST FORMATION TELECONFERENCE Catalog Number: C8380001 Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA Length: 60 Language: Description: This one hour program is designed to encourage the professional development of catechists. The program theme is "Introduction to Hebrew Scripture" and is produced by the University of Dayton Catechist Formation Program in association with "Catechist" magazine.The program develops material presented in current issues of the magazine. Subject Cross-Reference: Catechetics; Scripture Title: CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING TELECOURSE Catalog Number: C0008317 SERIES Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA Length: 120 Language: Description: "A CENTURY OF CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHINGS : Heritage and Challenge CTNA, in cooperation with the Bishops Committee on Social Development and World Peace, presents this six-part series on the Social Teaching of the Church to celebrate 100 years of Catholic Social Teaching which began with the papal encyclical of Pope Leo XIII, "Rerum Novarum." Each program will include: the Church's teaching on a basic principle of our social heritage; a commentary on the theme; and analysis of how we move from words to action; an example of the theme in action. Subject Cross-Reference: Telecourses; Social Teaching Title: OVERVIEW OF THE SERIES Catalog Number: C8317001 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 60 Language: Description: "THE CATHOLIC SOCIAL VISION: HISTORY, HERITAGE & CHALLENGE." What are we celebrating in 1991? "More than an anniversary of an important document, a call to share our Catholic social tradition more fully and to explore its continuing challenges for us today." Subject Cross-Reference: History, Catholic Church Title: LIFE, DIGNITY, RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE HUMAN PERSON Catalog Number: C8317002 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 60 Language: Description: "The test of every institution or policy is whether it enhances or threatens human life and human dignity." Subject Cross-Reference: Responsibility/Discipline; Social Teaching; Human Rights; Social Justice Title: THE CALL TO FAMILY, COMMUNITY & PARTICIPATION Catalog Number: C8317003 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 60 Language: Description: "The human person is not only sacred, but social. We realize our dignity and rights in relationship with others in a community." Subject Cross-Reference: Family; Social Teaching; Relationships Title: THE DIGNITY OF WORK & THE RIGHTS OF WORKERS Catalog Number: C8317004 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 60 Language: Description: "Work is more than a way to make a living; it is an expression of our dignity and a form of continuing participation." Subject Cross-Reference: Social Teaching; Human Rights Title: THE OPTION FOR THE POOR & VULNERABLE Catalog Number: C8317005 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 60 Language: Description: "Poor and vulnerable people have a special place in Catholic social teaching." Subject Cross-Reference: Poverty; Social Teaching; Social Justice Title: SOLIDARITY- INTERNATIONAL & GLOBAL Catalog Number: C8317006 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 60 Language: Description: "We are one human family, what ever our national, racial, ethnic, economic and ideological differences." Subject Cross-Reference: Cultural/Ethnic Awareness; Cultures/Ethnic Groups Title: CATHOLIC-JEWISH RELATIONS: DISPUTATION/ DIALOGUE Catalog Number: C8202001 Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA Length: Language: Description: Is real dialogue possible? Are relations between Catholics and Jews fated to disputation? Five religious leaders prominent in the movement to foster Catholic-Jewish relations address the pressing questions facing the issue. PARTICIPANTS: Archbishop William H. Keller, Rabbi Mordecai Waxman, Dr. Eugene Fisher, Rabbi David Saperstein and Father Alex J. Brunett.(1990) Subject Cross-Reference: Catholicism; Judaism; Jewish Christian Relationship; Teleconferences Title: CHALLENGE FOR THE CHURCH: CULTS IN THE '90'S Catalog Number: C0008344 SERIES Audience Level: A Produced: 1992 Length: Language: Description: Presenters are various cult consultants, counselors and psychologists. Subject Cross-Reference: Cults; Controversial Issues Title: DEFINITIONS, TECHNIQUES, VULNERABILITY Catalog Number: C8344001 Audience Level: A Produced: 1992 Length: 60 Language: Description: Session I: This program covers the basics: who? what? where? and how? What is it in today's society that makes people so prone to become involved with a cult or similar group? Are there things the Church is not doing that contribute to this? Subject Cross-Reference: Cults Title: A CLOSER LOOK AT SOME CULTS: Catalog Number: C8344002 Audience Level: A Produced: 1992 Length: 60 Language: Description: SCIENTOLOGY, GREATER GRACE (formerly Bible Speaks), and EST. There are more than 5,000 cults in the United States alone. There are pseudo-religious cults, human potential movements, biblical cults and even business and therapy cults. In the three case histories examined in today's program, we'll learn about the history of the group, its founder and its teachings. We will see how mind control and milieu control works, and the devastating effect it has on the individual. How one is rescued from a group is also important and will be discussed during this session. Subject Cross-Reference: Cults Title: NEW AGE MOVEMENT & SATANISM Catalog Number: C8344003 Audience Level: A Produced: 1992 Length: 60 Language: Description: Two cultic groups that are rampant in society today are the New Age Movement and Satanism. Concepts such as reincarnation, channelling and crystals are familiar terms to many people, including many of our youth. Too many of our youth seek to follow Satan instead of the Lord. ENNEAGRAM, ASTROLOGY AND GUIDED IMAGERY are programs which seem pretty good on the surface but are, in reality, pathways to the devil. What may surprise you is the extent to which many new age concepts are not only tolerated but accepted in today's society. Subject Cross-Reference: Cults Title: SHEPHERDING/DISCIPLESHIP; CULTS IN THE CHURCH? Catalog Number: C8344004 Audience Level: A Produced: 1992 Length: 60 Language: Description: Session IV: This movement, founded 20 years ago in Argentina, is based on the bible and on Christianity, but in a subverted sense. Later, in 1967, these concepts surfaced in efforts to chart the course of the newly emerging charismatic movement. Becoming highly organized under the direction of Bob Mumford, this system eventually was used by covenant communities and its practices infiltrated the Catholic Church. Subject Cross-Reference: Cults; Telecourses; Church Issues Title: THE CHILDREN'S LECTIONARY Catalog Number: C8368001 Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA 1993 Length: 58 Language: Description: The Lectionary for Masses with Children was approved by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops in November 1991. It received approval from Rome in May 1992. Beginning on September 1, 1993 the Lectionary for Masses with Children may be used in the liturgy. This teleconference discusses the effective use of the Lectionary in liturgical celebration for children and the celebration of liturgies with children. Subject Cross-Reference: Liturgy; Liturgy, Childrens; Mass, The Title: COLLABORATION BETWEEN DIOCESES & RELIGIOUS ORDERS Catalog Number: C8365001 Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA 1993 Length: 90 Language: Description: This teleconference explores another critical issue in the church today -- visualize the relationship between dioceses and religious orders. Subject Cross-Reference: Church Issues; Religious Orders; Diocese; Teleconferences Title: COUNCILS IN THE CHURCH: THE CHALLENGES OF COLLEGIALITY CONSULTATION Catalog Number: C8229001 Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA Length: 120 Language: Description: This teleconference will explore the expectations created by participatory councils in the church and factors that enhance their usefulness or inhibit their development. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: What have been the most satisfying experiences of collegiality and consultation? In terms of ensuring broad participation and results of great quality, what approaches to selection of council members, determiniation of agenda, process of consultation, and final outcome seemed helpful or detrimental? (1989) Subject Cross-Reference: Pastoral Councils; Parish Councils; Parish Issues; Teleconferences Title: CTNA TELECONFERENCE:THE CHURCH IN A VIOLENT SOCIETY Catalog Number: C8381001 Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA Length: 120 Language: Description: This CTNA Teleconference is live from Washington National Cathedral in Washington, DC. Violence has become commonplace in our cities, streets and homes. Churches of the nation have a role in confronting and reducing violence in our communities. But just what is that role? How can churches sufficiently address the needs of families threatened by domestic violence? Do people of faith have a moral obligation to take a leadership role in dealing with violence in the community? Moderator Tim Russert, of NBC's "Meet the Press," will lead prominent religious and lay leaders in a discussion of how a hypothetical family deals with violence in their home and community. Subject Cross-Reference: Domestic Violence; Violence; Role of the Church; Teleconferences Title: ENCYCLICAL TELECONFERENCE: POPE JOHN PAUL'S II Catalog Number: C8228001 Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA Length: 120 Language: Description: The presentation will examine the validity and soundness of the papal encyclical as it impacts the international monetary community; the role of the Church in relationship to Third World countries and the encyclical's meaning for the First World. Guests will be Fr. James Joyce, SJ, Director of the Jesuit Office for Faith and Justice; Fr. William Byron, SJ President of Catholic University; Ms. Sharon Daly of the USCC; Vincent Truglia, Irving Trust Company; and Michael Feeley, President and CEO of Feeley and Wilcox, Inc. (1988) Subject Cross-Reference: Encyclicals; Economics; Teleconferences Title: THE ENVIRONMENT: HOPE FOR A RENEWED EARTH Catalog Number: C8377001 Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA 1994 Length: 60 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Environmental; Social Issues; Renewing the Earth Title: EVANGELIZATION & ECUMENISM Catalog Number: C8354001 Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA 1992 Length: 90 Language: Description: Are ecumenism and evangelization incompatible? Do their respective Gospel mandates put their advocates in conflict? Must one be championed at the expense of the other? The relationship between ecumenism and evangelization, the subject of a much current debate, is explored in this teleconference. The first part of the program is devoted to a studio discussion of the issues involved. The second part is interactive, that enabled interested persons around the country to participate in the conversation by telephone. Panelist: Br. Jeffrey Gros, FSC; Rev John H. McDonnell; Ms. Dawn Mayer Melendez; and Mr. Gordon Richard. Of particular interest to pastors, pastoral ministers, directors of religious education, evangelization directors, directors of ecumenical and interreligious affairs and members of ecumenical commissions and agencies. Subject Cross-Reference: Ecumenism; Evangelization; Teleconferences Title: EVANGELIZING PARISH TELECOURSE Catalog Number: C0008246 SERIES Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA Length: Language: Description: Conducted by Fr. Edward Farrell, this telecourse series analyzes evangelization, ecumenical relationships, non-Christians and the unchurched. Seen initially from the perspectives of the universal Church and world cultures, Fr. Farrell then looks at evangelizing on the local parish level. The encyclical letter on evangelization by Pope Paul VI is the background text for this course. (1988) Subject Cross-Reference: Telecourses; Ecumenism; Evangelization; Rev. Edward J. Farrell Title: EVANGELIZING PARISH #1 Catalog Number: C8246001 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 120 Language: Description: This program is an introduction to what evangelization is, how it works and what it means on a parish level. Fr. Farrell discusses Jesus as the first evangelizer in terms of his mission of salvation. Subject Cross-Reference: Parish Issues; Evangelization Title: EVANGELIZING PARISH #2 Catalog Number: C8246002 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 120 Language: Description: Fr. Bob Blondell presents an in-depth analysis of pastoral sociology in relation to inactive Catholics as well as penitents. He explains the Order of Penitents, its history and its need today. Subject Cross-Reference: Penance Title: EVANGELIZING PARISH #3 Catalog Number: C8246003 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 120 Language: Description: Fr. Farrell discusses the impact of Pope John Paul's September, 1987 visit to America, which is seen to have increased religious devotions in most U.S. Catholic parishes. Fr. Farrell also attempts to answer the question of why Catholics leave the Church. Subject Cross-Reference: Parish; Inactive Catholics; Pope John Paul II Title: EVANGELIZING PARISH #4 Catalog Number: C8246004 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 120 Language: Description: In this program, Fr. Farrell examines the papal letter of Pope John Paul VI, "Evangelization in the World." Fr. Farrell examines those building blocks which go into the evangelization process, with emphasis on the small Christian communities. He explains how evangelization as witness to the whole Gospel is the key to developing these communities of disciples. Subject Cross-Reference: Pastoral Letters/Bishop's Statements; History, Catholic Church; Community Title: EVANGELIZING PARISH #5 Catalog Number: C8246005 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 120 Language: Description: Fr. Farrell concludes his discussion on Pope Paul's letter on evangelization. The diversities of culture and people who make up the Church are looked at from an evangelizing point of view. Subject Cross-Reference: Pastoral Letters/Bishop's Statements; Church Issues Title: YOUNG ADULT EVANGELIZATION Catalog Number: C8246006 Audience Level: HA Produced: Length: 120 Language: Description: Fr. John Phelps, a Redemptionist priest, conducts this lecture on youth ministry evangelization. He also discusses the problems of youth today and the essence of Christian love in the marketplace. Fear and anger, as barriers to evangelization, are explored in this season. Subject Cross-Reference: Evangelization; Youth Ministry Title: INACTIVE CATHOLIC PROBLEMS Catalog Number: C8246007 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 120 Language: Description: The problem of inactive Catholics is looked at by Fr. Farrell. He discusses two of the main reasons for alienation from the Church; apathy and anger. The gifts of healing and listening are essential to the ministry of inactive Catholics. Fr. Farrell also explains that the Eucharist is the heart of evangelization. Jesus as the eucharist empowers us to go out to the world with Him in us. Subject Cross-Reference: Inactive Catholics; Evangelization; Rev. Edward J. Farrell Title: INACTIVE CATHOLICISM/ PARISH NEEDS & GOALS Catalog Number: C8246008 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 120 Language: Description: The background to inactive Catholicism in America is analyzed in this program. The needs of each unique Christian parish are also looked at. Elements of evangelization, such as the sacraments of Eucharist and Penance, prayer, scripture study and the missions of Jesus' love to all people, are integrated into God's plan of salvation. Subject Cross-Reference: Salvation; Inactive Catholics; Evangelization; Sacraments, General Title: ENCYCLICAL LETTERS AS EVANGELIZATION Catalog Number: C8246009 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 120 Language: Description: The necessity and powerfulness of prayer are discussed as a vital practice for all baptized Christians. From baptism, we are invited as proclaimers of Christ. Also discussed is the papal encyclical as a tool of evangelism. The Holy Spirit teaches through the papal letters, and guides the way for the evangelist to read the "signs of the times." Subject Cross-Reference: Pastoral Letters/Bishop's Statements; Encyclicals; Evangelization; Prayer Title: EVANGELIZATION & AMERICA Catalog Number: C8246010 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 120 Language: Description: Fr. Farrell analyzes the sociological trends of American society today. Social and moral trends have to be known by the Christian, so as to evangelize effectively. Subject Cross-Reference: Moral Development; Evangelization; Values/Morals Title: ECUMENISM BETWEEN CHRISTIANS & NON-CHRISTIANS Catalog Number: C8246011 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 120 Language: Description: Ecumenism between Christians and non-Christians is the agenda for this program. The roots of faith and its relationship to salvation as well as vocation is looked at by Fr. Farrell. Conversion through the sacraments and the steps of the conversion process, to the Church, to the moral life, etc; are also discussed during this session. Subject Cross-Reference: Conversion; Ecumenism; Rev. Edward J. Farrell Title: EXPLORATION OF A NEW PENTECOST Catalog Number: C8246012 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 120 Language: Description: An exploration of a new Pentecost that is happening now in the world. Conversion through the sacraments is a gift and a means by the Father for us to grow in Jesus' holiness. The dimensions of community love and the reality of what sin can do to a community are also discussed by Fr. Farrell as well as proclamation as a means of reconciling others with God and one another. Subject Cross-Reference: Pentecost; Conversion; Rev. Edward J. Farrell Title: GLOBAL TELE-EVANGELIZATION Catalog Number: C8246013 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 120 Language: Description: Fr. Farrell takes a look at the area of tele-evangelization. The media can provide a very effective vehicle for the proclamation of the gospel. Fr. Farrell also discusses the concept of global evangelization in this segment. Subject Cross-Reference: Gospel Message; Media; Television; Evangelization Title: SUMMATION OF SERIES Catalog Number: C8246014 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 120 Language: Description: In this last program of the series, Fr. Farrell and his class sum up their experiences in evangelization. The Lord has led all Christians in their faith and will continue to do so. Subject Cross-Reference: Evangelization; Rev. Edward J. Farrell Title: A FAITH RESPONSE TO SOCIAL CONCERNS: 100 YEARS OF CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING Catalog Number: C8331001 Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA 1991 Length: 120 Language: Description: Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland, OSB, reflects on the meaning of the Church's social teaching as we celebrate the 100th anniversary of Pope Leo XII's encyclical, "Rerum Novarum." As the Church throughout the world celebrates this landmark anniversary, this program is an opportunity for the Catholic community to remind ourselves that the Church's social teaching is an essential element of our faith and part of what defines us as Catholics. Subject Cross-Reference: Encyclicals; Social Teaching; Social Concern; Teleconferences Title: THE FIRST FIFTEEN YEARS OF MARRIAGE Catalog Number: C8203001 Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA Length: 90 Language: Description: A valuable resource for clergy and marriage counselors. Also worthwhile to show to couples preparing for marriage. Patricia Livingston, Dr. Fred Pfotenhauer and Rev. Michael Himes are featured panelists in this special national satellite video conference. The program is divided into three segments: 1) romantic level; 2) marital clash; and 3) the Christian marriage. (1990) Subject Cross-Reference: Marriage; Training; Marriage Preparation; Teleconferences Title: FUNDAMENTALISM & FELLOWSHIPS: PASTORAL CONCERNS Catalog Number: C8316001 Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA Length: 90 Language: Description: Intended audience: Priests, deacons, educators, religious men and women, diocesan and parish staff for evangelization and any others interested in the effect of "fundamentalism" on today's Catholic church. (1991) Subject Cross-Reference: Pastoral Councils; Parish Councils; Evangelization; Fundamentalism; Teleconferences Title: FUNDAMENTALISM TELECOURSE Catalog Number: C0008237 SERIES Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA Length: Language: Description: A ten-part telecourse featuring Fr. Eugene LaVerdiere, SSS. (1990) Subject Cross-Reference: Telecourses; Rev. Eugene LaVerdiere; Fundamentalism Title: A PASTORAL CONCERN: PART I Catalog Number: C8237001 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 58 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Title: A PASTORAL CONCERN: PART II Catalog Number: C8237002 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 58 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Title: A PASTORAL CONCERN: PART III Catalog Number: C8237003 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 58 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Title: A PASTORAL CONCERN: PART IV Catalog Number: C8237004 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 58 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Title: A PASTORAL CONCERN: PART V Catalog Number: C8237005 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 58 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Title: A PASTORAL CONCERN: PART VI Catalog Number: C8237006 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 58 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Title: A PASTORAL CONCERN: PART VII Catalog Number: C8237007 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 58 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Title: A PASTORAL CONCERN: PART VIII Catalog Number: C8237008 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 58 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Title: A PASTORAL CONCERN: PART IX Catalog Number: C8237009 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 60 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Title: A PASTORAL CONCERN: PART X Catalog Number: C8237010 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 58 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Title: FUNERALS, CHRISTIAN ORDER Catalog Number: C8284001 Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA Length: 60 Language: Description: One of the first rites to be revised by the Second Vatican Council was the Rite of Funerals. Now, eighteen years later, a new revised rite has been published. The Order of Christian Funerals provides us with rites for use from the time immediately after death until the final committal. This program takes a look at some of these rites and discusses how they can best be adapted to local need. In addition to discussing the preparation and celebration of the funeral rites, this program discusses the "pastoral care of mourners" Presenters: Patrick Del Zoppo and Fr. Tony Krisak. (1990) Subject Cross-Reference: Patrick Del Zoppo; Funerals; Death/Dying; Vatican II; Teleconferences Title: THE GOSPEL OF MARK (TELECOURSE) Catalog Number: C0008306 SERIES Audience Level: HA Produced: CTNA Length: Language: Description: This ten-part telecourse begins and ends with live interactive sessions. There are eight 30-min. pre-taped segments. Fr. Eugene LaVerdiere has spent many years studying the Gospel of Mark. His vast knowledge will serve to make this series a valuable resource tool for those wanting to learn more about the community of Mark and his Gospel. (1990) Subject Cross-Reference: Gospel Message; Telecourses; Rev. Eugene LaVerdiere; Gospels; Jesus, History of Life Title: THE BEGINNING OF THE GOSPEL Catalog Number: C8306001 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 90 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Title: THE GOSPEL IN MINIATURE Catalog Number: C8306002 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 30 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Title: JESUS & THE FIRST DISCIPLES Catalog Number: C8306003 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 30 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Title: JESUS & THE TWELVE Catalog Number: C8306004 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 30 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Title: THE MISSION OF THE TWELVE Catalog Number: C8306005 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 30 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Title: ON THE WAY Catalog Number: C8306006 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 30 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Title: ON TO JERUSALEM Catalog Number: C8306007 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 30 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Title: JESUS' TEACHING IN JERUSALEM Catalog Number: C8306008 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 30 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Title: THE PASSION OF JESUS CHRIST, SON OF GOD Catalog Number: C8306009 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 30 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Title: "WHO WILL ROLL AWAY THE STONE?" Catalog Number: C8306010 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 90 Language: Description: (LIVE) Subject Cross-Reference: Title: GROWING SPIRITUALLY MATURE GUIDELINES Catalog Number: C0008353 SERIES Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA 1992 Length: Language: Description: The six sessions in this unique series will challenge people living an everyday life in today's world to hear anew and respond joyfully to the universal call to holiness. Each program will focus on one phase of the journey to maturity in the spiritual sense. The guidelines offered will help you to live a fully human, fully Christian life of love and service. This series is based on Becoming Spiritually Mature, a six-part series, copyright 1991 Epiphany Association. It aims to meet the needs of people involved in any and all aspects of ongoing formation. It challenges you to respond over a lifetime to the graces of spiritual deepening. Subject Cross-Reference: Spiritual Growth/Development; Faith Enrichment; Telecourses Title: SOURCED IN GOD ALONE Catalog Number: C8353001 Audience Level: A Produced: 1992 Length: 60 Language: Description: Susan Muto, Ph.D. and Rev. Adrian Van Kaam, C.S.SP., Ph.D. begin this moving series with a discussion about how to recognize that our beginning and ending is in the heart of God. Subject Cross-Reference: God Title: OPEN TO OUR DIVINE LIFE CALL Catalog Number: C8353002 Audience Level: A Produced: 1992 Length: 60 Language: Description: This program is an examination of the ways God calls us to holiness, and how we can respond to that call. Subject Cross-Reference: God; Serving God. . . . Title: DISPOSED TO SEEK KNOWLEDGE OF THE HEART Catalog Number: C8353003 Audience Level: A Produced: 1992 Length: 60 Language: Description: We receive a lesson on how we need to rest in God, find the quiet place within, and open our hearts to God's revelation. Subject Cross-Reference: God; Revelation Title: COMMITTED TO FINDING MEANING IN CRISIS MOMENTS Catalog Number: C8353004 Audience Level: A Produced: 1992 Length: 60 Language: Description: We learn how to develop the confidence that we are always in the center of God's eye. Every circumstance of our life has meaning for us in God's plan. Subject Cross-Reference: God Title: CALLED TO BE A CARING PRESENCE Catalog Number: C8353005 Audience Level: A Produced: 1992 Length: 60 Language: Description: We learn how we will be empowered to reach others as we increasingly allow the love of Christ to flow out through us to others. Subject Cross-Reference: Love; Caring Title: RESPONSIVE TO THE AMAZING GRACE OF GOD Catalog Number: C8353006 Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA Length: 60 Language: Description: We learn how we become ever more "alive" in God as we practice responding to the action of God in our daily life. Subject Cross-Reference: God; Grace; Christian Living Title: HEALING & ANOINTING: CARING FOR THE SICK Catalog Number: C8345001 Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA 1992 Length: 90 Language: Description: In recent decades, three phenomena have significantly affected the church's pastoral ministry to the sick: greater attention to the psychological factors involved in illness, especially serious or fatal illnesses; rise of charismatic prayer and its related healing services; and the shift in the sacrament of anointing, from "extreme unction" reserved to the ultimate moments of life, to the anointing of the sick which can be celebrated many times with those who are weakened by illness. How do these developments and others contribute to the church's ministry to the sick? Subject Cross-Reference: Ministry to the Sick; Anointing of Sick; Healing; Death/Dying; Chronically Ill; Teleconferences Title: HEBREW SCRIPTURES TELECOURSE Catalog Number: C0008241 SERIES Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA Length: Language: Description: This Sacred Heart Seminary course is an introduction to the Catholic Canon of the Old Testament. The Pentateuch is dealt with in detail. Featuring: Fr. John Castelot, Professor. (1988) Subject Cross-Reference: Scripture, Old Testament; Telecourses; Bible-History; Old Testament Title: HEBREW SCRIPTURE #1 Catalog Number: C8241001 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 120 Language: Description: This course begins with a description of Biblical history, the history of Israel and a background to God's call of the Jewish people. Subject Cross-Reference: Scripture, Old Testament; Holy Land; Bible-History; Old Testament Title: HEBREW SCRIPTURE #2 Catalog Number: C8241002 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 120 Language: Description: The relevance of the Old Testament and that of the Semitic culture of 3,000 years ago is examined and discussed by host, Fr. Castelot. Subject Cross-Reference: Scripture, Old Testament; Bible-History; Old Testament Title: HEBREW SCRIPTURE #3 Catalog Number: C8241003 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 120 Language: Description: Fr. Castelot concludes his overview of Old Testament theology and begins an introduction of the Pentateuch, the section which contains the first five books of the Old Testament. Subject Cross-Reference: Scripture, Old Testament; Bible-History; Old Testament Title: HEBREW SCRIPTURE #4 Catalog Number: C8241004 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 120 Language: Description: The books of Numbers and Deuteronomy are the topic for discussion in this session. The role of Moses as "author" of these books, as well as his role of God's servant, is examined by Fr. Castelot. Subject Cross-Reference: Scripture, Old Testament; Exodus; Bible-History; Old Testament Title: HEBREW SCRIPTURE #5 Catalog Number: C8241005 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 120 Language: Description: Fr. Castelot discusses the "4-Source Theory" of authorship, using the first eleven chapters of Genesis as an example of this. The last half of the class is used for a mid-term exam for the telecourse students. Subject Cross-Reference: Scripture, Old Testament; Genesis; Bible-History; Old Testament Title: HEBREW SCRIPTURE #6 Catalog Number: C8241006 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 120 Language: Description: In this program, the purpose of the patriarchs in the history of Israel is looked at with particular emphasis on Abraham's role as preparer for the covenant. Subject Cross-Reference: Scripture, Old Testament; Bible-History; Old Testament; Israel Title: HEBREW SCRIPTURE #7 Catalog Number: C8241007 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 120 Language: Description: God's special call to the prophets during the period of the Babylonian Exile is discussed by Fr. Castelot. Amos and Hosea, two prophets from the eighth century B.C; are talked about in depth. Subject Cross-Reference: Scripture, Old Testament; Bible-History; Prophets; Old Testament Title: HEBREW SCRIPTURE #8 Catalog Number: C8241008 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 120 Language: Description: This last session begins with a discussion about the prophet of the Exile, Ezekiel and concludes with the Psalms and the books of Job and Quleleth. Subject Cross-Reference: Scripture, Old Testament; Bible-History; Prophets; Old Testament Title: HELPING OTHERS JOURNEY THROUGH GRIEF Catalog Number: C8341001 Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA 1992 Length: 60 Language: Description: One of the most visible ways Catholics can share their faith in God while ministering to others is to journey with them through the grief of a loved one's death. This program focuses on what bereavement ministry is, how lay people can get involved and assist the parish priest and how a bereavement ministry can be incorporated into other family life programs or existing diocesan programs. Subject Cross-Reference: Bereavement; Death/Dying; Grief; Teleconferences Title: HISPANIC MINISTRY: FROM PLAN TO ACTION Catalog Number: C8373001 Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA 1993 Length: 90 Language: Description: This teleconference will link the annual meeting of delegates from church organizations that belong to NCCHM with those interested in Hispanic Ministry throughout the country. The teleconference will explore, with a panel of the Council's executive committee and all the attending delegates, the challenges and hopes for Hispanic Ministry. Subject Cross-Reference: Hispanic; Hispanic Ministry Title: HISPANIC PASTORAL PLAN TELECONFERENCE Catalog Number: C0008293 SERIES Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA Length: Language: Description: This seven part series focuses on the Hispanic Church in the United States and deals specifically with the areas of the history and presence of the Hispanic community and its life in the Church in the United States. A major purpose of this undertaking is to help those who minister to and with the Hispanic community to sharpen skills which relate to this specific ministry. (1990) Subject Cross-Reference: Church Issues; Ministry; Hispanic; Teleconferences; Hispanic Ministry Title: INTRODUCTION Catalog Number: C8293001 Audience Level: Produced: CTNA Length: 90 Language: Description: This tape puts the National Pastoral Plan for Hispanic Ministry into perspective, and which serves as a contextual piece to set the tone for the rest of the series. Includes an historical context that profiles the Hispanic experience, an introduction to the general objectives of the Pastoral Plan and a history of why the Plan was created. Subject Cross-Reference: Hispanic Ministry Title: YOUTH Catalog Number: C8293002 Audience Level: Produced: CTNA Length: 90 Language: Description: Youth are a priority population in the NATIONAL PASTORAL PLAN FOR HISPANIC MINISTRY. The median age for Hispanics, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's 1987 estimates, is 25 years compared to 32.5 years for non-Hispanics. This means that Hispanic youth will be a very valuable resource to the Church and the community, especially as we enter the 21st century when the largest Catholic group will be the Hispanics. There will be an examination of who are the Hispanic youth in America and what can be done to keep them in the Church. Subject Cross-Reference: Youth Ministry; Hispanic Ministry Title: WOMEN Catalog Number: C8293003 Audience Level: Produced: CTNA Length: 90 Language: Description: Women play an extremely important role in the family, Church and community. They are the principal teachers of the faith and are a major volunteer corps in the Church. The needs and concerns of Hispanic women in the family, as well as their role in the Church and community, will be examined in this session. Subject Cross-Reference: Women's Issues; Hispanic Ministry Title: FAMILY Catalog Number: C8293004 Audience Level: Produced: CTNA Length: 90 Language: Description: Family in the Hispanic community, like all families in the United States, is undergoing many changes. Single-parent homes, working parents, some integrated into the community, many isolated from the community due to legal status, language, housing patterns, education and economic issues are elements that affect the state of the family today. Yet it is still the primary institution that continues to be a strength and hope for the Church and community. The goal is to intregate the Hispanic family, not to assimilate it, into the Church and society. Subject Cross-Reference: Family; Hispanic Ministry Title: THE POOR Catalog Number: C8293005 Audience Level: Produced: CTNA Length: 90 Language: Description: The poor in the U.S. always have been disproportionately represented by minority populations. The number of people living below the poverty level has increased over the last ten years. Therealso has been an influx of Hispanics coming to America due to political and economic problems in their homelands. Often, they have encountered a land without opportunity. Through the social teachings of the Church, Hispanics are being enlightened and empowered by a variety of efforts. Subject Cross-Reference: Poverty; Hispanic Ministry Title: PROSELYTISM Catalog Number: C8293006 Audience Level: Produced: CTNA Length: 90 Language: Description: One of the challenges to the Catholic Church is the highly visible role proselytism is playing in the recruitment of Catholics by other denominations, particularly by religious sects. Hispanic Catholics make up a large percentage of those leaving the Church for other denominations. The Church as a body, particularly the pastors,need to agree to be part of a strategy to implement the National Pastoral Plan for Hispanic Ministry. If the parishes do not work at local strategies for implementation, then the Plan will not be effective. Subject Cross-Reference: Faith; Hispanic Ministry Title: THE CHALLENGE Catalog Number: C8293007 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 90 Language: Description: There are several realities facing the American Catholic Church in the future. Hispanics will become the major Catholic population in the United States in the 21st century. Current trends indicate that the Hispanic will likely not change its economic and educational situation in the future. The Church must begin to respond to these factors if it is to keep the Hispanic people faithful. Subject Cross-Reference: Church Issues; Hispanic Ministry Title: HOLY LIVING, HOLY DYING Catalog Number: C8325001 Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA 1991 Length: 60 Language: Description: With the help of several experts, this hour-long special teleconference will explore the issues and implications of the recently released "agreed statement" of the Methodist-Roman Catholic dialogue in the United States. Subject Cross-Reference: Ecumenism; Church Issues; Denominations Title: HOSPICE...LIVING WITH DYING Catalog Number: C0008313 SERIES Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA Length: Language: Description: This three-part series addresses the philosophy and practice of hospice care for the terminally ill and their loved ones. Each session will cover a particular part of hospice care and will include the opportunity to see hospice team "in action." The series addresses such areas as providing medical and nursing care, addresses the psychological, emotional and social needs of the patient and the patient's family and ministering to the spiritual needs of both. It is designed for clergy and pastoral ministers, physicians and nurses, social workers and therapists, counselors and volunteers, and others who provide care and outreach to seriously ill patients and their families.(1991) Subject Cross-Reference: Health; Death/Dying; Telecourses; Chronically Ill; Hospice Care Title: PROVIDING MEDICAL & NURSING CARE/ DYING PATIENT Catalog Number: C8313001 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 90 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Nursing; Death/Dying; Chronically Ill; Hospice Care Title: ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF THE PATIENT & FAMILY Catalog Number: C8313002 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 90 Language: Description: "ADDRESSING THE PSYCHOLOGICAL, EMOTIONAL & SOCIAL NEEDS OF THE PATIENT AND FAMILY." Subject Cross-Reference: Death/Dying; Chronically Ill; Grief Title: MINISTERING TO THE SPIRITUAL NEEDS OF THE PATIENT & FAMILY Catalog Number: C8313003 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 90 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Death/Dying; Chronically Ill; Hospice Care Title: ESSENTIALS OF PRODUCTIVE PARISH LEADERSHIP Catalog Number: C8236001 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 90 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Leadership Formation; Parish Issues Title: ENSURING THE SUCCESS OF PARISH DECISIONS Catalog Number: C8236002 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 90 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Parish Issues Title: WHY SERVE-WHY CARE ABOUT THE CHURCH? Catalog Number: C8236003 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 90 Language: Description: This video conference focuses on the responsibility the Church has to develop and support non-ordained ministry. Members of the panel include Dr. Leo Stanford, Director of the Institute of Theological Studies at the University of Seattle; Sr. Barbara Garland, Vicar for Personnel for the Diocese of Syracuse; Suzanne Elsessor, founding member of the Natl. Association for Lay Ministry and Bishop James Hoffman, former chairman of the NCCB Committe on the Laity. (1985) Subject Cross-Reference: Leadership Formation; Church Issues; Ministry Title: LAY LEADERSHIP TELECOURSE/CYNTHIA THERO Catalog Number: C0008236 SERIES Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA Length: Language: Description: Cynthia Thero, producer of the "New Exodus" series on lay leadership, presents this series of three on the topics of lay leadership. (1989) Subject Cross-Reference: Ministry; Lay Ministry; Training, Leadership; Teleconferences Title: LAY PARISH MINISTERS: WHAT'S HELPING? HURTING? Catalog Number: C8200001 Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA Length: 120 Language: Description: A hearing conjuction with the NCCB study on Laity and religious in parish ministry. (1990) Subject Cross-Reference: Ministry; Parish Issues; Lay Ministry; Teleconferences; Role of Laity Title: LENT IN SIGN & SYMBOL/ FR. EUGENE LA VERDIERE Catalog Number: C8248001 Audience Level: HA Produced: CTNA Length: 90 Language: Description: Renowed Scripture scholar, Fr. Eugene LaVerdiere will present the second in a two part series on Scripture and the liturgical seasons of the Church year. (Advent Telecourse - (11/89)(C8233001). This program will deal specifically with the Lenten and Easter seasons. Fr. LaVerdiere will explore the symbols and signs of the seasons and share his insights into the Biblical foundations of this high point of the liturgical year. Participants of the Telecourse create opportunity through the interactive call-in segment to explore with Fr. LaVerdiere further dimensions of his thoughts. (1990) Subject Cross-Reference: Symbols/Signs; Telecourses; Liturgical Year; Rev. Eugene LaVerdiere; Easter; Lent Title: LITURGICAL RENEWAL: CAN'T WE DO BETTER? Catalog Number: C8243001 Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA Length: 90 Language: Description: A National Pastoral Life Center Church 1989 Teleconference. Though studies indicate that the vast majority of American Catholics favor the reforms of the past two decades, particularly the changes in the liturgy, many people nonetheless describe liturgy as boring and preaching as uninspiring. What is it about parish life, liturgy, the congregation and the leadership of the priest and other liturgical ministers that make a difference regarding the quality of worship. Panelist: Richard Fragomeni, former Director of Liturgy and Music for the Diocese of Albany, NY; Dr. Megan McKenna, Author and Lecturer; Rev. J. Glenn Murray, SJ, of the Cleveland Diocese Office of Pastoral Liturgy: and Ms. Sylvia Sanchez of the Institute of Hispanic Liturgy, Tampa, FL. (1989) Subject Cross-Reference: Liturgy; Parish Issues; Teleconferences Title: LITURGY & THE ARTS: WORD, WORK & WORSHIP Catalog Number: C0008206 SERIES Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA Length: 90 Language: Description: The series will trace the development of liturgy in the life of the Church over the centuries particularly in the areas titled. It will will explore the history and evolution of the Church architecture and art, music, those "appointments" used in worship and discuss the language of the liturgy as well as gesture and other modalities of expression in worship. The program will include video segments of peoples' liturgical experience, presentations and response reaction from expert liturgists, presiders, artists, architects etc; and an interactive call-in segment. (1990) Subject Cross-Reference: Liturgy; History, Catholic Church; Art; Worship; Liturgy Planning; Teleconferences Title: ARCHITECTURE & WORSHIP SPACE Catalog Number: C8206001 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 90 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Church Design; Architecture Title: ART, VESTURE, VESSELS & FURNISHINGS Catalog Number: C8206002 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 90 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Church Design; Art Title: LITURGICAL MUSIC Catalog Number: C8206003 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 90 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Liturgy; Music Liturgy Title: LANGUAGES, SYMBOLS & MOVEMENT Catalog Number: C8206004 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 90 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Liturgy; Symbols/Signs Title: MINISTRY TO THE BEREAVED TELECOURSE Catalog Number: C0008289 SERIES Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA Length: 90 Language: Description: CTNA and the Archdiocese of New York conclude a second series of live, interactive programs featuring Patrick Del Zoppo and dealing with the issues of grief, loss, separation, death and dying. The emphasis of this series is the ministry of care to persons who have experienced the sudden, tragic or violent death of someone they love.(1990) The first series is PASTORAL BEREAVEMENT COUNSELING Telecourse (C8238). (1989) Subject Cross-Reference: Patrick Del Zoppo; Bereavement; Death/Dying; Telecourses Title: PASTORAL COUNSELING IN TIMES OF CRISIS Catalog Number: C8289001 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 90 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Patrick Del Zoppo; Counseling; Grief Title: MINISTRY WITH SURVIVORS OF TRAGIC ACCIDENTS Catalog Number: C8289002 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 90 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Patrick Del Zoppo; Death/Dying; Grief Title: MINISTRY WITH SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE Catalog Number: C8289003 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 90 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Patrick Del Zoppo; Suicide; Death/Dying; Grief Title: MINISTRY WITH SURVIVORS OF HOMICIDE Catalog Number: C8289004 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 90 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Patrick Del Zoppo; Death/Dying; Grief Title: DEATH DUE TO AIDS Catalog Number: C8289005 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 90 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Patrick Del Zoppo; AIDS; Death/Dying; Grief Title: DEATH OF A CHILD Catalog Number: C8289006 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 90 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Patrick Del Zoppo; Death/Dying; Grief Title: PERSONS IN COMPLICATED GRIEF Catalog Number: C8289007 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 90 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Title: FORMING SUPPORT GROUPS FOR SURVIVORS Catalog Number: C8289008 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 90 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Patrick Del Zoppo; Bereavement; Grief Title: MUSIC THERAPY TELECOURSE Catalog Number: C0008232 SERIES Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA Length: Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Healing; Telecourses; Stress; Music Title: MUSIC THERAPY: PART I Catalog Number: C8232001 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 90 Language: Description: Session one consists of a history and overview of the meaning of music therapy with particular concentration on the healing power of music. Music will be seen as an intervention for stress management and relaxation. An exercise in music therapy will be part of this session. Subject Cross-Reference: Stress Title: MUSIC THERAPY: SESSION II Catalog Number: C8232002 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 90 Language: Description: Session two will include an examination of combining imagery and music in the healing process. There will be a focus on spirituality, prayer and the healing of memories using music as a part of that process. Subject Cross-Reference: Healing; Prayer; Music Title: NATIONAL CATHOLIC DIACONATE CONFERENCE Catalog Number: C0008385 SERIES Audience Level: A Produced: 1994 Length: Language: Description: The National Catholic Diaconate Conference was held in New Orleans,Louisiana, on July 20-23, 1994. "Unity in the Work of Diaconia": Bishop Dale J. Melczek, Bishop John F. Kinney, Archbishop Cresenzio Sepe, Bishop Curtis Guillory SVD, Bishop Charles Chaput OFM, CAP, Bishop William Skylstad. Subject Cross-Reference: Deacons; Diaconate Title: DIACONATE CONFERENCE: TAPE ONE Catalog Number: C8385001 Audience Level: A Produced: 1994 Length: 120 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Deacons; Diaconate Title: DIACONATE CONFERENCE: TAPE TWO Catalog Number: C8385002 Audience Level: A Produced: 1994 Length: 120 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Deacons; Diaconate Title: DIACONATE CONFERENCE: TAPE THREE Catalog Number: C8385003 Audience Level: A Produced: 1994 Length: 33 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Deacons; Diaconate Title: NEW FRONTIERS II Catalog Number: C0008361 SERIES Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA 1993 Length: 59 Language: Description: The goal of New Frontiers II is two fold: to introduce Catholic school educators to the use of educational technology; and to support an ongoing national dialogue among Catholic educators to discover new methods for enhancing the quality of excellence in our curriculum for the 21st century. This two-part telecourse highlights the ten Catholic Schools participating in the New Frontiers conference and program for 1992-93, showcasing their accomplishments. Subject Cross-Reference: Education; Telecourses; Schools, Catholic Title: NEW FRONTIERS II PART I Catalog Number: C8361001 Audience Level: A Produced: 1993 Length: 59 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Title: NEW FRONTIERS II PART II Catalog Number: C8361002 Audience Level: A Produced: 1993 Length: 59 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Title: NEW FRONTIERS IV Catalog Number: C0008382 SERIES Audience Level: A Produced: University of Dayton 1995 Length: Language: Description: New Frontiers includes a two-part interactive telecourse and a four-day summer conference at The University of Dayton. The 1995 telecourse explores creative and innovative model elementary and secondary programs to integrate technology, in the Diocese of Toledo,OH, and in the diocese of San Jose, CA. The project invites educators to prepare now for the technological advances that are shaping education in the future. The goal of New Frontiers is two-fold: to introduce Catholic school educators to the use of educational technology and to suport an ongoing national dialogue among Catholic educators to discover new methods of enhancing the quality of excellence in our curriculum for the 21st century. Subject Cross-Reference: Education; Telecourses; Schools, Catholic; Catholic Education Title: MODEL ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY PROGRAMS: DIOCESE OF SAN JOSE, CA Catalog Number: C8382001 Audience Level: A Produced: University of Dayton 1995 Length: 60 Language: Description: Part one of two from the New Frontiers IV Telecourse focuses on the model elementary and secondary programs in the Diocese of San Jose, CA. This 1995 telecourse explores creative and innovative model elementary and secondary programs to integrate technology. Subject Cross-Reference: Education; Telecourses; Schools, Catholic; Catholic Education Title: MODEL ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY PROGRAMS: DIOCESE OF TOLEDO, OH Catalog Number: C8382002 Audience Level: A Produced: University of Dayton 1995 Length: 60 Language: Description: Part two of two from the New Frontiers IV Telecourse focuses on the model elementary and secondary programs in the Diocese of Toledo, OH.This 1995 telecourse explores creative and innovative model elementary and secondary programs to integrate technology. Subject Cross-Reference: Education; Telecourses; Schools, Catholic; Catholic Education Title: ORDAINED & NOT ORDAINED "SHARING FUTURE MINISTRY" Catalog Number: C8343001 Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA 1992 Length: 90 Language: Description: The composition of pastoral ministry is changing significantly. Outside of special ministry such as teaching or social work, once priests were the only pastoral ministers. Now lay people and religious - as well as other ordained ministers, deacons - share that ministry in a variety of ways. Some are pastoral associates, some are administrators of parishes with priests coming in for the sacraments, some are heading pastoral care departments and supervise the priest on their staffs, to name but a few of the configurations. What does this development require to ensure clarity about respective roles, shared understanding of the meaning of ministry, and good working relationships? Are these developments compromising the attractiveness of ordained ministry and undermining efforts to interest candidates in the priesthood? Subject Cross-Reference: Ministry; Lay Ministry; Vocations; Priesthood/Priests; Teleconferences Title: THE PARISH: ARE SMALL COMMUNITIES THE ANSWER? Catalog Number: C8363001 Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA 1993 Length: 90 Language: Description: As parishes across the country seek new and better ways to meet changing needs more effectively, many have turned to small communities to provide spiritual support and education as well as to make the parish community more personal. This teleconference will explore the types and purposes of small parish communities, the benefits derived from them, and the implications they have to the entire parish. Presenters: Sr. Donna Ciangio, OP, International RENEW; Rev. Daniel E. Danielson, Pleasanton, CA; Ms. Barbara Howard, BUENA VISTA, Arvada, CO; Rev. Michael Kenny, San Antonio, TX. Host: Fr. Philip Murnion. Subject Cross-Reference: Small Group Programs; Parish Issues; Small Parish Communities; Teleconferences Title: PARISH CONSOLIDATION WITH LESS PAIN Catalog Number: C8360001 Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA 1993 Length: 90 Language: Description: Dioceses across the country face the need to merge or consolidate parishes. Dwindling congregations, fewer priests and financial constraints lie behind this trend. What can help this effort to be an occasion for improving ministry and not just saving resources? What steps can reduce the inevitable tensions involved in these changes? The panel will present lessons from experiences in a variety of dioceses. Subject Cross-Reference: Church Issues; Ministry; Parish Issues; Teleconferences Title: PASTORAL BEREAVEMENT COUNSELING TELECOURSE Catalog Number: C0008238 SERIES Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA Length: 120 Language: Description: A training program for clergy, religious and laypersons involved in ministering to the bereaved in parish, educational and health care ministries and others who are in a position to "facilitate the journey from grief to healing..." Featuring: Mr. Patrick Del Zoppo. (1989) Subject Cross-Reference: Patrick Del Zoppo; Bereavement; Death/Dying; Telecourses; Ministry; Grief Title: WE WHO GRIEVE Catalog Number: C8238001 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 120 Language: Description: We each react to the death of someone we love in our own unique way. In the opening session, personal attitudes towards death and loss are explained and discussed as well as the self-awareness that is necessary to minister to the hurting members of our community. Subject Cross-Reference: Grief Title: LOSS AS A UNIVERSAL HUMAN EXPERIENCE Catalog Number: C8238002 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 120 Language: Description: All of us experience strong attachments during the course of our life. This session will explore the variety of ways in which we respond when those attachments are severed by death. Subject Cross-Reference: Bereavement Title: PASTORAL CARE & THE DYING PATIENT Catalog Number: C8238003 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 120 Language: Description: People who discover they have a terminal illness often react by reassessing their values, changing their patterns of behavior, altering their relationships and seeking reconciliation. In this session, we will focus on ministry to the dying patient in the context of pastoral care. Subject Cross-Reference: Ministry Title: ASH WEDNESDAY: FAMILY OF THE DYING PATIENT Catalog Number: C8238004 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 120 Language: Description: All families have distinct, characteristic styles. Family members develop specific roles, rules, and methods of communication. This session will concentrate on the various styles of communication that the dying patient has and needs to have, with family members. The role of the pastoral person in family ministry will be examined. Subject Cross-Reference: Family; Ministry Title: THE CHRISTIAN FUNERAL Catalog Number: C8238005 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 120 Language: Description: The Christian funeral celebrated the Paschal Mystery of the Risen Lord. The use of positive and authentic signs in the celebration of parish funerals can help the family advance on the journey toward healing. This session will explore the values of support and dignity and the spiritual values of the Christian funeral. Subject Cross-Reference: Funerals; Death/Dying Title: THE MANIFESTATIONS OF NORMAL GRIEF Catalog Number: C8238006 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 120 Language: Description: Intense feelings, strange behaviors, physical symptoms and irrational thoughts are all part of a normal response in grief. However, different factors determine the substance and intensity of any one person's grief situation. The various patterns of the grief and mourning experience will be discussed in this session. Subject Cross-Reference: Ministry; Grief Title: THE TASKS OF THOSE WHO MOURN Catalog Number: C8238007 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 120 Language: Description: The quality and nature of our relationships determine how we will respond to the loss of those relationships. The typical reaction, coping strategies, and expectations of the grief process will be presented in this session. The various tasks of grief that need to be accomplished by the mourner is explored and examined as to how they can integrated into the journey toward healing. Subject Cross-Reference: Grief Title: WHY SOME PEOPLE FAIL TO MOURN Catalog Number: C8238008 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 120 Language: Description: Sometimes, people fail to mourn. Unable to tolerate unanswerable questions and the intense pain that is associated with normal grief, they do not confront their loss and so do not accomplish the tasks of grief. This session will outline the procedures used to identify and minister to this complicated grief. Subject Cross-Reference: Grief Title: FAMILY GRIEF: THE LOSS OF A CHILD, SIBLING OR PARENT Catalog Number: C8238009 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 120 Language: Description: Our concepts of family counseling are based on the belief that the family is an interactional unit, in which all family members influence each other. Families vary in their ability to express grief and offer support. Since effective expression is crucial in a grieving experience, this session will place special emphasis on facilitating family communication after the loss of a child, sibling or parent. Subject Cross-Reference: Family; Ministry; Grief Title: CHILDREN IN GRIEF Catalog Number: C8238010 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 120 Language: Description: Children are often the forgotten grievers in a family. Adults can forestall the isolation of grieving children by sensitive and supporting intervention. This session will focus on the ways children understand death and the principles which underlie our explanations of loss and death to them. Subject Cross-Reference: Family; Death/Dying; Ministry; Children; Grief Title: WIDOWHOOD: THE LOSS OF A SPOUSE Catalog Number: C8238011 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 120 Language: Description: The loss of a spouse is an event which most people will have to endure. This session will feature a panel discussion of women and men who have lost a spouse. Telecourse participants will be invited to take part in a discussion of the adjustment and challenges which follow the death of a spouse. Subject Cross-Reference: Marriage; Death/Dying; Ministry; Widow/Widower Title: SUICIDE & SUDDEN TRAGIC DEATHS Catalog Number: C8238012 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 120 Language: Description: The mode of death and the circumstances surrounding it are crucial factors in shaping the grief of those who survive. Suicide and sudden, tragic death require special sensitivity and appropriate interventions by the pastoral minister. This session will focus on the problems which arise in schools, parishes and the larger community following suicide or sudden, tragic death. Subject Cross-Reference: Suicide; Parish; Community; Death/Dying; Schools, Catholic; Ministry; Social Issues; Grief Title: PASTORAL MINISTRY TO THE BEREAVED Catalog Number: C8238013 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 120 Language: Description: Throughout Scripture, the People of God were exhorted to comfort all who mourn. The spiritual development of the pastoral person takes a place within the larger context of his or her development as a human being. The session will explore the principles of pastoral counseling within the process of the pastoral minister's lifelong spiritual journey. Subject Cross-Reference: Ministry Title: THE BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP Catalog Number: C8238014 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 120 Language: Description: Support groups provide safety, community, spiritual consolation and opportunities for growth beyond pain and sorrow. This session will outline and develop possible models for support groups within the context of parishes, schools and health care institutions. Principles for establishing the Support Group and questions relating to agenda, membership, and leadership will be discussed. Subject Cross-Reference: Community; Schools, Catholic; Ministry; Parish Issues Title: TO BE LIFTED UP: JOURNEY FROM GRIEF TO HEALING Catalog Number: C8238015 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 120 Language: Description: Our final session will present a review of the course and provide an opportunity for personal reflection and discussion of the journey from grief to healing. Criteria for the final examination for graduate credit will be discussed as well as review of the procedures for obtaining the Certificate in Pastoral Bereavment Counseling. Subject Cross-Reference: Ministry Title: PASTORAL BEREAVEMENT COUNSELING TELECOURSE '93 Catalog Number: C0008364 SERIES Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA 1993 Length: Language: Description: This telecourse series is a training program in Ministry to the Bereaved, conducted by Patrick Del Zoppo, Psy, D., C.A.S., clinical thanatologist and psychotherapist, national lecturer and coordinator of bereavement counseling for the Visiting Nurse Hospice Care Program in New York. This series is a course designed to help the participants understand the dynamics of grief and the "tasks" necessary to journey from grief to healing; to develop the personal, technical and pastoral skills needed to assist the griever. The participants will develop the skills necessary to design and lead an effective bereavement ministry team. The series can be used to train parish members or as a self-study program for those who serve the bereaved. Subject Cross-Reference: Patrick Del Zoppo; Bereavement; Telecourses; Counseling Title: WE WHO GRIEVE Catalog Number: C8364001 Audience Level: A Produced: 1993 Length: 59 Language: Description: Exploring the personal history of the Griever and the Caregiver as we claim our unique losses. Subject Cross-Reference: Bereavement; Grief Title: ANTICIPATORY GRIEF Catalog Number: C8364002 Audience Level: A Produced: 1993 Length: 58 Language: Description: Responding to the terminally ill patient and family with appropriate forms of intervention. Subject Cross-Reference: Bereavement; Telecourses; Ministry; Counseling; Grief Title: RITES OF PASSAGE Catalog Number: C8364003 Audience Level: A Produced: 1993 Length: 60 Language: Description: Creating a well planned and celebrated Parish Funeral as the first vehicle in the resolution of grief. Subject Cross-Reference: Funerals; Bereavement; Telecourses; Grief Title: THE DYNAMICS OF GRIEF Catalog Number: C8364004 Audience Level: A Produced: 1993 Length: 59 Language: Description: Understanding the patterns of grief that determine the mourning and healing process. Subject Cross-Reference: Bereavement; Telecourses; Grief Title: COMFORTING THOSE WHO MOURN Catalog Number: C8364005 Audience Level: A Produced: 1993 Length: 58 Language: Description: Using an appropriate form of bereavement counseling assists the griever in accomplishing the tasks of grief on the healing journey. Subject Cross-Reference: Healing; Bereavement; Telecourses; Grief Title: THE BEREAVED CHILD Catalog Number: C8364006 Audience Level: A Produced: 1993 Length: 58 Language: Description: Helping children to understand loss and the confusing feelings that follow. Subject Cross-Reference: Bereavement; Telecourses; Children; Grief Title: WHY SOME FAIL TO MOURN Catalog Number: C8364007 Audience Level: A Produced: 1993 Length: 58 Language: Description: Diagnosing complicated grief reactions due to relationships and circumstances of the death experience. Subject Cross-Reference: Bereavement; Telecourses; Counseling; Grief Title: THE BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP Catalog Number: C8364008 Audience Level: A Produced: 1993 Length: 59 Language: Description: A review of the best models of support groups and help to establish a parish or community based Bereavement Support Group. Subject Cross-Reference: Bereavement; Telecourses; Counseling Title: PASTORING "MARGINAL" CATHOLICS Catalog Number: C8328001 Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA 1991 Length: 90 Language: Description: A NPLC Church '91 Teleconference. It's an issue that touches everyone involved in pastoral ministry. How should the church respond to "marginal" Catholics who, though they themselves are not involved in the sacramental life of the church, nonetheless approach the church to celebrated their marriages or to baptize their children? Do differing approaches to "marginal" Catholics indicate different theologies of baptism and church? Does the incidence of so-called "mixed marriages" argue for more latitude or greater strictness? These and other issues related to pastoring "marginal" Catholics will be explored. Subject Cross-Reference: Church Issues; Parish Issues; Inactive Catholics; Teleconferences Title: PREACHING: PROCLAIMING THE WORD IN THE 90'S Catalog Number: C0008309 SERIES Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA Length: Language: Description: After gathering input from parish priests and their parishioners, the presenters will focus on strengthening the skills of the preacher by examining methods of homily preparation and ways of integrating the homily into the liturgical celebration. Various styles of preaching are examined and demonstrated. The following questions will be used as a basis for homily development: How does the homily deepen the experience of worship? How does the preacher's style and presence affect the message? We have part 1 only.(1991) Subject Cross-Reference: Preaching; Homilies; Telecourses; Parish Issues Title: PREACHING: PART I Catalog Number: C8309001 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 60 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Title: RCIA: ORDER OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS TELECOURSE: INTRODUCTION & OVERVIEW Catalog Number: C0008322 SERIES Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA 1991 Length: Language: Description: This serie assists individuals and parish teams involved in the pastoral implementation of the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults in further understanding the periods and stages of the initiation process. Topics discussed include: 1) Exploring RCIA as sacrament, not as program; 2) Language and structure of the RCIA; 3) Ministries involved in the implementation of the RCIA, such as sponsor, catechist, assembly; 4) Overview of the various periods of the RCIA, with emphasis on the relationship between catechesis and liturgy; 5) Overview of the primary role of the ritual celebrations throughout the RCIA. Presenters in the first three video tapes: John Butler; Sr. Pat Cormack, SCSC; Sr. Gael Gensler, OSF; Sr. Catherine Vincie, RSHM, PhD; J. Michael McMahon; Sr. Alice Michael, SUSC; Thom Morris. Moderator will be Sr. Sharon Euart, RSM, Associate General Secretary, NCCB/USCC. Subject Cross-Reference: Telecourses; RCIA; Catechumens Title: RCIA: ORDER OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS PART I Catalog Number: C8322001 Audience Level: A Produced: 1991 Length: 60 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Telecourses; RCIA; Catechesis Title: RCIA: ORDER OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS PART II Catalog Number: C8322002 Audience Level: A Produced: 1991 Length: 60 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Telecourses; RCIA Title: RCIA: ORDER OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS PART III Catalog Number: C8322003 Audience Level: A Produced: 1991 Length: 60 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Telecourses; RCIA Title: LITURGICAL CATECHESIS: PART I Catalog Number: C8322004 Audience Level: A Produced: 1992 Length: 60 Language: Description: This second half of the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults Telecourse: The Liturgical Catechesis series assists priests, catechists and liturgists involved with the implementation of the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults in diocesan offices and parish teams to explore and understand liturgical catechesis. Part One provides an understanding of liturgical catechesis as well as an explanation of the shift from instructional to initiation models for sacrament formation. Presenters: Rev. James Dunning, Rev. Don Neumann and Sr. Barbara O'Dea, DW. Subject Cross-Reference: Liturgy; Rev. James Dunning; RCIA; Church Issues; Parish Issues; Catechesis Title: LITURGICAL CATECHESIS: PART II Catalog Number: C8322005 Audience Level: A Produced: 1992 Length: 60 Language: Description: Part Two illustrates the insights explored in Part One by applying them directly to various aspects of the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults, including Celebrations of the Word (Sunday Liturgy of the Word) and the appropriate catechesis for the period of the catechumenate. Presenters: Rev. Robert Duggan, Rev. James Dunning and Ms. Rita Ferrone. Subject Cross-Reference: Rev. James Dunning; RCIA; Church Issues; Parish Issues; Catechesis Title: LITURGICAL CATECHESIS: PART III Catalog Number: C8322006 Audience Level: A Produced: 1992 Length: 60 Language: Description: Part Three explores the practical questions of incorporating principles of liturgical catechesis in the parish process of implementing the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults, as well as raise implications of applying priniciples catechesis to the preparation process of other sacraments. Presenters: Rev. James Dunning, Sr. Linda Gaupin, CDP and Rev. Anthony Krisak. Subject Cross-Reference: Liturgy; Rev. James Dunning; RCIA; Church Issues; Parish Issues; Catechesis Title: ROMERO, COMMEMORATION OF ARCHBISHOP Catalog Number: C8231001 Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA Length: 60 Language: Description: A CTNA Special Teleconference featuring the President of the Brazilian Conference of Bishops, Bishop Luciano Pedro Mendes de Almeida, SJ. The event commerates the 8th anniversity of Archbishop Oscar Romero's assassination. First Part: Bishop Mendes will give a synthesis of a talk he will present later the same evening. This capsulized version of his talk will be followed by interaction on the part of faculty and students from Notre Dame. Last Part: Consist of a live call-in segment for reaction from the Bishops and others. (1988) Subject Cross-Reference: Archbishop Oscar Romero; Teleconferences Title: SECULAR INSTITUTES Catalog Number: C8366001 Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA 1993 Length: 59 Language: Description: In the Church, both religious and secular institutes are forms of consecrated life. In a secular institute the Christian faithful, men and women and clerics, living in the world, strive for the perfection of charity and work for the sanctification of the world, especially from within. The life of an institute involves a profession of the evangelical counsels of poverty, obedience and, for some members, celibacy. Vatican II describes these institutes as "leaven for the world, for the strengthening and increase of the Body of Christ" (Perfectae Caritatis, #11). This teleconference examines the vocation of secular institutes in the Church, answers questions, and gives information about some of the institutes in the United States and their particular character and mission. Subject Cross-Reference: Ministry; Vocations; Teleconferences Title: SOCIAL JUSTICE & PARISH LIFE - NCCL TELECOURSE Catalog Number: C0008362 SERIES Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA 1993 Length: Language: Description: Many theologians have suggested that as Christians we are called to make a fundamental "option for the poor." In this four-part series, Fr. Michael Crosby, OFM, Cap., discusses and supports his belief that the challenge facing Christians today rests in making a fundamental option for discipleship. Through reflection on Scripture and examination of the tradition of Catholic Social Teaching, Fr. Crosby identifies solidarity with the poor as being essential to discipleship. From his pastoral and personal experience, he draws some conclusions about the difficulty of bringing social justice into the average Catholic parish. Subject Cross-Reference: Telecourses; Social Teaching; Social Justice; Rev. Michael Crosby Title: OVERVIEW & BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE Catalog Number: C8362001 Audience Level: A Produced: 1993 Length: 59 Language: Description: In this introductory segment, Fr. Crosby examines some of the "isms" and ideologies that intertwine to create and maintain injustice. By looking at examples from his parish experience, he suggests why global injustice inhibits the process of reconciliation between individuals. Using a global perspective, Fr. Crosby explores the relationship between discipleship, justice and reconciliation. Subject Cross-Reference: Poverty; Parish Issues; Social Issues; Social Justice; Discipleship Title: THE CHURCH'S ROLE IN THE SOCIAL JUSTICE AGENDA Catalog Number: C8362002 Audience Level: A Produced: 1993 Length: 59 Language: Description: Fr. Crosby traces the history of Catholic Social Teaching, raising the possibility that - when lived by the people of God in the form of compassionate justice - this body of teaching might create the voice that calls national and global infrastructures to conversion. Subject Cross-Reference: Telecourses; Church Issues; Social Justice Title: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES Catalog Number: C8362003 Audience Level: A Produced: 1993 Length: 59 Language: Description: Part 3 of 4. Fr. Crosby discusses the need for consistency - a seamless garment - in our approach to justice issues. Through the use of personal stories, he demonstrates how prejudice and alienation can become insidious snags in our seamless garments. Subject Cross-Reference: Social Issues; Social Justice; Prejudice Title: SPIRITUALITY OF LIVING / ACTING WITH COMPASSION / JUSTICE Catalog Number: C8362004 Audience Level: A Produced: 1993 Length: 59 Language: Description: Using the stories of Hannah, the mother of Samuel, and Mary, the mother of Jesus, Fr. Crosby looks at spirituality and the implications for those who strive to express their experience of God through lives based on compassionate justice. Subject Cross-Reference: Compassion; Justice; Mary Title: SPIRITUALITY & RECOVERY: CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY Catalog Number: C0008235 SERIES Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA Length: Language: Description: Dr. Louis Tartaglia, MD, of the Archdiocese of New York explores the underlying factors leading to chemical dependency and a method to move beyond what is hardly an existence to a new way of life. His guests include Brother Angelo of Calcutta, India, who works with Mother Theresa; Fr. Leo Booth, an Episcopal priest and recovered alcoholic; Fr. Joseph Martin, founder of Ashley, a rehabilitation center in Maryland; and Fr. William Jarema, a counselor in chemical dependency. (1989) Subject Cross-Reference: Alcohol Abuse; Telecourses; Drug Abuse; Addiction Title: SPIRITUALITY & RECOVERY TELECOURSE: #1 Catalog Number: C8235001 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 90 Language: Description: Study Guide consists of charts and personal questionaires for various addictions and dependencies. Subject Cross-Reference: Title: SPIRITUALITY & RECOVERY TELECOURSE: #2 Catalog Number: C8235002 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 60 Language: Description: Study Guide includes check lists for the dysfunctional family and the sick family, questionaires and charts. Subject Cross-Reference: Family Oriented Resources; Family Title: SPIRITUALITY & RECOVERY TELECOURSE: #3 Catalog Number: C8235003 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 90 Language: Description: No study guides available. Subject Cross-Reference: Title: SPIRITUALITY & RECOVERY TELECOURSE: #4 Catalog Number: C8235004 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 90 Language: Description: Study guide includes check-lists, twelve steps suggested, intervention techniques, addiction hotlines numbers and bibliography. Subject Cross-Reference: Title: ST. THERESE OF LISIEUX TELECONFERENCE Catalog Number: C0008230 SERIES Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA Length: Language: Description: Bishop Patrick V. Ahern, Auxiliary Bishop of New York, presents two interactive reflections and classes on the life of St. Therese of Lisieux. Bishop Ahern has studied St. Therese's life extensively. (1989) Subject Cross-Reference: Saint Therese of Lisieux; Teleconferences Title: ST. THERESE OF LISIEUX PART I (1873-1887) Catalog Number: C8230001 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 120 Language: Description: The first segment deals specifically with St. Thereses' spirituality and the spiritual revolution she brought about in the lives of untold numbers of people. Subject Cross-Reference: Saint Therese of Lisieux Title: ST. THERESE OF LISIEUX PART II Catalog Number: C8230002 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 120 Language: Description: The second segment includes a history of the family of Therese with special attention to early childhood influences, particularly that of her father. Outwardly, St. Therese led a life without spiritual adventure. She saw her role as "little way" doing the simple things to perfection. Subject Cross-Reference: Saint Therese of Lisieux Title: A STEP BEYOND: PASTORAL BEREAVEMENT COUNSELING Catalog Number: C0008384 SERIES Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA Length: Language: Description: "A Step Beyond: An Advanced Course in Pastoral Bereavement Counseling" with Patrick Del Zoppo, Ph.D., C.A.S. Each of these six one-hour programs will focus on the bereaved in the first half-hour and on pastoral caregivers in the second. Subject Cross-Reference: AIDS; Suffering; Training; Bereavement; Death/Dying; Counseling; Tragedy Title: PART ONE: THE LOSS OF A SPOUSE Catalog Number: C8384001 Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA Length: 60 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Suffering; Bereavement; Death/Dying; Counseling; Tragedy Title: PART TWO: THE LOSS OF A CHILD IN A TRAGIC ACCIDENT Catalog Number: C8384002 Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA Length: 60 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Suffering; Bereavement; Death/Dying; Counseling; Tragedy Title: PART THREE: DEATH DUE TO AIDS Catalog Number: C8384003 Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA Length: 60 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: AIDS; Suffering; Bereavement; Death/Dying; Counseling Title: PART FOUR: DEATH OF A PARENT Catalog Number: C8384004 Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA Length: 60 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Suffering; Bereavement; Death/Dying; Counseling Title: PART FIVE: DEATH OF A YOUNG SPOUSE Catalog Number: C8384005 Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA Length: 60 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Suffering; Bereavement; Death/Dying; Counseling Title: PART SIX: HELPING A CHILD RECOVER FROM THE LOSS OF A SPECIAL PERSON Catalog Number: C8384006 Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA Length: 60 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Suffering; Bereavement; Death/Dying; Counseling Title: STRESS & THE CAREGIVER Catalog Number: C0008304 SERIES Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA Length: Language: Description: Stress in the lives of American people is causing immense suffering in the form of painful emotional and physical disease. Most of it is borne unnecessarily. It can be prevented if one is willing to gain some self-knowledge and make some changes in one's attitudes, beliefs and approach to life. Noted author and lecturer, Dr. James J. Gill, MD, SJ will develop this compelling series on stress and spirituality. (1990) Subject Cross-Reference: Health; Telecourses; Stress Title: STRESS & THE CAREGIVER: #1 Catalog Number: C8304001 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 90 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Title: STRESS & THE CAREGIVER: #2 Catalog Number: C8304002 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 90 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Title: STRESS & THE CAREGIVER: #3 Catalog Number: C8304003 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 90 Language: Description: Subject Cross-Reference: Title: SYNOD ON THE LAITY: AN UNFINISHED AGENDA Catalog Number: C8222001 Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA Length: Language: Description: The October, 1987 Synod on the Vocation and Mission of the Laity was an indispensable landmark for all future pastoral ministry. Monsignor Peter Coughlin, provides first hand and up-to-date information on the experience and outcome of the event. The purpose of this video is to assist in preparing for implementation of the Synod by giving accurate information on the Synod. Themes: communion and mission, lay spirituality; women; base communities; lay associations and movements; the new cultural context; youth; lay vocation and mission in family, education, science, economics and politics. (1988) Subject Cross-Reference: Synod; Laity; Teleconferences Title: TEEN BEREAVEMENT COUNSELING: PASSAGES Catalog Number: C0008372 SERIES Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA 1993 Length: Language: Description: While there are many types of losses experienced by teens, it is in the irreversibility of death that the major grief reaction takes place. Except through memory and prayer, that relationship cannot take place again in the same way. That's what makes loss through death a very different type of loss event for teens. Each of the three sessions of PASSAGES will seek to address how teens understand and experience loss through death. PART ONE OF PASSAGES-has been designed for classroom and group use with teens. PART TWO OF PASSAGES-has been designed as a resource session for teachers and facilitators relating to the focus theme of the day. Subject Cross-Reference: Bereavement; Death/Dying; Teenage Problems; Teens/Teenagers Title: UNDERSTANDING OUR LOSSES Catalog Number: C8372001 Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA 1993 Length: 60 Language: Description: This session will explore how the facilitator can assist the teen griever in the acknowledgement and understanding of what has happened in his/her personal story of loss. Subject Cross-Reference: Death/Dying; Teenage Problems; Teens/Teenagers Title: YOUR RECOVERY AND GROWTH Catalog Number: C8372003 Audience Level: A Produced: CTNA 1993 Length: 60 Language: Description: This session demonstrates how a counselor's positive attitude, suggestions and feedback can assist and affirm the teen griever in recognizing that healing is a process that ebbs and flows over a period of time rather than a measureable goal to be achieved. Subject Cross-Reference: Growth & Development; Healing; Bereavement; Teenage Problems Title: TEEN EVANGELIZATION TELECONFERENCE Catalog Number: C8204001 Audience Level: HA Produced: CTNA Length: 90 Language: Description: This teleconference will explore ways to reach out to youth with actions and results instead of words. With Sr. Thea Bowman (on tape), Youth Ministers Kevin and Dianne Saunders, J. David Stone and others. Hosted by Deborah Sedillo. Subject Cross-Reference: Sr. Thea Bowman; Church Issues; Parish Issues; Evangelization; Teens/Teenagers; Youth Ministry; Teleconferences Title: WHO IS JESUS? Catalog Number: C0008209 SERIES Audience Level: HA Produced: CTNA Length: Language: Description: Fr. Donald Goergen, OP reflects on Christ of the Gospel, of history, and brings to life the same Christ through his own personal theological reflection. This series is designed to be used by individuals, with a small group, or in a class setting. A perfect resource for programs designed to help people answer the question Jesus asks all of us: "Who am I to you?" Each program leads the viewer deeper and deeper into the mysteries and passion of the God-Man. Subject Cross-Reference: Hearing Impaired; History, Catholic Church; Teleconferences; Jesus, History of Life Title: JESUS: PROPHETIC PREACHER Catalog Number: C8209001 Audience Level: HA Produced: Length: 60 Language: Description: Who is Jesus for you? How do you presently understand the humanity of Jesus? How would you describe the earthly Jesus' relationship with God? Subject Cross-Reference: Hearing Impaired; Faith Enrichment; Jesus, Teaching Title: JESUS: TEACHER OF WISDOM Catalog Number: C8209002 Audience Level: HA Produced: Length: 60 Language: Description: With whom does Jesus most clearly identify himself and his mission? What is Jesus' image of God? The God of Jesus? My image of God? What does it mean to preach in word and deed? Subject Cross-Reference: God; Hearing Impaired; Jesus, Teaching Title: THE DEATH OF JESUS Catalog Number: C8209003 Audience Level: HA Produced: Length: 60 Language: Description: Consider the variety of factors of economic, political, and religious that played a role in the execution of Jesus. Can you see yourself in these various motivations? What problems did Jesus' death cause for his disciples? How could they understand it? Subject Cross-Reference: Hearing Impaired; Jesus, Death & Resurrection; Crucifixion Title: THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS Catalog Number: C8209004 Audience Level: HA Produced: Length: 60 Language: Description: What does it mean to say that we will be raised from the dead? What are the implications of Jesus' resurrection in particular? What would we be denying if we were to deny Jesus' resurrection from the dead? What decision does one face? Subject Cross-Reference: Hearing Impaired; Jesus, Death & Resurrection; Resurrection Title: EASTER & PENTECOST Catalog Number: C8209005 Audience Level: HA Produced: Length: 60 Language: Description: What is the relationship between Easter and Pentecost? Subject Cross-Reference: Pentecost; Hearing Impaired; Easter Title: JESUS & THE GOSPEL OF JOHN Catalog Number: C8209006 Audience Level: HA Produced: Length: 60 Language: Description: What is the Word of God? How is the understanding of the "sonship" of Jesus different in the Gospel of John from that of the Synoptic Gospels? What is meant by Incarnation? What is its Biblical basis? Subject Cross-Reference: Incarnation; Hearing Impaired; Gospel Message; Jesus, Study of Title: SON OF GOD/ SON OF MARY Catalog Number: C8209007 Audience Level: HA Produced: Length: 60 Language: Description: Who is Jesus for you? What are the implications of saying Jesus is fully human in every way except for sin? In what ways can you identify with Jesus? What are the implications of saying Jesus is uniquely united to God and thus is God? What does it mean to say Jesus is: paradigm? sacrament? paradox? Subject Cross-Reference: Hearing Impaired; Faith Enrichment; Jesus, Study of Title: DISCIPLESHIP - FOLLOWING AFTER JESUS Catalog Number: C8209008 Audience Level: HA Produced: Length: 60 Language: Description: What does following after Christ, being a disciple, mean for you and your way of life? Share some stories of discipleship, in which your truly faithful to Christ, in which you felt you had failed Christ. What must always mark the life of a Christian? Subject Cross-Reference: Hearing Impaired; Faith Enrichment; Serving God. . . .; Discipleship Title: FIVE EXTRAORDINARY DAYS -- WYD 1993 Catalog Number: C8359010 Audience Level: G Produced: NBC News & CTNA 1993 Length: 60 Language: Description: Denver, Colorado, August 11-15, 1993. The world looks on as Pope John Paul II meets and prays with an international gathering of young adults and youth. Wednesday, August 11 - World youth gather in Denver for 5 extraordinary days. Thursday, August 12 - The Pope arrives in Denver and meets with President Clinton. Friday, August 13 - The Pope holds a special Mass at Denver Basilica. Saturday, August 14 - Pilgrimage to Cherry Creek State Park. Vigil at Cherry Creek State Park. Sunday, August 15 - Celebration Mass at Cherry Creek State Park. Other events include: community service, catechesis, cultural faith. Subject Cross-Reference: Youth Ministry Convention; World Youth Day; Pope John Paul II Title: YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY Catalog Number: C8213001 Audience Level: HA Produced: CTNA Length: 120 Language: Description: What are some general characteristics of groups within the young adult population that need attention in parish ministry? Should a parish's objective be to get young adults involved in a good parish community life and its various activities or have special young adult events? What are some young adult events that have proven to be most fruitful? Host and Moderator, Rev. Philip J. Murnion. Guests: Rev. Ronald Bagley, CJM, Mr. Kevin Carroll, Rev. John Cusick and Ms. Armantina Palaez. Subject Cross-Reference: Youth Ministry; Campus Ministry/College; Teleconferences