Brave New Church - From Turmoil to Trust

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Brave New Church

From Turmoil to Trust

by: William J. Bausch

Father Bill Bausch knows about parish life in the Catholic Church firsthand. In his latest offering he charts a direction for the Catholic Church to follow in years to come. He begins by focusing on twelve challenges facing the Church today, including religious illiteracy, anti-Catholicism, secularism, pluralism, Church scandal, and authority. He then considers the transitions and responses that can move the Church forward as it seeks to minister to parishioners of the twenty-first century.

Father Bausch writes in a clear, informative, and uplifting style. The book is peppered throughout with personal anecdotes, parables, and citations form current news stories and reports. He frames his arguments in a way that is both pastoral and incisive, shaping his ideas and suggestions with solid historical background and strong Catholic principles.

Brave New Church: From Turmoil to Trust completes a trilogy which includes The Parish of the Next Millennium and Catholics in Crisis? It is a resource that will be invaluable to clergy, religious, lay ministers, students, and all who are interested in the future of the Catholic Church.

 

	New Bookstore Copy
Binding:	Paperback
ISBN 13:	9781585951352
ISBN 10:	1585951358
copyright:	January 2001
pages:	299
Publisher:	Twenty-Third Publications

 

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Rev. William J. Bausch is a parish priest of the diocese of Trenton, New Jersey. He is the award-winning author of numerous books on parish ministry, the sacraments, Church history, storytelling, and homiletics. His book, Traditions, Tensions, Transitions in Ministry received an honorable mention in 1983 from the Catholic Press Association; Storytelling: Imagination and Faith was awarded second place in 1985 for best pastoral work; The Total Parish Manual won first place in 1995; Brave New Church won first place in 2002; and Once Upon a Gospel won third place in 2009.

He was awarded the President’s Award in 1996 from the National Federation of Priests’ Councils for Parish Leadership, the Catholic Library Association’s Aggiornamento Award for Notable Contribution to Parish Life in 2004 and the Walter J. Burghardt, S. J. Preaching award in 2008 for his contribution to Catholic preaching. He has lectured and given workshops at such colleges and universities as Notre Dame; Sacred Heart in Fairfield, Connecticut; Boston College; Charles Carroll in Cleveland; and in most U.S. dioceses as well as abroad. His latest book is The Story Revealed, a book of homilies.

First and foremost, however, though retired from the pastorate, he remains happily engaged in his first love: being a parish priest active in assisting at three parishes, writing, and giving lectures and retreats.