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Art of Winning Souls

Pastoral Care of New Members

  • Paperback
  • 208 pages
  • Publisher: Liturgical Press
  • 13.9 x 21.4 x 1.6 cm

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For clergy and church leaders involved in mentoring

Guides effective support for new community members

You will enhance your skills in nurturing new vocations

This book offers insights on pastoral care for new members in monastic communities.

In his chapter on the procedure for the reception of new brothers, Saint Benedict makes provision for entrusting them to the care of "a senior who is skilled in winning souls who will diligently pay attention to them in everything" (58.6). In The Art of Winning Souls: Pastoral Care of Novices, Michael Casey, OCSO, reflects on what this means today, based on his own experience and observation of the fruitful ministry of others. Here Casey focuses on the pastoral care given in the name of a monastic community to those who enter it, from initial contact up to the point where their vocation has recognizably stabilized. His reflections are not intended to be prescriptive. They are, rather, descriptive of what he considers to be best practice, as he has encountered this in his experience of many different expressions of the monastic and Benedictine charism. This book promises to serve as an indispensible resource for vocation directors, novice directors, and junior directors for years to come.
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  • Title

    Art of Winning Souls

  • Author

    Michael Casey

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Liturgical Press

  • Published

    May 2012

  • Weight

    278g

  • Page Count

    208

  • Dimensions

    13.9 x 21.4 x 1.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9780879070359

  • ISBN-10

    0879070358

  • Eden Code

    4026786

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