Product Description: This book will explore some of the resources and methods for understanding Catholic approaches to unity among Christians and some of the practical concerns that will help catechists, religion teachers and school administrators in this task...read more

This volume in the Classics of Western Spirituality makes available to a broad readership a selection of the core writings of Jean Baptist de La Salle (1651-1719), a French priest and educator who changed the face of education in his time and whose reforms continue to influence the ways we educate our children today. Born to a wealthy family, de La Salle turned his attention early on to the education of the poor and the marginalized and, at the same time, unwittingly founded a new type of religious community: Brothers who were teachers and active religious. Through his dedication to the vocation of teaching, de La Salle instituted several procedures that are still in practice in public and parochial institutions. --student cooperative learning --tuition-free attendance --involvement of parents --student service and ownership De La Salle's spirituality for educators, which melds prayer and action, compassion and practicality, can be read afresh in every age: it transcends time and place. (view table of contents)

Product Description: The Gospel Places Peacemaking at the center of Christian identity. Over the centuries, however, churches have divided over the role and place of the peacemaking imperative in their lives and teachings. This volume offers deep ecumenical discussion of the relationship of the church to its peacemaking mission from the standpoints of history and the contemporary context...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The DRE is introduced to the challenging task of assisting parishes and catechists in their efforts to build unity among Christians. The message that Christians have more that unites them than divides them is one that is strongly reinforced here, and should give every believer cause for hope...read more

Product Description: The last fifteen years have witnessed significant progress in the theological consensus of the world's Christian communities. Although still separated along denominational lines, the principal Christian churches have engaged in ongoing discussions in an effort to understand and reconcile their differences...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The last fifteen years have witnessed significant progress in the theological consensus of the world's Christian communities. Although still separated along denominational lines, the principal Christian churches have engaged in ongoing discussions in an effort to understand and reconcile their differences...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: This collection of documents explores the growing relationship of the Catholic Church with the Lutheran, Reformed, Christian church/Disciples of Christ, Baptist, and Pentecostal churches.

Product Description: Contains twenty documents that grew out of world-level bilateral ecumenical conversations during the period from 1972 to 1995.

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Product Description: The most complete compendium of ecumenical documents produced in the United States including conciliar and bilateral dialogues in which Roman Catholics have participated.