Wood, Waterfalls and Stars: Catholic Schools and the Catholic Imagination
Wood, Waterfalls and Stars is a collection of essays which takes as its central focus, the challenge of Catholic education in the new millennium. The essays are rooted in the Catholic tradition and in the lived experience of Catholic students and teachers. Fred Herron builds upon the insights of authors such as Thomas Groome, William O'Malley and Andrew Greeley. Herron takes their insights and applies them to the world of Catholic education and the lives of Catholic educators, parents and students.
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Wood, Waterfalls and Stars: Catholic Schools and the Catholic Imagination
Wood, Waterfalls and Stars is a collection of essays which takes as its central focus, the challenge of Catholic education in the new millennium. The essays are rooted in the Catholic tradition and in the lived experience of Catholic students and teachers. Fred Herron builds upon the insights of authors such as Thomas Groome, William O'Malley and Andrew Greeley. Herron takes their insights and applies them to the world of Catholic education and the lives of Catholic educators, parents and students.
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Wood, Waterfalls and Stars: Catholic Schools and the Catholic Imagination

Wood, Waterfalls and Stars: Catholic Schools and the Catholic Imagination

by Fred Herron
Wood, Waterfalls and Stars: Catholic Schools and the Catholic Imagination

Wood, Waterfalls and Stars: Catholic Schools and the Catholic Imagination

by Fred Herron

Overview

Wood, Waterfalls and Stars is a collection of essays which takes as its central focus, the challenge of Catholic education in the new millennium. The essays are rooted in the Catholic tradition and in the lived experience of Catholic students and teachers. Fred Herron builds upon the insights of authors such as Thomas Groome, William O'Malley and Andrew Greeley. Herron takes their insights and applies them to the world of Catholic education and the lives of Catholic educators, parents and students.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780761821069
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 09/01/2001
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 220
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.51(d)

About the Author

Fred Herron is Spiritual Director at Fontbonne Hall Academy, Brooklyn, New York.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Introduction
Chapter 3 The Call of the Good Shepherd
Chapter 4 To Pay Attention:
Chapter 5 A Joy We Can't Bear: The Adolescent Journey to Holiness
Chapter 6 Adolescents Meet "The Teacher Within"
Chapter 7 Adolescent Fidelity: The Covenant and the Journey
Chapter 8 Obsculta! Group Spiritual Direction with Adolescents
Chapter 9 Create a New Style: Adolescents and the Desire for God
Chapter 10 "Love is My Name" On-Going Integration and Adolescent Spiritual Growth
Chapter 11 "I Knock at the Door:" Love on the Journey
Chapter 12 Why Do You Stand Looking Up Towards Heaven?:
Chapter 13 Transported by God's Grace: Gothic Masters and Liturgical Planning
Chapter 14 One with the Melody: The Liturgy and the Seasons of Teen Life
Chapter 15 Why Do You Stand Looking Up Towards Heaven? Service Programs in Catholic Schools
Chapter 16 Naming Grace: Administrators and the Gospel Story
Chapter 17 Wood, Waterfalls and Stars:
Chapter 18 A Quality of Attention: The Teacher as Poet
Chapter 19 The Eucharist in the Middle Time
Chapter 20 Clinging to the Wreckage: Paradigm Shifts and Religious Vocations
Chapter 21 Some Reflections on Vouchers and School Choice
Chapter 22 A Passion for the Unseen: Teachers Meet the Noonday Devil
Chapter 23 "A School for the Lord's Service" the Benedictine Rule for Catholic Education
Chapter 24 Wood, Waterfalls and Stars: Catholic Schools and the Catholic Imagination
Chapter 25 My Own Words.. . My Own Thoughts:
Chapter 26 Rules About Wearing Your Hat
Chapter 27 Everything Which is "Yes"
Chapter 28 Afterword
Chapter 29 Scripture Index
Chapter 30 Index
Chapter 31 About the Author
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