After the Heart of God: The Life and Ministry of Priests at the Beginning of the Third Millennium

by Julian Porteous

Overview

What sort of priest is needed for the third millennium? The cultural and ecclesial landscape has changed so dramatically over the past fifty years. There are new and challenging forces at work influencing the direction of culture, and bearing in on the Church. The priest stands at the intersection of these forces as they play out in the lives of Catholics. Now is the time to consider the identity, character, human reality, pastoral orientation and the spiritual life of priests. Author Julian Porteous does just this in After the Heart of God, also considering new signs of hope emerging in the Church in recent times and looking at the way in which the Church itself has responded to some of the challenges that priests have faced.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781589795792
Publisher:	Taylor Trade Publishing
Publication date:	08/16/2011
Pages:	154
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Julian Porteous is Auxiliary Bishop in the Archdiocese of Sydney, Australia, and Rector of the Seminary of the Good Shepherd. He is Episcopal Vicar for Renewal and Evangelization within the Archdiocese. He has had extensive experience in the area of Evangelization and has worked closely with the new Ecclesial Movements.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction 5

2 The social context 9

3 The ecclesial context 23

4 Signs of new life 33

5 The Church's reflection on the priesthood 43

6 Identity of the priest 53

7 Humanity of the priest 77

8 The living situation of a priest 93

9 The spiritual life of the priest 105

10 The pastoral ministry of the priest 117

11 The future of the priesthood 139

12 Bibliography 149