
The Breaking of the Bread
An Updated Handbook for Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion
Joseph M. Champlin(Author)
Paulist Press International,U.S.
Published on 2. May 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-0-8091-4314-6 (ISBN)
Description
For three decades, An Important Office of Immense Love has been a helpful handbook for several hundred thousand eucharistic ministers. THE BREAKING OF THE BREAD is an updated version of that popular and best selling text.
While including historical, theological, and inspirational material from the original, this updated version features pertinent material from recent church documents on the eucharist: the Third Typical Edition of the Roman Missal, the American bishops' Introduction to the Order of Mass and the Roman Instruction Sacrament of Redemption.
Highlights:
-each chapter begins with a personal reflection by a eucharistic minister
-offers a historical sketch of eucharistic practice
-describes the inner qualities of extraordinary ministers
-examines pastoral situations involving the Eucharist
-lists frequently asked questions
-summarizes sections in current official directives that impact eucharistic ministers
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While including historical, theological, and inspirational material from the original, this updated version features pertinent material from recent church documents on the eucharist: the Third Typical Edition of the Roman Missal, the American bishops' Introduction to the Order of Mass and the Roman Instruction Sacrament of Redemption.
Highlights:
-each chapter begins with a personal reflection by a eucharistic minister
-offers a historical sketch of eucharistic practice
-describes the inner qualities of extraordinary ministers
-examines pastoral situations involving the Eucharist
-lists frequently asked questions
-summarizes sections in current official directives that impact eucharistic ministers
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More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Mahwah
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 204 mm
Width: 139 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
159 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8091-4314-6 (9780809143146)
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Person
Fr. Joseph Champlin has been a parish priest in the Diocese of Syracuse for nearly 50 years and presently serves as rector of its Immaculate Conception Cathedral. He has also traveled more than two million miles during the last 35 years here and abroad lecturing on pastoral subjects. Father Champlin has written 50 books with over twenty million copies of his works in print.