Great Expectations: A Pastoral Guide for Partnering with Parents - Softcover

Bill Huebsch; Leisa Anslinger

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1585957526 ISBN 13: 9781585957521

Publisher: Twenty-Third Publications, 2010

Synopsis

It s no surprise that most adult Catholics remain active in their faith because they were formed by their parents. This is the kind of faith formation that lasts a lifetime! Parents are the key players. And the fact is, no one else can do this particular work of faith formation.

Study after study highlights the importance of parental example. People experience less difficulty with drug and alcohol abuse, depression and suicide, and family tension when they regularly come to church; children and teens are more likely to do well in school, stay close to their families, and experience a greater sense of wellbeing when they regularly participate in Mass and parish activities with their families.

All of this leads to the important conclusion that those who work in parish ministry as volunteers or leaders must find a way to bring parents into the learning experience of their children. They must have great expectations of those parents, expectations the parents will meet if they partner with them and coach them to form their own children.

In this book then, we will guide catechists, teachers, pastors, principals, and parish catechetical leaders to take a secondary role (as coaches), to help parents play the primary role (as teachers) in the faith formation of their children. These leaders will then learn to expect parents to take the primary role in forming their own children. The feedback they get from parents as has been witnessed so often through this coaching method will be overwhelmingly positive.

About this title

About the Author:

Bill Huebsch is Director of the online Pastoral Center at Twenty-Third Publications at and author of Dreams and Visions, Pastoral Planning for Lifelong Faith Formation. Leisa Anslinger directs Growing Up Catholic and is author of Forming Generous Hearts: Stewardship Planning for Lifelong Faith Formation.

About this edition

• Publisher: Twenty-Third Publications
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1585957526
• ISBN 13: 9781585957521
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64