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Lay Ecclesial Ministry: The State of the Questions (1999)
Lay Ecclesial Ministry: The State of the Questions
This “state of the questions” report is presented to the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) by the Subcommittee on Lay Ministry (Committee on the Laity). For the past four years, the subcommittee has been engaged in a special project known as “Leadership for Lay Ecclesial Ministry.” It was supported by a substantial grant from the Lilly Endowment and by conference funds. With this report, the project comes to an end. However, we believe the energy and work generated by this project can and should continue in a variety of ways and at all institutional levels of the Church’s life.
Therefore, we offer two things in this report: first, a summary of what we have done and, most importantly, what we have learned; and second, an invitation to determine how the work of this project will be continued so that it serves the need for leadership at a national level as well as the need for practical assistance at local levels.