Religion:Parish life director
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Parish life director is a lay title assigned to certain administrators within the United States Catholic Church. They are professional ministers, appointed by bishops, and act as the leadership of a parish, while a priest is assigned to perform the sacraments.[1] They have not taken priestly vows, and may be married with children.[2] A movement began in the 1980s to set more parish life directors as heads of local parishes, in expectation of a shortage of pastors. The trend did not pick up, and the position has seen a decline in numbers, where there were 553 parish life directors in 2005, and 428 in 2012. During this time, the number of parishes without a pastor rose, from 2,843 to 3,554.[3][4]
References
- ↑ William E. Simon Jr.. "A New Model for Catholic Parishes". First Things. http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2013/12/a-new-model-for-catholic-parishes.
- ↑ Catholic Online. "National Catholic Register: Many parishes lay led, despite Vatican reaffirming priests' role - U.s. - Catholic Online". Catholic.org. Archived from the original on 2007-06-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20070611113641/http://www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=20205.
- ↑ Allen, John L.. "Dynamic California parish shows benefits of an alternative structure | National Catholic Reporter". Ncronline.org. http://ncronline.org/news/faith-parish/pastor-dynamic-parish-shows-benefits-viable-alternative-structure.
- ↑ "San Bernardino and Los Angeles: New Models of Parish Leadership - June 2006 Issue of St. Anthony Messenger Magazine Online". Americancatholic.org. https://www.americancatholic.org/Messenger/Jun2006/Feature1.asp.
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