A Struggle for Holy Ground: Reconciliation and the Rites of Parish Closure

By Michael Weldon and Michael Weldon OFM

Book Overview

A Struggle for Holy Ground results from thirty-five interviews with participants in the 1989 consolidations of then parishes in Chicago's Englewood and two parishes from the San Francisco consolidations after its 1989 earthquake. It explores the roles of ritual and pastoral care in this sometimes highly conflicted situation through the lens of trauma and reconciliation. It proposes a series of new rites: group reconciliation, atonement, lament, leave-taking, memorial, and inauguration based on the experience of people most impacted by parish restructurings.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814621554
• ISBN13: 9780814621554
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Liturgical Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"