List Books » The Obligations and Rights of the Pastor of a Parish According to the Code of Canon Law
Authors: Edward A. Sweeny
ISBN-13: 9780818909108, ISBN-10: 0818909102
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Alba House
Date Published: January 2002
Edition: (Non-applicable)
The Theology of the Second Vatican Council acknowledged that the lay faithful have abilities, experience, expertise, gifts and charisms which can and should be utilized for the spread of the faith and the good of the Church. This awareness appears in the 1983 Code of Canon Law and raises new obligations for the pastor of a parish with respect to working with a parish finance council and a pastoral council, if the diocesan bishop requires them to be established. At the same time the Code, reflecting the teachings of the Council, establishes service in the form of leadership as the principal obligation and the principal right of the pastor of the parish who is obliged and entitled to teach the faith so that it produces dynamic Christians. The obligations, rights and entitlements of the pastor of a parish exist principally and directly to provide for the good of the souls of his parishioners. This unique, thoroughly documented, very readable work brings together invaluable insights into the theological and juridical dimensions of the ministry of a pastor of a parish, his relationship with those associated with him in his ministry and the lay persons whom he serves. No parish should be without a copy.
Copyrights and Permissions | v | |
Introduction | ixxi | |
Abbreviations | xv | |
Three Technical Terms | xvii | |
Chapter 1 | The Office of the Pastor of A Parish in the Light of Vatican Council II | 1 |
Introduction | 1 | |
1.1 | Vatican Council II on the Parish | 3 |
1.1.1 | Preliminary Considerations | 3 |
1.1.2 | The basic elements of a parish | 5 |
1.1.3 | The characteristics of a parish | 13 |
1.2 | Vatican Council II on the Pastor | 28 |
1.2.1 | The nature of the pastor's ministry | 28 |
1.2.2 | The pastor's sharing in Jesus' priestly ministry | 30 |
1.2.3 | The pastor's sharing in Jesus' prophetic ministry | 32 |
1.2.4 | The pastor's sharing in Jesus' kingly ministry | 37 |
1.2.5 | Other important issues related to the pastor's ministry | 39 |
Conclusion | 41 | |
Chapter 2 | Ministry of the Divine Word | 45 |
Introduction | 45 | |
2.1 | General Concerns | 46 |
2.1.1 | Extent of the application of c. 223 [section]-2 | 46 |
2.1.2 | Explicit and implicit expression in the texts of laws | 49 |
2.1.3 | Different kinds of obligations and rights | 51 |
2.2 | Pastor's General Obligations and Rights Concerning Ministry of the Divine Word | 53 |
2.2.1 | Pastor's obligations and rights with respect to ministry of the Divine Word in cc. 519 and 528 [section] 1-2 | 55 |
2.2.2 | Pastor's obligations and rights with respect to ministry of the Divine Word in Book III of the Code | 57 |
2.3 | Preaching in General | 57 |
2.3.1 | The homily | 65 |
2.4 | Catechesis in General | 71 |
2.4.1 | Catechesis in the parish | 73 |
2.4.2 | Catechesis as an element of liturgy | 76 |
2.4.3 | Catechesis in Catholic education and Catholic schools | 83 |
2.5 | Missionary Activity of the Church | 88 |
2.6 | Use of Instruments of Social Communication | 89 |
2.7 | Sharing Fulfillment of Obligations and Exercise of Rights | 91 |
2.7.1 | Sharing fulfillment of obligations and exercise of rights with respect to ministry of the Divine Word | 92 |
Conclusion | 94 | |
Chapter 3 | Ministry of Sanctification | 99 |
Introduction | 99 | |
3.1 | The Pastor's General Obligations and Rights with Respect to the Ministry of Sanctification | 100 |
3.1.1 | Careful adherence to approved liturgical practices | 100 |
3.1.2 | Liturgy as worship | 104 |
3.2 | The Pastor's Obligations and Rights with Respect to the Administration of Sacraments and Liturgical Ministry: Cc. 528 [section] 2 and 530 | 108 |
3.2.1 | Administration of the Sacraments | 115 |
3.2.2 | The Sacrament of Baptism | 116 |
3.2.3 | The Sacrament of Confirmation | 119 |
3.2.4 | The Sacrament of the Eucharist | 120 |
3.2.5 | The Sacrament of Penance | 122 |
3.2.6 | The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick | 124 |
3.2.7 | The Sacrament of Matrimony | 125 |
3.2.8 | Ecclesiastical funeral rites | 136 |
3.3 | Sharing Fulfillment of Obligations and Exercise of Rights | 140 |
Conclusion | 145 | |
Chapter 4 | Ministry of Governing | 149 |
Introduction | 149 | |
4.1 | Ministry of Governing and the Power of Governance | 150 |
4.2 | The Pastor's General Obligations and Rights with Respect to the Ministry of Governing | 152 |
4.3 | Ministry of Governing: the Service of Leadership | 156 |
4.3.1 | Governing: working with other clergy members of the parish community | 159 |
4.3.2 | Governing: working with members of the parish who are also members of Institutes of Consecrated Life or Societies of Apostolic Life | 165 |
4.3.3 | Governing: working with the Parish Pastoral Council, other Parish and non-Parish organizations | 166 |
4.3.4 | The pastor and the exercise of the executive power of governance | 172 |
4.3.4.1 | The pastor's faculty to dispense from matrimonial impediments | 172 |
4.3.4.2 | The pastor's faculty to dispense from or commute private vows | 177 |
4.3.4.3 | The pastor's faculties to dispense from or commute obligatory Mass attendance on Sundays and feast days and the obligations of days of penance | 178 |
4.3.5 | The pastor's obligations to keep records | 179 |
4.4 | Ministry of Governing: the Pastor's Care of Parish Temporalities | 182 |
4.4.1 | Acquisition of parish temporalities | 184 |
4.4.2 | Administration of parish temporalities | 189 |
4.4.3 | Disbursing, contracting and alienating parish temporalities | 195 |
4.4.4 | Administration of contributions or gifts with specified conditions, or which establish pious foundations, or trusts, accepted by the parish | 200 |
4.5 | Sharing Fulfillment of Obligations and Exercise of Rights | 202 |
Conclusion | 203 | |
Chapter 5 | The Office of Pastor of a Parish | 205 |
Introduction | 205 | |
5.1 | Conferral and Loss of the Office of Pastor of a Parish | 205 |
5.1.1 | Conferral of the office of pastor of a parish | 206 |
5.1.2 | Stability of the office of pastor of a parish | 209 |
5.1.3 | Removal from, or deprivation of the office of pastor of a parish | 215 |
5.1.4 | Transfer of a pastor | 226 |
5.2 | The Office of Pastor in Unusual Circumstances | 231 |
5.2.1 | One pastor for more than one parish | 232 |
5.2.2 | Priests in solidum providing pastoral care | 234 |
5.2.3 | Parish without a pastor | 236 |
Conclusion | 239 | |
General Conclusions | 241 | |
Selected Bibliography | 245 |