A study released this summer by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University indicates a 16-percent drop in participation in lay ministry training programs over ...

By Reverend E. Wendy Huber This month, VOICES Radio Hour invites leaders and representatives from the Valley’s spiritual ...

After four years of training, the Salt Lake City diocese certified 85 people to lay ecclesial ministry Aug. 9. But for the first time in the diocese, 63 had attended a lay ecclesial ministry program ...

Amid all the hand-wringing over a shortage of priests and nuns, one frequently overlooked statistic may offer a glimpse of the future of ministry in America’s Catholic churches: More than 18,000 ...

Practicing Catholics age 21 and older who have strong leadership skills, are interested in deepening their faith and get training for parish ministries are invited to enroll in the Lay Ministry ...

Training for individuals who wish to become lay ministers in order to assist cancer patients and their families will be offered from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, at Fellowship Lutheran ...

WASHINGTON _ Amid all the hand-wringing over a shortage of priests and nuns, one frequently overlooked statistic may offer a glimpse of the future of ministry in America’s Catholic churches: More than ...

Pope Francis on Tuesday instituted the new lay ministry of catechist, with the apostolic letter Antiquum ministerium (“Ancient ministry”). You might have questions about what this ministry is and who ...

Apr. 25—In the course of nearly 30 years of preaching, teaching and visiting at Grace Lutheran Church in Fremont, Maureen Pump has been asked the question often: Did she want to be a pastor? "I can ...

BIG TIMBER - The similarities between the construction business and faith aren't lost on Rich Parker. "You can always go for a higher standard, you know, look to do better," said Parker, 53, a lay ...

TWELVE grants worth more than £1.3 million have been awarded towards funding innovation in theological education, with the aim of widening the pool of people training for ministry in the Church of ...

The escalating mental health crisis of recent decades has brought increasing rates of addiction, suicide, and debilitating symptoms of depression and anxiety. In many places, there are insufficient ...