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Accountability: Why It Is Important
Accountability and the Laity
Church Structures in Early US History
Why Priests Are Coping Poorly
Standards of Excellence for Catholic nonprofit parishes
Beyond Belief: The Sexual Abuse Crisis
by Bishop Geoffrey Robinson
Confronting Power and Sex in the Catholic Church
by Bishop Geoffrey Robinson
Religious Duress and Its Impact on Victims of Clerical
Sexual Abuse by Fr. Thomas P. Doyle and Marianne Benkert
New Counter Reformation by David Gibbons
The Church and Finance  Our Sunday Visitor Series
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The Pauline Churches by Dr. John Kinkel
The Coming Evangelical Collapse
The Generous God of Religions by Dr. Elizabeth Johnson
What Happened at Vatican II by Fr. John O'Malley, SJ
VATICAN II
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Characteristics of a Mature Catholic by Tom Zanzig
The Spirit of Vatican II
The Journey Continues by Sr. Helen Prejean
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Women Religious and the Apostolic Visitation by Sandra Schneiders
Religious Life as Prophetic Life Form by Sandra Schneiders
Thy Kingdom Come by George Mendenhall and Charles McMahon
Clericalism: the Death of the Priesthood  by Fr. George Wilson
An Essay on Vatican II by Robert Blair Kaiser
Cafeteria Catholics by Dr. Ron Modras
Vatican Psychology  by John Allen
Hans Kung on the Sexual Abuse Crisis in Germany
Hans Kung's Open Letter to the Bishops of the World
We Are the Church's Response to Hans Kung
Rome Fiddles; We Burn by Maureen Dowd (NY Times)
Beneath the Child Abuse Scandal by Richard Sipe (NCR)
Irish Priests Organize to Discuss "Elephants" (The Irish Catholic)
Practicing Catholic by James Carroll
In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, diversity; in all things,charity
Prophets of a Future Not Our Own by Joan Chittister
Exit Interviews for Catholics Leaving, America Magazine, 1/3/2011
CATHOLIC
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Program - American Catholic Council Conference June 2011
Soundings of the Faithful (Listening Sessions)
Catholic Bill of Rights and Responsibilities
ACC Welcoming & Opening Comments
ACC Conf.: Interview with Hans Kung
ACC Conf.: Reclaiming the Freedom of the People of God
ACC Conf.: Reclaiming the Spirit & Wisdom of the People of God
ACC Conf.: Reclaiming the Hope of the People of God
ACC Conf.: Reclaiming the Commitment of the People of God
Jason Berry's presentation: Faithful Stewardship
New Roman Missal: Timeline for the Process
New Roman Missal: Statement of Convictions
Open Letter to US Bishops on the New Roman Missal
Erasure of Vatican II Extends to New Roman Missal
1998 ICEL Sacramentary
Chriastmas Cookie Recipie (Revised Translation)
The Elephants will hold a General Meeting on Thurdsday,
February 9, 2012 at 7;30 PM at Our Lady of Fatima, Oak
Park, MI.  Nancy Sylvester, IHM will speak.  See attachment.
The next Elephants' Educational Forum will be on Tuesday,
March 27, 2012 at St. Louis, 24415 Crocker Blvd., Clinton
Township, MI at 1;00 PM.  The featured speaker will be
Bishop Geoffrey Robinson on
Confronting Sex and Power in
the Church
.  More details will follow.