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Faith Sharing Bibliography

Small Faith Communities

Baranowski, Arthur. Creating Small Faith Communities: A Plan for Restructuring the Parish and Renewing Catholic Life. Cincinnati, Ohio: St. Anthony Messenger Press, 1988.

Bisgrove, Margaret O'Connell. Where Two or Three Are Gathered, Stories of 12 Small Christian Communities. Winona, Minnesota: St. Mary's Press/Christian Brothers Publications, 1997.

Cowan, Michael and Bernard Lee, S.M. Conversation Risk & Conversion-The Inner & Public Life of Small Christian Communities. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 1997.

Doohan, Leonard. Acts of the Apostles: Building Faith Communities. San Jose, California: Resource Publication Inc., 1994.

Hartford, Archdiocese of. Belonging Believing, and Serving. Hartford, Connecticut: Pastoral Department for Small Christian Communities, 1994.

Hebblethwaite, Margaret. Base Communities: An Introduction. Mahwah, New Jersey: The Paulist Press, 1994.

Kleissler, Thomas, Margo LeBert and Mary McGuiness. Small Christian Communities: A Vision of Hope. Mahwah, New Jersey: The Paulist Press, 1991 (Revised 1997).

Lawler, Michael and Thomas Shanahan. Church: A Spirited Communion. Collegeville, Minnesota: The Liturgical Press, 1995.

Maney, Thomas, M.M. Basic Communities/Comunidades de Base. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Winston Press, Inc., 1970.

National Federation of Priests' Councils. Basic Christian Communities: The United States Experience. 1983.

O'Halloran, James. Signs of Hope: Developing Small Christian Communities. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 1991.

Raycraft, Helen Marie, OPSeeds of Hope: Hispanic Spirituality in the Basic Ecclesial Communities. Austin, Texan: Dominican Missionary Preaching Team, 1994.

Vandenakker, John Paul. Small Christian Communities and the Parish: An Ecclesiological Analysis of the North American Experience. Kansas City, Missouri: Sheed and Ward, 1994.

Westley, Dick. Good Things Happen: Experiencing Community in Small Groups. Mystic, Connecticut: Twenty-third Publications, 1992.

Wuthnow, Robert, ed. I Come Away Stronger: How Small Groups Are Shaping American Religion. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1994.

Wuthnow, Robert. Sharing the Journey: Support Groups and America's New Quest for Community. New York, New York: Macmillan, Inc., 1994.

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