Retrieving Charisms for the Twenty-First Century - Softcover

Charisms are a special variety of gifts dispensed through the Holy Spirit in Church and world for the common good. Leon-Joseph Cardinal Suenens, archbishop of Malines-Brussels from 1961-1979, spent his life uncovering these special gifts and reestablishing them in the mainstream of Christian life. His vision prompted the reflections in Retrieving Charisms for the Twenty-First Century. With the new millennium approaching, Donnelly states that the task before us is the retrieval of charisms which are needed for us all not merely to survive, but to survive with courage and imagination. The contributors to Retrieving Charisms for the Twenty-First Century are aware of the urgency of our survival as well as its style. In the spirit of Cardinal Suenens, their approaches are refreshing, balanced, open to new possibilities, and faithful to the Spirit who has surprises in store for those of us willing to be swept away by gusts of gracious wind. Essays and their authors are ?Introduction,? by Doris Donnelly; ?Charisms: An Ecclesiological Exploration,? by John C. Haughey, S.J.; ??Be Zealous for the Greater Charismata?: Pauline Advice for the Church of the Twenty-First Century,? by Margaret M. Mitchell; ?The Charism of the New Evangelizer,? by Avery Dulles, S.J.; ?Anointed and Sent: The Charism of Preaching,? by Mary Catherine Hilkert, O.P.; ?The Charism of the Exegete: Unleashing the Power of the Word,? by Barbara E. Reid, O.P.; ?The Charism of Parenting,? by Wendy M. Wright; ?The Stones Will Cry Out: The Charism of the Voiceless,? by Mercy Amba Oduyoye; ?The Charisms of the St. Egidio Community,? by Mario Marazziti; ?The Cost of Charism,? by Jim Douglass; ?Some Reflections on Leon-Joseph Cardinal Suenens,? by Bishop Kenneth B. Untener; ?The Charism of Cardinal Suenens,? by Archbishop William J. Levada; and ?Remarks of Joseph Cardinal Bernardin,? by Joseph Cardinal Bernardin (Cardinal Suenens Awardee, 1996).