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Embracing Change A Spiritual Approach |
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Background |
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Dr.
Richard McCorry is a nationally renowned presenter and the
author of “Dancing with Change, A Spiritual Response to Changes
in the Church,” published in 2004 and “Company’s Coming, A
Spiritual Process for Creating More Welcoming Parishes,”
published in 2008. He is the founder of Embracing Change, a
Church change management consulting firm. Featured in St.
Anthony's Messenger Magazine, Dr. McCorry trave Why do you do this work?
"When I was working in the Roman
Catholic Community of the 19th Ward, I "That man is not alone. Many people leave the church over changes, because they don't have a basic understanding of the ever changing nature of the church and because they don't have the spiritual tools necessary to deal with these changes. We are on a journey toward perfection which will require us to constantly change. Beyond that, it is clear that there are great changes ahead for the church, especially due to the ever increasing shortage of priests. It is my hope and prayer that through this work, we will lose as few people as possible due to the changes ahead for the church." |
visited a man in the
hospital. He was on the hospital register as a parishioner
but I didn't know him. I asked if he would like a visit
and he said, 'sure, but I don't go to church anymore.' I
asked him why and he replied, 'they took away my Mass.' I
asked him what he was talking about, and he said that he had
always attended the 9:30 AM Mass on Sunday and that they had
taken away his Mass. I said that the Mass time had been
change to 10 AM, but he insisted that his Mass had been taken
away, 'and after all the things that my family has done for that
church!' "