Questions we brainstormed in New Orleans:
1. Why are you a Catholic?
2. What can an ordinary Catholic do about:
The war in Iraq?
Abortion?
Euthanasia?
Global warming?
Divisiveness in the church?
Decreasing attendance in the Church?
Immigration?
3. What attracted you to the Catholic Church?
4. How do you pray?
5. What is evangeliation?
6. What does it mean to be a disciple?
7. Why can't my fiance and I get married in the park?
8. Why aren't the rules the same in every parish?
9. What is Natural Family Planning, and why does't it work?
10. What teachings of the church do you struggle with?
11. Who is your favorite family saing?
12. Can your priest and bishop be wrong?
13. How do you know if your pastor is consistent with Catholic teaching?
14. What is the Church doing to address needs of vocations?
15. Can the pope give more faculties to deacons?
16. Have you ever thought ob being a priest?
17. What if God wants you to be a priest?
18. Have you encouraged your child to consider a religious vocation?
by Barbara Stinson Lee
Salt Lake City
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Here is the list of story ideas generated by our group:
How can Catholics respond to terrorism?
What are the roots of terrorism?
How do we know Catholic law written by humans is right?
How did Church law develop? How do we know it matters?
When will we have a female pope?
When will abuse stop?
Why do people think only priests abuse?
Why is abuse blamed on sexual orientation?
Why has the Church lasted this long?
How is faith relative in today's culture?
Why do we think our culture is more attractive?
Will there be a Church in 100 years?
Will we need church buildings in 100 years?
Are we too authoritative as a Church?
How is the web affecting people's faith practice?
When is gossip hurtful?
Is confession becoming irrelevant?
Why is a priest needed in confession?
Are priests as uncomfortable with confession as confessors are?
How often do priests think about not being a priest? How often do married couples think about not being married? Same for parents.
Are we affective communicators?
Happily submittted by Renae Bauer Diedrich
Thanks, Renae. Hope you are having a day above the line! We are--just got our 48-page paper to press today! Patsy
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