Consecrated Religious Life: The Changing Paradigms

by Diarmuid O'Murchu

Diarmuid O'Murchu re-imagines consecrated religious life as a process of birth-death-rebirth. He paints a positive picture for the future that will be different from that of the past, but with the power to transform itself and flourish into the next century as something just as fresh and as daring as the founders' visions.

267 pages, Paperback

First published October 16, 2005

About the author

Diarmuid O'Murchu, a member of the Sacred Heart Missionary Order, and a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin Ireland, is a social psychologist most of whose working life has been in social ministry, predominantly in London, UK. In that capacity he has worked as a couple's counsellor, in bereavement work, AIDS-HIV counselling, and laterally with homeless people and refugees. As a workshop leader and group facilitator he has worked in Europe, USA, Canada, Australia, The Philippines, Thailand,
India, Peru and in several African countries, facilitating programmes on Adult Faith Development.

His best known books include Quantum Theology (1996 - revised in 2004), Reclaiming Spirituality (1998), Evolutionary Faith (2002), Catching Up with Jesus (2005), The Transformation of Desire (2007), Ancestral Grace (2008), Jesus in the Power of Poetry (2009).

Reviews

[Patty · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent Book about the vows and prophetic religious life. Some terms are difficult to grasp, but very challenging.Recommend to all religious congregations