Catholicism Quote by Pope Clement VIII

Most English houses, grand or small, nestle in an intimate pastoral setting.

— Nicholas Haslam

“The pastoral itch to be where “the action is” should be resisted.”

— Eugene H. Peterson

“It seems to me that in a pastoral situation our first risk is to throw people back on themselves with exhortations and instructions as…

— Anonymous

“A pastoral presence means walking with the People of God, walking in front of them, showing them the way, showing them the path; walking…

— Pope Francis

“… the countryside and the village are symbols of stability and security, of order. Yet they are also, as I have noted, liminal spaces,…

— G.M.W. Wemyss

“If I know the classical psychological theories well enough to pass my comps and can reformulate them in ways that can impress peer reviewers…

— Stephen Muse

“a ênfase não está no crescimento da congregação como estrutura – em números, finanças e sucesso – e sim no crescimento do evangelho, à…

— Colin Marshall

“Solitude is a chosen separation for refining your soul. Isolation is what you crave when you neglect the first.”

— Wayne Cordeiro

“It is important to draw out the pastoral consequences of the Council’s teaching, which reflects an ancient conviction of the Church. First, it needs…

— Pope Francis

“The task of pastoral ministry, above all else, is to arrange contingencies for an encounter with the divine.”

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Pastoral ministry is about an ongoing confrontation with the god of this world, with blindness, hardness of heart, remaining sin.

— C. J. Mahaney

“Pope Gregory believed that successful pastoral leadership required a balance between the contemplation of the isolated ascetic and the action of the well-trained administrator.”

— Pope Gregory I