AAC —    Pope Benedict XVI, Address to the Aparecida Conference, 2007.

ALG —    Pope St. John Paul II, Ad Limina to Bishops of southern Germany, 1992.

CCC —    Catechism of the Catholic Church.

DCE —    Pope Benedict XVI, Deus Caritas Est, 2005.

DCW —   Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis, Disciples Called to Witness, The New Evangelization, 2012

DP —       Kim Cameron-Smith, Discipleship Parenting: Planting the Seeds of Faith, 2019.

EC —       Pauley, James C., An Evangelizing Catechesis, 2020.

EG —       Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium, 2013.

EN —       Pope Paul VI, Evangelii Nuntiandi, 1975.

FID —     Sherry Weddell, Forming Intentional Disciples, 2012.

GMD —   Go and Make Disciples, A National Plan and Strategy for Catholic Evangelization in the United States

MM —     Tim Glenkowski, Made for Mission, 2019.

MR —      Pope St. John Paul II, Mission of the Redeemer, 1990.

SLG —     Wagner, Seek the Living God: Five RCIA Inquiry Questions for Making Disciples, 2017.

SWJ —    Julianne Stanz, Start with Jesus, 2019.

Scripture quotes are excerpts from the Lectionary for Mass for Use in the Dioceses of the United States of America, second typical edition © 2001, 1998, 1997, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC. Used with permission. All rights reserved. No portion of this text may be reproduced by any means without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

Not all of the below resources are directly referenced in Our Mission, however they have influenced the shaping of our plan for evangelization and making disciples in the Diocese of Biloxi. They are all excellent resources.

• Bishops' Committee on the Liturgy, National Conference of Catholic Bishops. Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, Study Edition. Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1988.
• Burning Hearts Ministries. "Workshops on Missionary Discipleship." n.d.
• Cameron-Smith, Kim. Discipleship Parenting, Planting the Seeds of Faith. Huntington: Our Sunday Visitor, 2019.
• Catechism of the Catholic Church. n.d.
• Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. "Disciples Called to Witness." 2012. United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Link
• Committee on Evangelization, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. "Go and Make Disciples: A National Plan and Strategy for Catholic Evangelization in the United States." November 2002. Link
• "DOCUMENTS OF THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL, Lumen Gentium Constitution." 21 November 1964. The Holy See. Ed. Pope Paul VI Solemnly Promulgated by His Holiness. Link
• Ebener, Dan R. Pastoral Leadership, Best Practices for Church Leaders. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2018.
• Glemkowski, Tim. Made for Mission. Huntington: Our Sunday Visitor, 2019.
• Groome, Thomas. Educating for Life, A Spiritual Vision for Every Teacher and Parent. New York: The Crossroad Publishing Company, 1998.
• Knights of Columbus Supreme Council. "Family Fully alive." 2016. Knights of Columbus. book. Link
• Lencioni, Patrick. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. San Fancisco: Jossey-Bass, 2002.
• The Motive: Why so Many Leaders Abdicate Their Most Important Responsibilities. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2020.
• Mallon, James. Divine Renovation. New London: Twenty-Third Publications, 2014.
• Divine Renovation, Bringing your Parish from Maintenance to Mission. New London, CT: Twenty-third Publications, 2014.
• Martin, Curtis. Making Missionary Disciples. FOCUS, 2018.
• Mother of the Americas Institute. n.d.
• Pauley, James C. An Evangelizing Catechesis. Huntington: Our Sunday Visitor, 2020.
• Perrone Rooney, Linda. Walking the Disciple's Path. Notre Dame, IN: Ave Maria Press, 2013.
• Pope Benedict XVI. "Encyclical Deus Caritas Est." 25 12 2005. The Holy See. 28 09 2020. Link
• "Speeches." 13 May 2007. The Holy See. 6 October 2020. Link
• Pope Francis. "Apostolic Exhortation, The Joy of the Gospel, Evangelii Gaudium." 24 November 2013. The Holy See. 12 October 2020. Link
• The Joy of Love Amoris Laetitia. Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2016.
• Pope Paul VI. "Apostolic Exhortation, Evangelii Nuntiandi." n.d. The Holy See. Link
• Pope Saint John Paul II. "Encyclical Mission of the Redeemer." 7 December 1990. The Holy See. Link
• Pope St. John Paul II. 04 December 1992. The Holy See. 16 October 2020. Link
• "Pope John Paul II, Speeches." 18 08 2000. The Holy See. 28 09 2020. Link
• Reyes, H. Justin and Daniel Boyd. Go! Make Disciples. 2020.
• Stanz, Julianne. Developing Disciples of Christ. Chicago: Loyola Press, 2017.
• Start with Jesus. Chicago: Loyola Press, 2019.
• The Catholic Leadership Institute. "Continuting Education for Bishops on Evangelization." n.d.
• "Good Leaders, Good Shepherds." n.d.
• "Next Generation Catholic Parish." n.d.
• Vogt, Brandon. Return, How to Draw Your Child Back to the Church. Second. Park Ridge, IL: Word on Fire, 2021.
• Wagner, Nick. Seek the Living God, Five RCIA Inquiry Questions for Making Disciples. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2017.
• Weddell, Sherry A., ed. Becoming a Parish of Intentional Disciples. Huntington: Our Sunday Visitor, 2015.
• Forming Intentional Disciples. Huntington: Our Sunday Visitor, 2012.
• Fruitful Discipleship. Huntington: Our Sunday Visitor, 2017.
• Wesley, Christopher. Rebuilding Confirmation. Notre Dame, IN: Ave Maria Press, 2017.
• Rebuilding Youth Ministry. Notre Dame, IN: Ave Maria Press, 2015.
• White, Michael and Tom Corcoran. Rebuilding Your Message. Notre Dame, IN: Ave Maria Press, 2015.
• Rebuilt. Notre Dame, IN: Ave Maria Press, 2013.
• Rebuilt: Awakening the Faithful, Reaching the Lost, Making Church Matter. Notre Dame: Ave Maria Press, 2013.
• Tools for Rebuilding, 75 Really, Really Practical Ways to Make Your Parish Better. Notre Dame, IN: Ave Maria Press, 2013