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PARABLES OF BELONGING
Discipleship and Commitment in Everyday Life
Lou Ruoff
Paper, $8.95
112 pages, 5½" × 8½"
ISBN 0-89390-253-5
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People minister to each other every day. They may not recognize their
ability to touch others, yet they
are comforting the ill, welcoming the alienated and shedding rays of hope
on the desperate. Who are
these “unknown ministers”? They are every one of the people
in your community. The
stories in this book are about real-life, average people who minister to
others just by carrying out their
day-to-day activities. In telling these stories — to assemblies,
catechumens, ministry trainees,
parish groups or family life counselees — you can help
your listeners acknowledge
and rejoice in their own “hidden” giftedness. As they begin to
recognize the minister in
themselves, they will develop a stronger sense of belonging and
commitment to service — to
family, community and all God’s people.
About the Author
Lou Ruoff spent the first 12 years of his life in a Catholic orphanage. He
attended high school in
Philadelphia, then worked as a factory laborer for seven years before
entering college. He graduated
with a B.A. from Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania and then entered
St. Mary’s Seminary
and University in Baltimore, where he earned his master of divinity degree.
He has worked as a prison
minister, a counselor at Covenant House in New York City and a chaplain
at the Virginia State
Penitentiary. Currently he is pastor at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Norfolk,
Va.
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