| Meet Bill Huebsch Bill holds a BA in religious studies, and a Masters in Theological Studies from the Catholic Theological Union of Chicago. He served as a diocesan administrator for many years in Minnesota, principally in the Diocese of New Ulm where he served with Bishop Ray Lucker. In this role, Bill worked directly with the parish leaders, guiding their pastoral planning for adult faith formation. He later served as DRE in a suburban Minneapolis parish, St. Stephen's in Anoka, which was one of the first parishes to adopt a model of faith formation aimed at the whole community. In 1990 he established The Vatican II Project which contributes to the effort being made within the Church to keep alive the spirit and energy of Vatican II. As part of that project, he published A New Look at Grace (Rahner’s theology from the Council) and Vatican II in Plain English, along with several other books outlining key features of the Council. In 2000 he established the Whole Community Catechesis project, aimed at helping parishes and dioceses around the world implement the General Directory for Catechesis. As part of that project, he published The GDC in Plain English and Whole Community Catechesis in Plain English, The Pastor’s Guide to WCC, along with other books, support materials, articles, and presentations. He is the author of Dreams and Visions, a practical guide to pastoral planning for parishes who are serious about implementing lifelong faith formation. He has also published more than a dozen other books in recent years, along with numerous booklets, articles and screenplays. One of his books, A Spirituality of Wholeness: the New Look at Grace was named in US CATHOLIC among the top seven most influential books on spirituality for today’s world. His most recent work, The Growing Faith Project, is a component, adult education product for parish or personal use, based entirely on the Catechism. This project seeks to assist every parish in the church to establish an intentional and systematic adult catechetical process. Y también es disponible en español. He has worked in Catholic publishing since 1995, and is on the adjunct faculties of both Loyola University New Orleans and the University of Dallas. He has served on the Board of Directors of Common Hope and is the founder and executive leader of Corporate Philosophy. Consistent with his vision that you should never be very far away from either weeds or hard work, he lives with his family on a small farm outside of St. Paul-Minneapolis in Minnesota USA. They tend a small vineyard, raise a big garden, and spend as much time on the porch as possible. |
| Free and unlimited consultation with Bill is available to any parish in the world via telephone or e-mail. To schedule a phone call, simply send an e-mail to Bill suggesting several good times. If you want to work with him as a staff, request a time which works for a conference call. There is no charge for this service. All you pay for is the call. Bill no longer provides workshops or seminars on location. For workshops in your parish or diocese, please contact another one of the team members. |
Welcome! This is the web site which supports Dreams and Visions: Pastoral Planning for Lifelong Faith Formation |
| Resources offered on this site |
| Pastoral Planning A step-by-step guide: Dreams & Visions: Pastoral Planning for Lifelong Faith Formation A new book which includes a chapter outlining those all-important Planning Team Meetings. Training How to teach your parish about lifelong formation including excellent PowerPoint presentations to download and use, complete with presentation notes. Implementation How to state and sustain faith sharing throughout the parish using the Question of the Week With free prayer sheets. Prayer Services to accompany faith sharing. You can download and use these in 5 minutes! Outlines for adult or intergenerational Faith Gatherings linked to your children's textbook series. Outlines for adult Bible Studies which are in plain English! Download each session and get all you need in one item. Complete plans for Parish Based Retreats in several practical scheduling formats. Background Material All the current books you need to better understand lifelong formation, plus free articles you can download, copy, and use. Vatican II Lots of strong resources to help you teach about the Council. We are approaching the 50th Anniversary of the date on which John XXIII called Vatican II: Jan 25, 1959. |
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