Donald Senior, CP, (1940-2022), was a professor of New Testament at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. He served for twenty-three years as president of CTU and was its chancellor. He was a frequent lecturer and speaker throughout the United States and abroad and served on a variety of boards and commissions, including the Pontifical Biblical Commission. He published extensively on biblical topics, with numerous books and articles for both scholarly and popular audiences.

• ContentsPreface   viiIntroductionThe Gift of Administration   xvChapter 1The “Institutional” Church: Is There Another Kind?   1Chapter 2Institutional Leadership: “Come Follow Me”   23Chapter 3Mission and Planning   43Chapter 4Community in the Workplace   67Chapter 5Finances and Fund-Raising   103Chapter 6Habits of the Heart   135Conclusion“Remembering Whose We Are”   155Select Bibliography   159Subject Index   165

Fr. Donald Senior has given us a great gift in this easy-to-read overview of ecclesial administration. Guiding or steering a ship-kubernetes in Greek-is the word St. Paul uses in 1 Corinthians 12 to speak of administration. In this book, Fr. Senior provides a firm biblical foundation for the charism of `steering' the barque of Christ-flowing from the call of Jesus who laid out the vision of the servant leader. The Church on mission needs servants good at planning, coordination, and communication. With this book, Fr. Senior contributes to a ministry easily taken for granted.Most Reverend Joseph E. Kurtz, DD, Archbishop of Louisville, President, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops