ANOINTING OF THE SICK AND THE ELDERLY
A Pastoral Guide for Home and Church

ANOINTING OF THE SICK AND THE ELDERLY
A Pastoral Guide for Home and Church

Ministers and recipients alike will find in this manual all the material they need to make the administration and reception of the Sacrament of Anointing a joyful, reverent and Spirit-filled experience for everyone concerned. Besides the Rite itself, chapters cover a brief history of the Sacrament, concrete suggestions for a team approach to the organization of a parish celebration, a helpful selection of prayers, hymns and reflections, and, finally, photographs of actual ceremonies plus testimonials from grateful recipients.

About the Author: Sister Marie Roccapriore is a member of the Religious Teachers Filippini, Morristown, N.J. She received her B.A. from the College of Notre Dame, Baltimore, Md., her M.A. from La Salle College, Philadelphia, and has done post graduate work at Temple and Fordham Universities. For fifteen years she taught at the elementary and junior high school levels, and for twelve years was principal of St. Nicholas of Tolentine Parish School in South Philadelphia. She is presently Director of Religious Education at St. Barnabas Parish, North Haven, Ct. and a lecturer/instructor for the Schools of Contemporary Christianity, a Continuing Adult Religious Education Program in the Archdiocese of Hartford.