Professional Development Webinar Recordings

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El Credo: un encuentro con la fe de la Iglesia

Hosffman Ospino
El Credo: un encuentro con la fe de la IglesiaDr. Hosffman OspinoVivimos en un mundo en el que cada vez es más urgente afirmar en qué creemos los católicos. No existe una mejor fórmula que el Credo para dar razón de nuestras convicciones de fe cuando nos piden razón de nuestra esperanza. Este webinar es una invitación a profundizar en la riqueza de lo que creemos como cristianos y enamorarnos más del Dios que se revela en la historia. Es un gran recurso para catequistas y evangelizadores para introducir la fe de la Iglesia. The Creed: An encounter with the faith of the ChurchBy Dr. Hosffman OspinoWe live in a world in which affirming what ...
El Credo: un encuentro con la fe de la IglesiaDr. Hosffman OspinoVivimos en un mundo en el que cada vez es más urgente afirmar en qué creemos los católicos. No existe una mejor fórmula que el Credo para dar razón de nuestras convicciones de fe cuando nos piden razón de nuestra esperanza. Este webinar es una invitación a profundizar en la riqueza de lo que creemos como cristianos y enamorarnos más del Dios que se revela en la historia. Es un gran recurso para catequistas y evangelizadores para introducir la fe de la Iglesia. The Creed: An encounter with the faith of the ChurchBy Dr. Hosffman OspinoWe live in a world in which affirming what we believe as Catholics is more urgent than ever. There is no better formula than the Creed to explain what we believe when asked for the reason for our hope. This webinar is an invitation to deepen into the richness of our Christian faith and fall in love of God who becomes present in our history. This is a great resource for catechists and evangelizers to introduce the faith of the Church.This webinar is presented only in Spanish.
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Embracing God’s Vision of Love for Persons with Disabilities

Charleen Katra, executive director of the National Catholic Partnership on Disability
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The Emerging Models Project: Key Pastoral Implications

Neil A. Parent
Major findings and implications of the three-year, phase two, "Emerging Models of Pastoral Leadership" project will be the subject of a concluding symposium this fall. This webinar will summarize the key findings and implications that emanate from the seminar and the project's extensive research into various aspects of parish life and pastoral leadership.Presented by Neil A. Parent, Director of Emerging Models Pastoral Leadership.
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Engaging in Dialogue with our Multicultural Catholic Communities about Race, Faith, and Culture

Cynthia Psencik|Armando Cervantes
It’s not always easy to speak about racism, race, and culture within the context of our faith. It is sometimes easier to stay silent, especially in our politicized environment. However, silence can hurt our chances of truly learning about the lived experiences of our brothers and sisters in the peripheries. Jesus taught us about loving our neighbor, feeding the hungry, and forgiving multiple times. Join Cynthia Psencik, director of the office of youth ministry for the Archdiocese of New York, and Armando Cervantes, director of youth and young adults and interim director of Hispanic ministry for the Diocese of Orange, as they discuss and sh...
It’s not always easy to speak about racism, race, and culture within the context of our faith. It is sometimes easier to stay silent, especially in our politicized environment. However, silence can hurt our chances of truly learning about the lived experiences of our brothers and sisters in the peripheries. Jesus taught us about loving our neighbor, feeding the hungry, and forgiving multiple times. Join Cynthia Psencik, director of the office of youth ministry for the Archdiocese of New York, and Armando Cervantes, director of youth and young adults and interim director of Hispanic ministry for the Diocese of Orange, as they discuss and share how authentic dialogue can help us make the changes needed in our communities.
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Evangelization Essentials Webinar

Jared Dees
We all recognize the call to carry out the New Evangelization in the Catholic Church today, but what does that really require? You might be asking yourself:What forms of evangelization will really work today? Am I capable of carrying these things out? Do we have enough resources in our parish to even create a thriving church? \nIt's easy to get overwhelmed. Everywhere you turn today, we hear the doom and gloom about our Church's dropping numbers. It's easy to overlook the positive. There are, right now, a number of people showing a new approach to ministry. These leaders are showing new and simple ways to create evangelizing mi...
We all recognize the call to carry out the New Evangelization in the Catholic Church today, but what does that really require? You might be asking yourself:What forms of evangelization will really work today? Am I capable of carrying these things out? Do we have enough resources in our parish to even create a thriving church? \nIt's easy to get overwhelmed. Everywhere you turn today, we hear the doom and gloom about our Church's dropping numbers. It's easy to overlook the positive. There are, right now, a number of people showing a new approach to ministry. These leaders are showing new and simple ways to create evangelizing ministries. \n\nUsing strategies and stories from his book To Heal, Proclaim, and Teach, Jared Dees offers ten highly practical and easy-to-implement approaches to evangelizing ministry that have the potential to transform your parish. These approaches are based on the work of thriving ministers and ministries seeing growth in the number of people who are passionate about the Catholic faith. \n\nYou will be able to immediately implement all of the strategies presented in this webinar. No strategic planning meetings or big programs will need to be scheduled. No special gifts in preaching or teaching are required. You will get simple, effective ways to start transforming yourself and your ministry today.
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Examining Christus Vivit

Katie Prejean McGrady
Pope Francis's exhortation from the Synod on Young People, the Faith, and Vocational Discernment is filled with insights, initiatives, and inspiration that will affect the way youth and young adult ministry happens in coming years. In this webinar, Katie Prejean McGrady--who participated in the pre-Synod meetings in Rome on behalf of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops--will reflect on:how Christus Vivit lays out a framework for ministry programswhat the Pope is encouraging youth leaders to focus on when engaging young people, andwhat it means for ministry going forward
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Faith and Science: Renewing an Old Friendship

Chris Baglow, theologian and author
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Faith Formation for Families with Six Sacred Rules Webinar

Tim Muldoon|Sue Muldoon
Also available on Vimeo.Faith Formation for Families with Six Sacred RulesFor centuries, the spiritual tradition of Saint Ignatius has contributed to the faith formation of thousands of priests and religious men and women. In recent decades, lay men and women have turned to this tradition for in their spiritual lives. In their new book, Six Sacred Rules for Families, Tim and Sue Muldoon open up this tradition to Catholic families seeking spiritual growth in the domestic church.Tim, a theologian who teaches at Boston College, and Sue, a therapist and religious educator, reflect on how Ignatius spirituality offers parents a way of looking at...
Also available on Vimeo.Faith Formation for Families with Six Sacred RulesFor centuries, the spiritual tradition of Saint Ignatius has contributed to the faith formation of thousands of priests and religious men and women. In recent decades, lay men and women have turned to this tradition for in their spiritual lives. In their new book, Six Sacred Rules for Families, Tim and Sue Muldoon open up this tradition to Catholic families seeking spiritual growth in the domestic church.Tim, a theologian who teaches at Boston College, and Sue, a therapist and religious educator, reflect on how Ignatius spirituality offers parents a way of looking at their vocation of raising faith-filled children. They draw six sacred rules from the Ignatian tradition that people in all walks of life—no matter what their current relationship to the Church may be—can use to cultivate a spiritual life both for themselves and their children.
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