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Tips for Cultivating a Culture of Witness in Your Parish
Sr. Theresa Rickard, O.P
Every Catholic is called to be a witness to the power of God in everyday life. Many of us think faith is a private matter and don’t want to impose our beliefs on others. However, seekers and believers alike need to hear the faith stories of others in order to encounter Christ. Vibrant parishes cultivate a culture of witness in which parishioners are encouraged, trained, and given opportunities to share their faith one on one, in small groups, and at parish services and events. When the parish has a culture of witness, parishioners are empowered to “Go and announce the Gospel of the Lord,” sharing their faith in their homes and workplaces a...
Every Catholic is called to be a witness to the power of God in everyday life. Many of us think faith is a private matter and don’t want to impose our beliefs on others. However, seekers and believers alike need to hear the faith stories of others in order to encounter Christ. Vibrant parishes cultivate a culture of witness in which parishioners are encouraged, trained, and given opportunities to share their faith one on one, in small groups, and at parish services and events. When the parish has a culture of witness, parishioners are empowered to “Go and announce the Gospel of the Lord,” sharing their faith in their homes and workplaces and in the world at large.In this workshop, Sr. Theresa Rickard, O.P., will offer:seven habits to help parishioners more readily share their faith storiespractical ideas to foster everyday witnessing in the parish
Tools for Rebuilding Webinar
Fr. Michael White|Tom CorcoranThe Tools for Rebuilding Your Parish WebinarThe process of rebuilding a parish often requires some very practical tools to make a church function smoothly. Little things can become big things and major distractions if we do not manage them correctly.In this webinar, Fr. Michael White and Tom Corcoran, bestselling authors of Rebuilt and Tools for Rebuilding, will share some of the important tools that have been most instrumental in the transformation of their parish.
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Unleashed for Ministry Webinar
Sonja CorbittEven with the profusion of modern resources and training in Catholic ministry and formation today, parish leaders continue feel ineffective at overcoming the superficial lives of the people they lead. Is there a "key" to effective ministry and leadership? What are some of the Holy Spirit's own methods of ministry, training, and formation?In this webinar, author Sonja Corbitt will offer surprising yet powerful tools that can help parish leaders emulate the Holy Spirit in influencing those they lead in exponential, eternal ways and teach others to do the same.
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The Unsheltered Heart: Exploring the Spiritual Riches of Advent
Ronald Patrick Raab, C.S.C.Advent is a new beginning for all people. It is a time to awaken within us a deep desire Christ's presence and to awaken our hearts to God's faithfulness. Join Fr. Raab for an hour of guided reflection on how to prepare your own heart to be unsheltered, open, vulnerable, and free
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Teens and Chastity: Implementing the USCCB’s New Document, "Catechetical Formation in Chaste Living"
Everyone agrees that our young people need education in chastity, but few seem to know how to go about imparting that essential information to them. In Catechetical Formation for Chaste Living (USCCB, 2008), the US Bishops define chastity as the virtue that “directs our sexuality toward authentic love and away from using persons as objects for sexual pleasure” and offer a framework that will help young people to develop that virtue. In this webinar, Sister Kieran Sawyer will offer an approach to sexuality education that she believes corresponds to the core content of the Chaste Living document. Based on the acronym LIFE (love, infatuation,...
Everyone agrees that our young people need education in chastity, but few seem to know how to go about imparting that essential information to them. In Catechetical Formation for Chaste Living (USCCB, 2008), the US Bishops define chastity as the virtue that “directs our sexuality toward authentic love and away from using persons as objects for sexual pleasure” and offer a framework that will help young people to develop that virtue. In this webinar, Sister Kieran Sawyer will offer an approach to sexuality education that she believes corresponds to the core content of the Chaste Living document. Based on the acronym LIFE (love, infatuation, friendship, and exploitation), her approach has been used successfully with teens for many decades.
Vatican II and the Future of the Church
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Where Two or Three are Texting: Incarnation and Sacrament in a Virtual World
Jonathan F. Sullivan
The young people in our schools and parishes are increasingly citizens of a virtual world where they carry out many traditionally “physical” activities, including living out their faith! Other Christian communities are experimenting with “online church.” What is an "online church" and is it an option for Catholics? How does the "digital continent" influence the way we prepare young people and catechumens to receive the sacraments?This webinar will explore these questions and offer some avenues for appropriate use of digital technologies in living our faith.Jonathan F. Sullivan is the director of catechetical services fo...
The young people in our schools and parishes are increasingly citizens of a virtual world where they carry out many traditionally “physical” activities, including living out their faith! Other Christian communities are experimenting with “online church.” What is an "online church" and is it an option for Catholics? How does the "digital continent" influence the way we prepare young people and catechumens to receive the sacraments?This webinar will explore these questions and offer some avenues for appropriate use of digital technologies in living our faith.Jonathan F. Sullivan is the director of catechetical services for the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois. He blogs on evangelization and catechesis at www.JonathanFSullivan.com.Presentations Slides and NotesCheck out Jonathan's blog for a complete list of notes and links from the presentation.He has also been kind enough to share his presentation on Slideshare:Where Two or Three are Texting: Incarnation & Sacrament in a Virtual World from Jonathan Sullivan
How to Make the Case for Catholicism
Brandon VogtBrandon Vogt, author of Why I Am Catholic (and You Should Be, Too), did not grow up Catholic. He chose to enter the Catholic Church in college, precisely when so many of his friends were heading in the other direction. Learn what drew him to Catholicism and how you can make the same case to others, especially atheists, agnostics, and the "spiritual but not religious."
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