Faith Formation For Catholic Adults
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Sacraments: Anointing of the Sick
What is it? Who is it for? How often can it be received? This is short video provides concrete and easy to understand answers about the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick.
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The Gospel of MatthewVideo Part I
In this short but comprehensive overveiw of the Gospel of Matthew, the BibleProject provides a scholarly yet easy to understand inside look at the Gospel we will hear in Year A of our Catholic lectionary cycle. It is 8 minutes and seven seconds long.
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The Gospel of MatthewVideo Part II
The BibleProject unlocks the second half of the Gospel of Matthew in this 7 minute 9 second video.
Learn more on the BibleProject website
Click here to download the complete drawing
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Year of the Eucharist
The Bishops of the United States are calling for a three-year grassroots revival of devotion and belief in the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. They believe that God wants to see a movement of Catholics across the United States, healed, converted, formed, and unified by an encounter with Jesus in the Eucharist—and sent out in mission “for the life of the world.”
These three years will culminate in the first National Eucharistic Congress in the United States in almost fifty years. Almost a hundred thousand Catholics will join together in Indianapolis for a once-in-a-lifetime pilgrimage toward the “source and summit” of our Catholic faith.
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Eucharist -- Not "What" is it, but "who" is it
Through interviews with top Catholic speakers and inspiring portraits of lives of Eucharistic devotion, The Eucharist: Source of Our Healing and Hope seeks to show the truth of the Real Presence and inspire Catholics to renew and deepen their devotion to Christ in the Eucharist.
This 4 minute video by the Knights of Columbus features Dr. Scott Hahn, Fr. Mike Schmitz, Dr. Edward Sri and many others!
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Eucharist -- What did the early church believe?
Ever wondered what the early followers of Jesus believed about the Last Supper and Jesus body and blood? Bill O’Brien reveals the Eucharistic faith of the early Church Fathers!
Want to learn more about the Eucharist? Check out our Eucharistic Revival page:Learn More About the Eucharist
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St. Charles de foucauld -- canonized May 15, 2022
His life was one marked by transformation: he served as a soldier, then an explorer, had a conversion experience and became a monk, and finally a desert hermit, serving most of his years among the Tuareg people of Algeria.
Pope Francis called attention to Charles de Foucauld for his quiet, personal witness to faith and human fraternity among the people he served during his life as a simple hermit, priest, and friend in the expanses of the Sahara desert. At the end of his encyclical Fratelli tutti, the Pope Francic wrote:
“Yet I would like to conclude by mentioning another person of deep faith who, drawing upon his intense experience of God, made a journey of transformation towards feeling a brother to all. I am speaking of Blessed Charles de Foucauld. Blessed Charles directed his ideal of total surrender to God towards an identification with the poor, abandoned in the depths of the African desert. In that setting, he expressed his desire to feel himself a brother to every human being, and asked a friend to “pray to God that I truly be the brother of all”. He wanted to be, in the end, “the universal brother”. Yet only by identifying with the least did he come at last to be the brother of all. May God inspire that dream in each one of us. Amen. (Fratelli tutti, 286-287)”
- Click here for a Vatican Biography
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
- The Universal Brother: Charles de Foucauld Speaks to Us Today
- Hidden in God: Discovering the Desert Vision of Charles de Foucauld
- He Took Me by the Hand: The Little Sisters of Jesus Following in the Footsteps of Charles de Foucauld
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St. John Henry Cardinal Newman
Jennifer Wise helps us to know this recently canonized saint, whose life and thought contributed much to the Catholic Church in our time.
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End of Life PlanningIn this new video series concerning end of life planning . . .
- Fr. Henry Carmona speaks about Anointing of the Sick
- Deacon Scott Pearhill speaks about Catholic moral decision making.
- Joe Earnest Speaks about legal considerations (video part I & video part II). Legal Consideration Presentation Handout.
- Dr. Lavonne Mills speaks about hospice care. Presentation Handout.
- Dr. Lavonne Mills speaks about Advanced Directives & Living Wills.
- Brock Wilks & Kari May of Wilks Funeral Home speak out Funeral Homes and Advanced Funeral Planning. Presentation Handout
- Liz Johnson speaks about Lazarus Ministry.
- Barb Peterson helps us start a conversation with a loved one about end of life planning.
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Women's Bible Study
The Bible Timeline: Understand the Entire Bible!
A 24-part Bible study from Ascension Presss, featuring Jeff Cavins- Women's Bible Study Group (new members welcome!)
- Meet every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month
- Cost $37.99 for the Ascension Press study guide
For more information contact Kathryn Venable at (706) 801-9087
or [email protected]
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The Paschal Mystery
What is the Paschal Mystery? Why is it important? Where do we find it in scripture? What does it mean for our lives?
Join Thomas Smith as he breaks open the Paschal Mystery using the stunning Icon of the Paschal Mystery found in St. Anthony's Church.
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The Psalms In Israel's Worship
Jennifer Wise helps us understand the Psalms. Where did they come from, what are they about, what do they mean?
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Psalms in ChristianScripture & Worship
"History instructs us, the law teaches us, prophecy foretells, correction punishes, morality persuades; but the book of psalms goes further than all these. It is medicine for our spiritual health." -- St. Ambrose of Milan
Thomas Smith helps us understand the Psalms in Christian scripture and worship.
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Psalms In Personal Prayer
Deacon Scott Pearhill and Thomas Smith explore the meaning and power of psalms for our daily lives. Learn about the Liturgy of the Hours; discover a psalm for Covid-19. The psalms help us pray the lived liturgy that is our lives!
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Julian of norwich
If you missed the "Saints for the Season" presentation on Julian of Norwich by Jennifer Wise, you can view it here or on our Parish YouTube Channel.
Concering Julian of Norwich, Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI wrote,"It was precisely in the solitude infused with God that Julian of Norwich wrote her Revelations of Divine Love . . . This book contains a message of optimism based on the certainty of being loved by God and of being protected by his Providence.
In this book we read the following wonderful words: “And I saw full surely that ere God made us he loved us; which love was never lacking nor ever shall be. And in this love he has made all his works; and in this love he has made all things profitable to us; and in this love our life is everlasting... in which love we have our beginning. And all this shall we see in God, without end” (Revelations of Divine Love, Chapter 86).
The theme of divine love recurs frequently in the visions of Julian of Norwich who, with a certain daring, did not hesitate to compare them also to motherly love. This is one of the most characteristic messages of her mystical theology.
The tenderness, concern and gentleness of God’s kindness to us are so great that they remind us, pilgrims on earth, of a mother’s love for her children. In fact the biblical prophets also sometimes used this language that calls to mind the tenderness, intensity and totality of God’s love, which is manifested in creation and in the whole history of salvation that is crowned by the Incarnation of the Son." -- Benedict XVI’s Wednesday Audience on Julian of Norwich:http://www.vatican.va/.../hf_benxvi_aud_20101201.html
See Jennifer's recommended resources below:- “Julian of Norwich: Showings” translated by Edmund Colledge, OSA and James Walsh, SJ, Paulist Press, 1978 https://amzn.to/3LIOK6o
- “Julian’s Gospel” by Veronica Mary Rolf, Orbis, 2013 https://amzn.to/3xesQnw
- “Praying with Julian of Norwich” by Gloria Durka, St. Mary’s Press, 1989 https://amzn.to/3DN9Ldm
- JENNIFER’S PRESENTATION HANDOUT:https://drive.google.com/.../1XOtEh_7dvAlOF9Z2K.../view...
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Synod
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Synod 2021-2023
Learn about the Biblical roots of "Synod" and the importance of Pope Francis' three year renewal process for the Church. Deacon Scott and Thomas Smith unlock the hidden riches of "Synod" and "Synodality" in this 58 minute video.
Here are the resources mentioned in the video:- The Preparatory Document for the Synod can be found here: www.synod.va
- The Pope's homily for the start of the Synod can be found by clicking here.
- The unusual quotes helping to define Synodality can be found by clicking here.
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Saints for the season
Ann Hysell presents the life of St. Francis of Assisi with passion and devotion, with sepcial attention to St. Francis' care for the poor.
Ann Hysell is a longtime parishioner at Holy Spirit Catholic Community. She was Director of Religious Education for elementary and young adults for 18 years. She graduated with a Masters Degree from the Loyal Institute for Ministry in 2005. She is married to Mike and they have seven children.
Ann's recommended resources:
St. Francis of Assisi by G. K. Chesterton https://amzn.to/3iBBlR7
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Why Are Catholic Bibles Bigger?With Bill Obrien
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