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New Resources for Summer 2012 are now available! We have uploaded over 60 all-new files to enhance parish lifelong faith formation during the spring months. From the side menu of this page click on *Summer 2012 to begin browsing what is available.
This upload of Summer resources focuses on three topics: Communion of Saints, Being Truthful, and Celebrating the Triduum. These resources provide stellar faith formation tools for lifelong learning across the four settings:
1) Whole Parish Setting: one all-new, complete intergenerational learning session plus a corresponding Facilitator Background document on each of the three topics.
2) Age Specific Setting: one all-new learning session for adults, one for youth, and one for children, focused on each of the three topics.
3) Home Setting: two all-new home activities for each of the three topics.
4) Individual & Wider Community: Website links and book/movie recommendations for each of the three topics.
Watch the Summer 2012 Upload Video:
Jim Merhaut introduces the newest resources.
Communion of Saints: We hold in common "God's holy gifts for God's holy people." How are the living and dead united in a mysterious offering of mutual support and encouragement which builds up the Church?
Being Truthful: Scripture and Tradition both call us to truth and the virtue of honesty. Its absence has strong negative consequences in our interpersonal and social relationships. Why are we called to be truthful? What is at stake?
Celebrating the Triduum: Triduum, the three holiest days of the church year from sundown Holy Thursday to sundown Easter Sunday, is a liturgical season unto itself between the seasons of Lent and Easter. What are the roots of this season, and what are the core meanings of the symbols and rituals of Triduum?
Weekly Justice Challenges: These are great for your bulletin, your website, your Facebook page or as an additional take-home piece for families.
Lectio Living: This resource for Lectio Divina prayer groups provides thematic guidance for the summer months on the daily lectionary readings.
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Several subscribers have asked what topics we will be featuring in future seasons. This would help them plan their lifelong faith formation for at least a year at a time. We remain committed to bringing you resources for lifelong faith formation two seasons in advance. Please click on the title, "Our Publishing Plan," in order to see our recently updated publishing plan for 2012. The plan for 2013 is nearly complete. Expect to see it on the website by the end of February 2012.
LEADERSHIP RESOURCES:
Leader Article: Faith Formation and Secular Culture: Competition or Cooperation by Jim Merhaut
Have you ever struggled with the best way to handle the conflicts between the church calendar and other calendars such as school calendars, sports calendars, civic calendars and more? What are we to think of the relationship between parishes and the secular culture that surrounds us and is within us? God is present to all of it and invites us to discover new ways of ministry that reaches out beyond the walls of our church buildings to touch people as they live the events of all of their calendars.
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1. FAMILY: Households are the primary place for faith formation.
2. PEER: Age-specific programs at your parish support and expand upon what is first learned in households.
3. WHOLE COMMUNITY: Intergenerational programs bring the whole faith community together for sharing wisdom across a variety of age groups.
4. WIDER COMMUNITY: God is everywhere, and opportunities for faith formation abound in the community beyond the church walls.
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1. Family: Households are the primary place for faith formation.
2. Peer: Age-specific programs at your parish support and expand upon what is first learned in families.
3. Whole Community: Intergenerational programs bring the whole faith community together for sharing wisdom across a variety of age groups.
4. Wider Community: God is everywhere, and the opportunities for faith formation abound in the community beyond the church walls.
CLICK HERE to take our anonymous 2-question poll on your greatest faith formation challenges. You will be connected back to this page when you are finished. We'll use the information to create more relevant resources.
