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Beyond The Pew

WEEK ONE: Introduction. Adult Formation Mini- Courses: Course 1: Adult Formation. Beyond The Pew. Why are We Catholic?. “When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became a man, I gave up childish ways.” (1 COR 13:11)

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Beyond The Pew

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  1. WEEK ONE: Introduction Adult Formation Mini- Courses: Course 1: Adult Formation Beyond The Pew

  2. Why are We Catholic?

  3. “When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became a man, I gave up childish ways.” (1 COR 13:11) • 2 REASONS TO BE HERE • WE ARE CALL TO GIVE TESTAMENT TO THE HOPE THAT IS WITHIN US. • TO LIVE MORE FULLY OUR FAITH IN OUR MODERN AND DIFFICULT TIMES. • WE ARE HERE TO GROW UP! Why Are We Here?

  4. In their Pastoral Plan for Adult Faith Formation in the United States, the U.S. Bishops write: "The Church wisely and repeatedly insists that adult faith formation is essential to who we are and what we do as Church and must be situated not at the periphery of the Church's educational mission but at its center ... While most Catholic parishes place a high priority on the faith formation of children and youth, far fewer treat adult faith formation as a priority."

  5. Life Long Process • Humility – genuflection of the will • Receptivity – prayerful readiness • Searching– desire to find truth • Communion – social beings Staying Catholic! To realize the ultimate goal or end!

  6. Complete Union with God! “Our holy mother, Church, holds and teaches that God, the first principle and last end of all things, can be known with certainty from the created world by the natural light of human reason.” CCC 36

  7. Created to be loved, to love, to become love! To live in the fullness of Christ I see His blood upon the rose And in the stars the glory of Hid eyes, His body gleams amid eternal snows, His tears fall from the skies. I see His face in every flower; The thunder and the singing of the birds Are but His voice – and carven by His power, Rocks are His written words. All pathways by His feet are worn, His strong heart stirs the ever-beating sea, His crown of thorns is twined with every thorn, His cross is every tree. Joseph Mary Plunkett ~ Irish Poet

  8. Francis Mauriac “Anyone who has truly known God can never be cured of him!”

  9. To Study / The Science of God Theology The eloquent language of …God. One Way to Know God “In order to gain happiness – true happiness and not merely a passing pleasure – we must know, love, and serve God in this world.”

  10. An Idea A Force Magic Far off being God isn’t God is.. • Personal! • Transcendent! • Immanent! • Just, loving, and forgiving! • FOR EVERYONE!

  11. Our God, Our Creator !

  12. 18 – 26 Autonomy - Defining Self 27 – 31 Young Adult – Re-assessing Lifestyle 32 – 40 Making commitments – Settling down 41 – 48 Mid-Life Trans. – Mature Sense of reality. 49 – 65 Leaving a Legacy – Deeper life 66 - ? Spiritual Denouement - Preparing Adult life stages

  13. We need each other to… Our Kids need us to… Our Co-workers need us to.. Our country needs us to… Our church needs us to… All nations need us to… GROW UP IN OUR FAITH! Why Are We Here?

  14. We are in… MISSIONARY TERRITORY! “Against the spirit of the world , the Church takes up anew each day the struggle that is none other than the struggle for the world’s… SOUL!” The darkness needs us!

  15. Come together each 1st - 3rd Thursday Here! 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Come together as a larger community here! 4th Thursday of each month 6:00 – 8:30 pm For Fellowship Fun, Learning, and Prayer! How Can we grow up!

  16. Let’s Turn the World Around!

  17. John Henry Cardinal Newman Prayer for Christlikeness Dear Jesus, help me to spread your fragrance everywhere I go;Flood my soul with your spirit and life;Penetrate and possess my whole being so completelyThat all my life may be only a radiance of yours;Shine through me and be so in meThat everyone with whom I come into contactMay feel your presence within me.Let them look up and see no longer me—but only Jesus.Amen. Let Us Pray!

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