St. John the Evangelist Church
510 Jackson Ave.  ¦  Defiance, OH  43512  ¦  419-782-7121
email: stjohn@stjohndefiance.org

Awakening Faith,

Reconnecting with Your Catholic Faith
Schedule

Saturday Session @ 1:00 PM

Tuesday Session @ 7:00 PM

Topic
Jan 15 Jan 18 Spirituality, What’s the Buzz?
Jan 22 Jan 25 Who is Jesus?
Jan 29 Feb 1 Do We Need the Spirit?
Feb 5 Feb 8 Can I Accept God’s Mercy?
Feb 12 Feb 15 Can Mass Make My Life Meaningful?
Feb 19 Feb 22 The Church and Me
Awakening Faith is a small group process that helps inactive Catholics return to the Church. The group meets once a week for six weeks of conversation and socializing. The conversations are based on short, easy to read essays about spirituality, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, God’s mercy, the Mass, and the Church. The meetings foster reflection, prayer, and honest sharing in a setting of hospitality and acceptance. Time of weekly lessons is about 1 hr. & 45 min, total time allotment per week is about 2 hr.  The Parish goal is to provide a comfortable way to Reconnect with Your Catholic Faith.
 

Eight Reasons to Reconnect With Your Catholic Faith
1. A timely opportunity to mature in your faith
2. A new appreciation of Catholicism
3. The challenge of modern discipleship
4. The opportunity to provide a heritage for your children
5. An alternative to modern commercialism
6. A personal prayer life
7. A resource for life’s greatest decisions
8. A sure way to attain eternal life with God in heaven
More about the small groups:
• Group focused, not individual focused.
• Assumes no anger or alienation.
• Evokes a theme of “awakening” a faith that is “latent” in a person.
• Operates on the dynamics of belonging and bonding.
 
Effectiveness
• Parishes find the program easy to implement.
• Parishes feel most intimidation with the invitation part.
• Parishes find most people who participate end up involved in the parish again.
 
$ Cost $
There is no cost or obligation.  FREE.
 
Awakening Faith Rollout:  The Sessions
• Spirituality, What’s the Buzz? • Who is Jesus? • Do We Need the Holy Spirit • Can I Accept God’s Mercy?
Can Mass Make My Life Meaningful? • The Church and Me
 
Awakening Faith & You:  Help Needed
*Parishioners Praying Daily (Click here for the Awakening Faith prayer.)
*Parishioners for facilitators
*Parishioners for hospitality
Contact the parish (419-782-7121) or Deacon Don (419-784-2452).
Need a postcard to let us know about someone who might want to participate?  Click here to print one in PDF or click here to print one from a webpage.
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