Great materials for Adult Faith Formation
The catechesis of adults...is the principle form of catechesis, because it is addressed to persons who have the greatest responsibilities and the capacity to live the Christian message in its fuly developed form. (593) NDC
Because of its importance and because all other forms of catechesis are oriented in some way to it, the catechesis of adults must have high priority at all levels of the Church.
(594) NDC
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Just Faith II - New Program by Catholic Charities
In addition to Just Faith, Catholic Charities will offer Just Faith II: Skills for Social Ministry, a new program recently developed by Just Faith Ministries which focuses on developing practical skills for social ministry.
JustFaith II provides participants with the opportunity to develop the skills to effectively and deliberately lead their parish’s social ministry beyond impassioned individuals toward an organized, communal, sustainable response.
The sessions will focus on spiritual formation, education on key social issues, and skill development. Topics for skill development include: strategies for building social ministry within the parish, community organizing, legislative advocacy, leadership development, dialogue and facilitation, justice education, and global solidarity.
Click here for a fact sheet and application.
JustFaith II provides participants with the opportunity to develop the skills to effectively and deliberately lead their parish’s social ministry beyond impassioned individuals toward an organized, communal, sustainable response.
The sessions will focus on spiritual formation, education on key social issues, and skill development. Topics for skill development include: strategies for building social ministry within the parish, community organizing, legislative advocacy, leadership development, dialogue and facilitation, justice education, and global solidarity.
Click here for a fact sheet and application.
Best Practices in Adult Faith Formation: A National Study has gone into a second printing. Authored by David Riley and Jack McBride, the book helps catechetical leaders understand some of the approaches and strategies that contribute to successful adult faith formation. To order, call the NCCL office at 202-884-9753.
The Water for Life DVD is Available
2.5% of the world's water is freshwater, of which 3/4 is stored in the polar ice caps. This leaves less than 1% of freshwater for drinking, farming and manufacturing. Water in the world is so scarce that the United Nations has declared 2005, the Water for Life Decade. In fact, the greatest humanitarian crisis in the world today is food and water scarcity issues that threaten the peace and security of most developing nations.For 60 years, CRS and the National Council of Catholic Women have been bringing the gift of clean water to poor families all over the world. To celebrate the 60th anniversary of this partnership, a new DVD highlighting the water program has been produced entitled Water for Life. It explores why more than 1 billion people around the world do not have adequate access to clean water. It is available through CRS' Education Portal at http://education.crs.org/water_for_life/.
Pray the News- a site sponsored by the Catholic News Service that teaches indiviudals and groups how to pray with the world news stories of today.
"Strangers No Longer" - New DVD Available on Immigration
“Strangers no Longer” invites us to open our hearts and minds and identify with today’s immigrants. It invites us to look into our past and notice the similarities that exist between ourselves and our ancestors when they came to this great land and those who are arriving now. We are made aware of the many global implications that cause people to migrate to the USA, including our need for more workers. It helps us to understand problems that exist with our current immigration system and underlines different solutions and activities that can be undertaken to fix what is broken. It reminds us of our moral responsibility to actively live our faith and our obligation to be a voice of change so that newcomers are strangers no longer.Sections:
1. Call to Welcome
2. Our Immigrant Heritage
3. New Realities
4. Living the Faith & Credits
Run Time: Short Version 16 minutes * Long Version 22 minutes
Both Versions w/ Spanish Subtitles
The DVD has an accompanying study guide in Spanish and English which is available to download at www.justiceforimmigrants.org/snldvd.html.
Table for Two or Four
Many parishes in Canada have groups that meet at restaurants for an evening meal and sharing of faith questions. A couple or two have a wonderful 3-5 course meal with a faith sharing
question for each course. The restaurant may be new in town and people want to try it out or an established restaurant parish people like to attend. It is great way for the establishment to try new menus and a great way for parishioners to get to know each other better, as couples or individuals. Each person attending is charge a flat rate for the evening. Preparation is mainly getting the restaurant, advertising, and preparing the faith sharing questions.Questions may be around seasonal themes, hot topics in the news, etc.
In the Catholic tradition, responsible citizenship is a virtue; participation in the political process is a moral obligation. Help your groups be responsbile with a Catholic perspective. Elections are coming!
Sharing Catholic Social Teachings: Challenges and Directions from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Learn the major themes and ways to implement them in your programs.
Care For Creation: Actions You Can Take...
In Renewing the Earth, the Catholic Bishops have called us to "consider the moral issues raised by the environmental crisis...as matters of powerful urgency and major consequence.""Care for Creation" is a resource sheet and list of practical actions that can be taken to help us do our part to protect the planet for our children and future generations to come. Also included is a list of additional educational and action resources.
Please feel free to download and copy this information.
Click here for resource sheet.
Small Faith Communities Internet Materials
www.nplc.org/smallcommunities.htm
www.renewintl.org/SmallChristianComm
www.smallchristiancommunities.org
Diocese of St. Petersburg Florida SCCs_and_Justice_Resources_-_8-07.doc
Archdiocese of Hartford Quest http://www.sccquest.org/
