RCIA and Catholicism 101

The next two Wednesdays,    May 4 & 11 from 6:30-8:00 we will wrap up this busy RCIA season with our final sessions of “mystagogy” as we discuss Catholic Morality and then Odds’n’Ends. All are welcomed to join in as our Catholicism 101 series opens the RCIA classes to the whole parish. The next wave of … Continued

Religious Education Newsletter for April 24

FROM MR. GALE This weekend, April 24 is OUR LAST CLASS for the year. What an awesome, busy, emotional, fast-paced year this has been! In the weeks ahead I will send out a detailed evaluation from this year, using much of your feedback, input and suggestions. We will also soon announce some summer opportunities to … Continued

ATTITUDE CONFIRMATION RETREAT

  Our Jackson Regional Confirmation Retreat was held last weekend at camp FaHoLo in Grass Lake with 120 students (mostly 8th graders) from most of the local parishes. The purpose of the retreat was to offer an “encounter opportunity” for the students to meet Jesus in a profound way; to impact their celebration of the … Continued

Called & Gifted

Our first sessions of Called & Gifted have been very well attended, with well over 60 people taking the “Gifts Inventory” to start the process of discerning which charisms God has given them. A charism is a gift, a grace, a skill, a supernatural talent that God gives to each baptized member of the Body … Continued

ALPHA 2 Evaluation

ALPHA 2 EVALUATION We ran our second ALPHA during six Fridays of Lent. Total attendance was 93 (which was the average of our first Alpha!). Average attendance for the evening sessions was about 55, with a peak of 70 one night. Financially, Alpha did not pull any dollars from our Parish operating expenses—thank you to … Continued