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Faith Club gathers for annual Christmas celebration

By Olivia Castlen, Record Staff Writer-Archdiocese of Louisville

Over 125 participants, volunteers, family and friends of the Archdiocese of Louisville’s Faith Clubs came together for the annual Christmas party Dec. 4 at the Flaget Center, 1935 Lewiston Drive.

The Faith Clubs — which provide faith formation for adults with developmental or learning disabilities — meet with their groups monthly. Clubs hosted by Ascension Church, St. Francis of Assisi Church, Our Lady of Lourdes Church and the Flaget Retreat Center unite for a Christmas celebration each year.

This year, the celebration included a catered dinner, a reenactment and narration of the Christmas story by Faith Club members, the singing of carols and the exchanging of presents.

Faith Club marks Epiphany with home blessings

Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz blessed chalk during Advent for members of the Archdiocese of Louisville’s Faith Clubs, which provide faith formation for adults with developmental disabilities.

Maureen Larison, who helps organize the clubs as consultant for adult formation and initiation in the Office of Faith Formation, said the club’s members will use the chalk to bless their homes on the feast of the Epiphany.
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Faith Club provides formation for disabled adults

By Jessica Able, Record Staff Writer-Archdiocese of Louisville

Several parishes and volunteers in the Archdiocese of Louisville have been providing faith formation for developmentally disabled adults for a quarter of a century. This ministry is set to expand this fall.

Currently, the archdiocese has four Faith Clubs that aim to foster the Catholic faith among these adults in a safe, comfortable environment, said Maureen Grisanti Larison, consultant for adult formation and initiation in the archdiocesan Office of Lifelong Formation and Education.

“The goal is to promote inclusion in the parish life,” she said. “There are a wide variety of people in parish life. This is a place for (developmentally disabled adults) to feel at home.

“They may not be able to sit down and read a Why Catholic? book or participate in a traditional Bible study, but this they can do,” she said, noting that the clubs have 50 to 60 members in total. “It gives them a place to share their faith in a way that is accessible to them.”

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National Catholic Partnership on Disability: ncpd@ncpd.org

For more information about the Faith Club contact Laura Zoeller, lzoeller@archlou.org, (502) 636-0296, ext. 1269.