Formed In Faith

Online Busy Person’s Retreat: MAKE ROOM FOR GOD IN THE BUSYNESS OF LIFE

You are not alone.

With uprooted plans, new worries, and so many changes, what are you longing for? Do you struggle to make time for prayer now due a change in your daily routine ? Are you seeking a deeper connection to God or searching for clarification, direction, or meaning to the suffering around us? Perhaps you tried to make a retreat in the past but didn’t have the time to get away. What if you could make a private retreat with an Ignatian-trained spiritual director to accompany you without having to leave your home? The Online Busy Person’s Retreat gives you that opportunity!

For more information about this retreat go to https://beckyeldredge.com/online-busy-persons-retreat/. 

Fall Classes 2020

Office Closed Labor Day Weekend

Our office will be closed Friday, Septemeber 4, 2020 through Monday, Septemeber 7, 2020 in observance of the Labor Day weekend.

The Angelus – for the simple, the faraway, and me

The Angelus by Katherine Bogner
(Look to Him and Be Radiant on Etsy)

 

I don’t remember how I first heard of the Angelus.

I do remember that praying it was an act of desperation.

Things were always worst just around noon. Alone at home with twin infants in highchairs both sobbing to be held, I staggered around the kitchen trying to prepare lunch, my three-year-old clinging to my ankles and crying that he was too hungry to eat. With every passing second, the window of time to feed everyone and get them into their beds for their naps was narrowing. Failing to get the three children napping before this critical window of time elapsed meant I would have no quiet moment to myself, no chance to collect my strength to make it through the rest of the day and evening until bedtime.

Maybe this sounds overly dramatic, but this was every day, and it felt dire.

 

Click here to continue reading this post by   on praytellblog.com.

 

 

The Angelus – for the simple, the faraway, and me

TEAMRCIA VIDEO MARATHON!

Start on Monday. End on Friday. Watch them all before they’re gone!

Move to a Year-Round RCIA:

A Step By Step Process

VIDEO MARATHON

If you’ve wondered how to shift your community from a September to May program to one that is always ready to welcome seekers and form disciples any time of the year—without adding more sessions to your schedule!—then this Video Marathon will get you started. We’ll walk you step-by-step through the process.

n this free video training series, you’ll learn five steps to move your parish to an ongoing initiation process

Step 1: Identify the Urgent Need for Year-Round RCIA
Step 2: Create Your Dream Team to Implement Year-Round RCIA
Step 3: Develop a Strategy for Year-Round RCIA
Step 4: Communicate Your Vision for Year-Round RCIA
Step 5: Smash the Barriers to Your Year-Round RCIA

How the Video Marathon work

·  On Monday, August 24, go to teamrcia.com/marathon to view the first video.

·  Return the next day to view the second video.

·  Do the same for each of the five days, August 24-28, 2020.

·  The videos will be short—about 15 minutes each.

·  Don’t wait, because the videos will only be available for five days.

·  Tell your team members and colleagues so they don’t miss it.

Free Masterclass: Remote Teaching and Distance Learning in Catechesis

SADLIER RELIGION
Free-Online-Masterclass

Register for a Masterclass with Andrea Chavez-Kopp

Distance learning in catechesis was once futuristic, but is now the minimum operating standard. Embrace the opportunity to reimagine your programs and ministries in a way that better serves current families and attracts new ones. Make the shift with the help of a FREE 3-Part Religion Masterclass with Andrea Chavez-Kopp.

Here are the details…

Remote Teaching and Distance Learning in Catechesis
MASTERCLASS

Starts August 18
Reserve your spot now!

In this Masterclass, you’ll learn how to shift to a remote teaching and distance learning model. Review best practices for taking your program virtual by using digital tools while maintaining equity, privacy, and support. You’ll leave with innovative strategies for catechesis that will transform traditional approaches and transcend social distancing.

Discover:

  • Tools for getting started with remote catechesis and distance learning
  • Best practices for videoconferencing and live meetings
  • A transformative, blended approach to teaching and learning

PLUS, receive a Certificate of Participation and gain access to FREE resources that will support your teaching!

Register Now

Sacrament Workshops

 

Online- Summer Retreats

Travel and gatherings are still prohibitive for most of us due to the continued risks and dangers of COVID, so this summer Paraclete Press is bringing the resources you need right to you. We are pleased to announce a new series of full-day online retreats with best-selling authors and teachers on prayer, spirituality, literature, poetry, mysticism, and writing spiritual memoir. Leaders include Fr. Ron RolheiserSybil MacBethMsgr. Timothy VerdonMark BurrowsJana Riessand others.

Click here for more information. 

“In-person” classes have resumed!

We are now able to resume having “in-person” classes.  Space is limited and all participants must follow the COVID-19 guidelines.  See the guidelines and flyers for more information.

National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month

Did you know?
U.S. House of Representatives announced July as
National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month

 

Despite measurable advances in health equity, disparities in mental health care persist especially in diverse and/or marginalized communities. When trying to access mental health services, diverse communities have to contend with language barriers; decreased access to care; lower chance of health care coverage; bias and discrimination in treatment settings, in addition to the usual road blocks in an already fragmented health care system.

Many cultures also view mental health treatment as a luxury, considering symptoms a “phase” that will eventually pass. These harmful perceptions of mental illness can further isolate individuals who desperately need help.

Limited access to mental health services and failure to provide culturally competent treatment contribute to poor mental health outcomes including suicide, among ethnic minority populations.

Click here for more information.