Formed In Faith

Class Cancellations

The following catechist classes have been cancelled:

Introduction to Scripture 9/5/17

Major Themes of Scripture 9/19/17

Foundations of Liturgy 10/3/17

Overview of the Mass 10/17/17

Introduction to Sacraments 11/7/17

Introduction to Christology 11/28/17

Christology II 12/12/17

Life in the Spirit Seminar

Life in the Spirit Seminar coming soon to two locations in the Archdiocese of Louisville. Contact Lynn McDaniel at lmcdaniel@archlou.org to register.

       

Fall Catalogue

Two great events are happening today.  There is the solar eclipse and the new Faith Formation Fall Catalogue has arrived!

Safe Environment Training/Background Checks

As you are getting programs and classes ready to begin, you may have recruited some new volunteers this year.  Don’t forget that all volunteers who work with children must attend the Archdiocesan Safe Environment Training and have a background check on file.

Here is a link to upcoming Safe Environment Training Sessions.
Here is a link to the description of the Safe Environment Training.

Here is a link to the background check form.

If you have questions, contact Scott Fitzgerald, Safe Environment Training Coordinator, at (502) 636-1044 or via e-mail.

Discipleship- Come and See Night

 

Liturgical Catechesis

Upcoming Classes

Our Fall catalogue will be available in a few weeks but until then here is a sneak peak at some of our upcoming classes.

I love the Mass, imperfect as it is

  • People pray during Mass April 17, 2016, at Holy Redeemer Church in Detroit. The Mass was the site of a “Mass Mob” event, an evangelization effort aimed at boosting regular Mass attendance. (CNS/Jim West)

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Call me old-fashioned. I need to be down with the flu or snowed in before I’ll skip going to Mass. I love being there. Our parish church borders a Jesuit university, and during the school year a sizable percentage of those attending are students, so it’s a good mix of older and younger folks. Still, I admit feeling sad about some relevant statistics. According to the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, among U.S. Catholics weekly Mass attendance isn’t looking good. From 1965 to 2016, it dropped from 55 to 22 percent.

The grapevine has it that many Catholics skip Mass frequently because they “don’t get anything out of it.” Others appeal to the clergy sex abuse scandals of recent decades, saying they don’t want to associate with a church that harbored abusers for so many years. Some have even chosen to transfer to Protestant churches or recently established alternative forms of “Catholicism,” complaining that they can no longer tolerate a church that relegates women to a second-class status.

I understand, and I sympathize. Yet I hardly ever miss Mass… click here to read more.

 

RCIA Drill Down- Free Online Team Training

Check out this FREE team training from Team RCIA.

In this free video training series:

  • Day 1: The essentials of the Period of Evangelization and Precatechumenate
  • Day 2: Who should take the first step: Acceptance into the Order of Catechumens
  • Day 3: What happens during the Period of the Catechumenate
  • Day 4: When your catechumens are ready for step two: Election
  • Day 5: What to teach (and not teach) during the Period of Purification and Enlightenment
  • Day 6: How to plan for the third step: Celebration of the Sacraments of Initiation
  • Day 7: How make sure your neophytes get the most out of the final Period of Mystagogy

We’re excited to share this free training with you!

We’re Nick Wagner and Diana Macalintal, founders of TeamRCIA. We’ve created this free training to help you learn the basics of the RCIA. If you are new to RCIA ministry or even if you’ve been doing it for years, these short, effective videos will give you the confidence you need for forming your seekers, catechumens, and candidates.

 

20 ways to catechize this summer — even if you don’t have a year-round catechumenate

If someone asks you about becoming Catholic this summer, don’t tell them to come back in September. You can start catechizing them right away, even if you don’t have a year-round process.

Here are 20 ideas from TeamRCIA.com to get you started.