Formed In Faith
Sharing the Word through Faith Formation, Archdiocese of Louisville
Office Closed/ Justice Workshop Cancelled
Due to the weather our office is closed today.
Please note the Justice Workshop
scheduled for Sat. Jan. 23, 2016 has been cancelled.
Justice Workshop, 1/23/16- CANCELLED
CANCELLATION!!!
The Justice Workshop- Solidarity with the Poor on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016 has been cancelled.
At this time we do not plan to reschedule the event.
Mercy? – Yep, There’s an App for That!
Bring the Jubilee Year of Mercy to your parish and school communities in a new way.
From Our Sunday Visitor Publishing comes the free 365 Days to Mercy app
Download this clever cellphone tool from the iTunes or Google Play app stores. Designed to accompany adults and youth on their spiritual journeys through the Jubilee Year of Mercy, once installed the app provides tweets by Pope Francis, daily devotionals and meditation points on mercy, prayers, bible stories, and news (up to November 20, 2016 — giving one a full year, 365 Days of Mercy).
Web info from OSV: https://osv.com/yom
Butch Ekstrom January 20, 2016
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Catholic Men’s Conference Registration
Registration for the Catholic Men’s Conference 2016 is now open!
Follow the link below to register online:
Catholic Men’s Conference 2016, Louisville
“Made for More”
March 5, 2016
8:00 am – 1:00 pm
Saint Michael Catholic Church
3705 Stone Lakes Dr.
Louisville, KY 40299
Fee: Adults: $30 • Students: $15
Space limited to the first 800 to register.
Scholarships available by request.
Keynote presentation with Curtis Martin
We have been “made for more” than just the intoxication of this world. We have been made for greatness – and we will only reach such heights when we first come into a relationship with Jesus Christ.
Curtis Martin is the Founder and CEO of the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS), one of the fastest growing programs in the Catholic Church. Curtis holds a Master’s degree in Theology and is the author of the best-selling book Made for More. In 2004, Curtis and his wife Michaelann were awarded the Benemerenti Medal by Saint John Paul II for their outstanding service to the Church. In 2011, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Curtis as a Consulter to the Pontifical Council of the New Evangelization. Curtis and his wife, Michaelann, live in Westminster, CO. They have been blessed with nine children.
For more information on Curtis Martin please visit: http://www.focus.org/about/curtis-martin.html
The Day’s Agenda
8:15 am Welcome
8:30 am “Made for More” Part 1
Curtis Martin, Founder & CEO – FOCUS
9:15 am “Wright’s Law: A Unique Teacher
Imparts Real Life Lessons”
Jeff Wright, Science Teacher – Male HS
9:45 am Workshops / Reconciliation /
Refreshments
10:45 am “Made for More” Part 2
Curtis Martin, Founder & CEO – FOCUS
11:15 am Final Comments
Most Rev. Joseph E. Kurtz, D.D.
12:00 pm Closing Liturgy
Most Rev. Joseph E. Kurtz, D.D.
1:00 pm Conclusion
Optional pizza lunch, fellowship, & follow-up
Weather Cancellations??
Please note, that there is the possibility of the coming weather cancelling the workshop for this Saturday.
If this should occur, we will post the cancellation to this page.
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Mercy: key to credibility
The issue of The Record dated January 14, 2016 (page 3) contains a large feature on The Name of God is Mercy, which is Pope Francis’s brand new book. Written by Cindy Wooten for the Catholic News Service, the piece in The Record is datelined Vatican City.
The key theme in the book from the Pope is to reach out to stranded, suffering people and help them toward salvation. ‘Take risks to overcome rigidity and prejudice,’ Francis says. ‘Do like Jesus did in order to heal and serve. Build your spiritual credibility in the process.’
The Name of God is Mercy appeared on January 12. Information about the new book was placed, as a scoop, on this Archdiocesan blog — Formed in Faith — just a few days ago (see below).
Butch Ekstrom Faith-Formation/OLFE
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Enter the darkness, offer mercy
http://ncronline.org/news/vatican/new-interview-francis-pushes-church-big-mercy-tough-law
The book contains Francis’ understanding of mercy and forgiveness and what these things mean to him personally and to the Church.
“We must go back to the Gospel,” he says.
“We need to enter the darkness, the night in which so many of our brothers live. We need to be able to make contact with them and let them feel our closeness (and God’s mercy), without letting ourselves be wrapped up in that darkness and influenced by it.”
Francis talks about those who tie up heavy burdens and lay them on other men’s shoulders, but who are unwilling to move so much as a finger. These hypocrites love the place of honor and want to be called master, he adds.
“This conduct comes when a person loses the sense of awe for salvation that has been granted to him or her.”
Upcoming Jan. and Feb. Catechist Courses
Christology (Introduction)
Dates: Thursday, February 18, 2016
Time: 3:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Location: Ascension School
Presenter: Art Turner, Director of Faith Formation, Archdiocese of Louisville
Cost: $10.00 (check payable to ALMI)
Registration: Register prior to class to insure class availability. Contact Lynn McDaniel at lmcdaniel@archlou.org or (502) 448-8581 ext. 1314
Catechist Credit: 2.5 hours applies toward the Associate Level in the content area of Introduction to Christology or 2.5 hours applies toward Theology in the content area of Christology
This class is an introduction study of the Christian understanding of the person of Jesus and the impact it has on one’s practices.
Development of the Church I
Date: Tuesday, January 12 or Thursday, January 14, 2016
Time: 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Location: Tuesday, St. Agnes (St. Aloysius Hall) or
Thursday, Our Lady of Lourdes (Professional Team Room)
Presenter: Art Turner, Director of Faith Formation, Archdiocese of Louisville
Cost: $10.00 (check payable to ALMI)
Registration: Register prior to class to insure class availability. Contact Lynn McDaniel at
lmcdaniel@archlou.org or (502) 448-8581 ext. 1314
Catechist Credit: 2.5 hours applies toward Theology in the area of Church
This is a study of the development of the Church and the mutual impact of history on the development of tradition.
Development of the Church II
Date: Tuesday, January 26 or Thursday, January 28, 2016
Time: 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Location: Tuesday, St. Agnes (St. Aloysius Hall) or
Thursday, Our Lady of Lourdes (Professional Team Room)
Presenter: Art Turner, Director of Faith Formation, Archdiocese of Louisville
Cost: $10.00 (check payable to ALMI)
Registration: Register prior to class to insure class availability. Contact Lynn McDaniel at
lmcdaniel@archlou.org or (502) 448-8581 ext. 1314
Catechist Credit: 2.5 hours applies toward Theology in the area of Church
This is a study of the development of the Church and the mutual impact of history on the development of tradition.
Images of God
Date: Tuesday, February 23 or Thursday, February 25, 2016
Time: 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Location: Tuesday, St. Agnes (St. Aloysius Hall) or
Thursday, Our Lady of Lourdes (Professional Team Room)
Presenter: Tom Malewitz, Theology Teacher, St. Xavier High School
Cost: $10.00 (check payable to ALMI)
Registration: Register prior to class to insure class availability. Contact Lynn McDaniel at
lmcdaniel@archlou.org or (502) 448-8581 ext. 1314
Catechist Credit: 2.5 hours applies toward the Associate Level or Theology in the area of Spirituality
This class is an exploration into both the personal and communal images of God and how they impact our sense of community and ministry.
Introduction to Scripture
Dates: Thursday, January 14, 2016
Time: 3:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Location: Ascension School
Presenter: Art Turner, Director of Faith Formation, Archdiocese of Louisville
Cost: $10.00 (check payable to ALMI)
Registration: Register prior to class to insure class availability. Contact Lynn McDaniel at lmcdaniel@archlou.org or (502) 448-8581, ext. 1314
Catechist Credit: 2.5 hours applies toward the Associate Level in the content area of Introduction to Scripture or 2.5 hours applies toward Theology in the content area of Scripture
This class explores the Catholic understanding of Scripture and the meanings of inspiration and revelation.
Justice Workshop: “Solidarity with the Poor”
Date: Saturday, January 23, 2016
Time: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Location: Cathedral of the Assumption Undercroft
Presenters: Various Presenters
Cost: $25 (includes lunch) (check payable to ALMI)
Registration: Register prior to class to insure class availability. Contact Lynn McDaniel at
lmcdaniel@archlou.org or (502) 448-8581 ext. 1314
Catechist Credit 7 hours applies toward Theology in the content area of Justice
This is an experiential workshop focusing on the Gospel call to serve the least in our community and to experience God in the poor.
Lenten/Spring Retreat Day: Living the Jubilee Year of Mercy: An Invitation to Embrace the Paschal Mystery
Date: Saturday, February 13, 2016
Time: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Location: Flaget Center
Presenter: Art Turner, Director of Faith Formation, Archdiocese of Louisville
Cost: $25.00 (includes lunch) (check payable to ALMI)
Registration: Register prior to class to insure class availability. Contact Lynn McDaniel at
lmcdaniel@archlou.org or (502) 448-8581 ext. 1314
Catechist Credit: 6 hours applies toward Spiritual Formation
Pope Francis has asked the Church to reflect on how we are to live the call to be people of mercy. How are we being asked to die to self in order to be the people of mercy that God is calling us to be? What do I need to “let go” of in myself in order to have the courage to be merciful and the humility to receive mercy in return?
Multicultural Ministry
Date: Tuesday, February 9 or Thursday, February 11, 2016
Time: 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Location: Tuesday, St. Agnes (St. Aloysius Hall) or
Thursday, Our Lady of Lourdes (Professional Team Room)
Presenter: The Office of Multicultural Ministry
Cost: $10.00 (check payable to ALMI)
Registration: Register prior to class to insure class availability. Contact Lynn McDaniel at
lmcdaniel@archlou.org or (502) 448-8581 ext. 1314
Catechist Credit: 2.5 hours applies toward Theology in the area of Culture/Diversity
This is a study of the many cultures that are part of the Church today and what that means to us as a community.
Want millennials back in your pews? Stop trying to make church ‘cool’
By Rachel Held Evans April 30, 2015
Ms. Evans is a blogger and the author of the book Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church.
“. . . Many churches have sought to lure millennials back by focusing on style points: cool bands, hip worship, edgy programming, impressive technology. Yet while these aren’t inherently bad ideas and might in some cases be effective, they are not the key to drawing millennials back to God. Young people don’t simply want a better show. And trying to be cool might be making things worse.”
In this very good article, from the Washington Post, a young adult author explains why people in her generational group (millennials, Generation Y) often get turned off by church congregations that try to be too cool, too trendy in worship, overly hip and edgy in technology and music. And there are others who recoil in Christian communities that come across as too ‘judgmental’ and ‘hypocritical.’
Evans notes that her peers are less likely to abandon ship and walk away when they find a church community that is truly inclusive; displays honesty and authenticity in communication among congregants; offers meaningful sacraments and prayer experiences; and helps young adults feel less lonely.
Want to know more? Read on. It’s good.
Butch Ekstrom BEkstrom@archlou.org
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Happy Three Kings Day!
History of 3 Kings Day – Epiphany
Ruth M. Reichmann
Lovers of carols and Christmas parties know that this season has 12 days, packed with golden rings, calling birds and various kinds of gentry, musicians and domestic workers. December 25 is Christmas – and 25 minus 12 does equal 13. Do the math and you will see why shopping malls, newspapers, television networks, and other cultural fortresses annually deliver some kind of “Twelve Days of Christmas” blitz, beginning on December 13.
Problem is that for centuries church calendars in the East and the West have agreed that there are twelve days of Christmas and they begin on Christmas Day and end on January 6.
The twelve days of Christmas end with the Feast of Epiphany also called “The Adoration of the Magi” or “The Manifestation of God.” Celebrated on January 6, it is known as the day of the Three Kings (or wise men/magi): Caspar, Melchior and Balthasar. According to an old legend based on a Bible story, these three kings saw, on the night when Christ was born, a bright star, followed it to Bethlehem and found there the Christchild and presented it with gold, frankincense and myrrh.
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Other links for Three King’s Day:
http://catholicsma.com/three-kings-day/
https://www.pinterest.com/apunamatata/three-kings-day/
http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/prayers/view.cfm?id=49
http://nowstar.net/god/prayers/three-kings.htm
http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/epiphany
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