Adult Faith Formation
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Adult Bible StudiesIf you are seeking to enrich your faith with knowledge of the Bible, Sacraments, and Doctrine we have many opportunities available throughout the year. Not only are you able to be fed by such a rich faith, you also will have the opportunity to share fellowship with others who have the same desire as you. To see our upcoming bible studies please view our calendar below:
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First Corinthians: The Church and the Christian Community
If you page through Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians, you will see that he addresses many of the same topics that appear in the news headlines today: scandals, promiscuity, debates and controversies, and issues related to prosperity versus poverty. Clearly, the struggles faced by the early Christians are in many ways similar to our own. Paul’s messages to the Corinthians about divisions, immorality, persecution and other trials offer much-needed wisdom for our times.
First Corinthians: The Church and the Christian Community explores the key elements of the gospel message that Paul introduced to a new and growing Church. Presenter Tim Gray examines Paul’s advice for living an authentic Christian life in a pagan culture as well as his teachings about the nature of grace, the Church as the body of Christ, and the most powerful gift of all—the Eucharist.
This study will begin Tuesday, January 11th at 9AM in Seton Hall.
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Rite of Christian Initiation of AdultsAre you or do you know someone curious about becoming Roman Catholic? Perhaps you are already Catholic but haven’t received the sacraments of Confirmation and Holy Communion and are ready to explore ways of getting ready to receive these sacraments. If you are 18 years old or older and want to find out more about the Roman Catholic Church please contact Dcn. Jeff Arner by calling the parish office. We will do what we can to help you grow in your faith and answer God’s call during these difficult times. Where there is a will, God provides away.
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Grieving with Great HOPE is a FIVE-WEEK grief support workshop using a video-on-demand format. It offers a prayerful, practical, and personal approach for anyone who is mourning the loss of a loved one. If you have lost a spouse, a child (including pregnancy loss), a grandchild, a parent, another family member, or a friend, you are encouraged to attend. Presenters will include, two priests, as well as John and Sandy O’Shaughnessy from Good Mourning Ministry, a Catholic bereavement organization.
Beginning Wednesday, October 20th at 2PM in the Guadalupe Room. -
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For more information, please contact:
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jarnersescc.orgFaith Formation Director
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Adult Faith Formation is the lifelong process of finding and falling in love with God in the midst of our human lives. Every one of us, by virtue of our Baptism, is on a life-long journey of faith. Consequently, Adult Faith Formation has as its purpose to support, nourish, and challenge adults as they explore their faith, experience its power, grow in relationship with God. Thus, we strive here at St. Elizabeth Seton, to offer, plan, and implement a wide variety of faith forming programs and opportunities for all adults.
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In their document Our Hearts Were Burning Within Us, the US Bishops renewed a commitment to fostering faith formation for adults. Since we all are continually being formed in our faith as we walk our journeys of life, a renewed commitment to adult faith formation necessitates a need for quality programming and a variety of opportunities for all adults.
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- Inviting and enabling ongoing conversion to Jesus in holiness of life:
- helping adults acquire an attitude of conversion to the Lord
- leading adults to repentance of sin, reconciliation through the sacraments and deepening faith in Jesus
- Promoting and supporting active membership in the Christian community:
- helping adults make a conscious and firm decision to live the faith through membership in the Christian community
- inviting and supporting baptized adults in their co-responsibility for the Church’s mission and life
- Calling and preparing adults to act as disciples in mission to the world
- inviting baptized adults to evangelization and justice in the world
- Inviting and enabling ongoing conversion to Jesus in holiness of life:
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