COHORT #1

Reacquiring a Biblical Worldview

Nathan Maurer

Guiding Quote - “The Gospels… contain many marvels—peculiarly artistic, beautiful, and moving: ‘mythical’ in their perfect, self-contained significance; and among the marvels is the greatest and most complete conceivable eucatastrophe.  But this story has entered History and the primary world… The Birth of Christ is the eucatastrophe of Man’s history.  The Resurrection is the eucatastrophe of the story of the Incarnation.  This story begins and ends in joy… There is no tale ever told that men would rather find was true, and none which so many skeptical men have accepted as true on its own merits… To reject it leads either to sadness or to wrath.” – JRR Tolkien, On Fairy-Stories

SLIDESHOW

Personal Prayer, Discernment, Spiritual Direction, and a Spirituality of Lay Ministry

Guiding Quote - “When, in God’s presence, we examine our life’s journey, no areas can be off limits. In all aspects of life we can continue to grow and offer something greater to God, even in those areas we find most difficult. We need, though, to ask the Holy Spirit to liberate us and to expel the fear that makes us ban him from certain parts of our lives. God asks everything of us, yet he also gives everything to us. He does not want to enter our lives to cripple or diminish them, but to bring them to fulfilment.” Pope Francis, Gaudete et Exsultate, 175

Presentation #1 - Christian Prayer & Meditation - Msgr. Tad Oxley

PRESENTATION SLIDES

Presentation #2 - A Spirituality of Ministry: Designing a Rule of Life - Justin Combs

PRESENTATION GUIDE NOTES

Presentation #3 - The Holy Spirit, Discernment, & Spiritual Direction - Andrew Reinhart

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Supplemental Reading - Gaudete et Exsultate

Fr. Eric Culler

Guiding Quote - "The laity are gathered together in the People of God and make up the Body of Christ under one head. Whoever they are they are called upon, as living members, to expend all their energy for the growth of the Church and its continuous sanctification, since this very energy is a gift of the Creator and a blessing of the Redeemer." Vatican II, Lumen Gentium, 33

Supplemental Reading - Lumen Gentium

Dr. Lucas Pollice

Guiding Quote - "In virtue of their baptism, all the members of the People of God have become missionary disciples (cf. Mt 28:19). All the baptized, whatever their position in the Church or their level of instruction in the faith, are agents of evangelization, and it would be insufficient to envisage a plan of evangelization to be carried out by professionals while the rest of the faithful would simply be passive recipients. The new evangelization calls for personal involvement on the part of each of the baptized. Every Christian is challenged, here and now, to be actively engaged in evangelization; indeed, anyone who has truly experienced God’s saving love does not need much time or lengthy training to go out and proclaim that love. Every Christian is a missionary to the extent that he or she has encountered the love of God in Christ Jesus: we no longer say that we are “disciples” and “missionaries”, but rather that we are always “missionary disciples”." Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium, 120.

Supplemental Reading - Evangelii Nuntiandi

Guiding Quote - “"the laity, dedicated to Christ and anointed by the Holy Spirit, are marvelously called and wonderfully prepared so that ever more abundant fruits of the Spirit may be produced in them. For all their works, prayers and apostolic endeavors, their ordinary married and family life, their daily occupations, their physical and mental relaxation, if carried out in the Spirit, and even the hardships of life, if patiently borne—all these become 'spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ'. (1 Peter 2: 5)" Vatican II, Lumen Gentium, 34b

Housekeeping- New Formation Quad Format & Finding a Spiritual Director

PRESENTATION SLIDES

Presentation #1 - Christian Prayer & Meditation - Andrew Reinhart

PRESENTATION SLIDES

Presentation #2 - Emotional Health & Stress Management - Alyssa Siebeneck, MA, LPC

PRESENTATION GUIDE NOTES

Presentation #3 - Physical Health for Ministry - Dr. Ryan Arnold

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Supplemental Reading - Gaudete et Exsultate

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