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Current Featured Event

• A retreat sponsored by anyone who can gather 5 to 20 friends, family, neighbors, and fellow parishioners for a Friday night through Sunday experience of God's healing love, tailored to the needs of the participants, with time for private spiritual direction by Terry Modica.
    

• Web courses on Church documents
  are available as parish courses or group retreats online or in your parish facilities. More info
• How to Find God In Our Sufferings
  This one-hour seminar can also become a weekend retreat or a 3-night parish retreat. It's inspirational message gives participants new strength and courage. Terry Modica speaks from personal experiences, with a sense of humor, to explain that suffering becomes bearable and valuable when we keep our eyes on Jesus, learn its lessons of holiness, and turn it into ministry that helps others who are suffering. Hear a sample.
• Living Powerfully as a Third Millennium Catholic
  Catholics in the U.S. are no longer a minority, no longer poorly educated, no longer immigrants struggling financially. Discover how to make the most of our new identity to evangelize by the way you live your life without giving up family and home like missionaries of the past. more info
• Life In the Holy Trinity
  A 3-Part Parish Evangelization Retreat. This can be done in-house, presented by your own parishioners, using the PowerPoint presentations and hand-outs published by Catholic Digital Resources™. Terry Modica can present it as a parish retreat or as a Train-the-Trainer retreat.
• John Paul II's Apostolic Letter on the Rosary
  Terry Modica presents her personal testimony about conversion and calling through Mary and unpacks the pope's Apostolic Letter for deeper insight. This evening of inspiration and reflection concludes with a group experience of praying the Luminous Mysteries for the conversion of the world. More info
• Go and Make Disciples
  You already have the love of Jesus in you, and God has given you the gifts of the Spirit ~ now be inspired to use these in a way that makes a real difference. This seminar is based on the national strategy of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. This is NOT about door-to-door evangelization, but it IS being God's partner in giving to others the faith that is important to YOU.
• Your Role in the Body of Christ
  God calls us to serve His Church to our full potential. More info
• Healing Our Image of God’s Fatherhood
  How close are you to the Father? Based on Matt. 22:37-39 and other scriptures.
• Why Our Prayers Don’t Always Get Answered
  Get a better understanding of how to pray powerfully and how to wait patiently or accept the answer "no". Based on 2 Cor. 9:11
• The Miracle Power of Suffering
  The sacrifices we make bring us and others closer to God. Based on 1 Peter 2:21 and the Church document on "The Christian Meaning of Human Suffering".
• What Does It Mean to Be "One Holy Catholic Apostolic Church"? 
  Based on the Vatican II document "The Decree on the Apostolate of Lay People". more info
• Discover and Grow in Your Special Ministry
  How to be an effective servant using your gifts, talents and resources. Based on the Church document "On Evangelization in the Modern World". Includes personal assessment quizzes.
• Scriptural Visit with Mary 
  Mary is our role model in grace, trust, faith, holiness & service. more info
• Prayer Enrichment Course 
  How to have a deeper, stronger relationship with God through prayer. more info
• The Sermon on the Mount 
  How to live the Gospel message in normal, everyday circumstances. more info
• Lenten Retreat: Jesus' Perfect Love 
  Examine your life through the 10 Commandments to become more like Jesus. more info
    

• Motivating Your Team: Recruiting, Training & Retaining Volunteers
  How to use the psychological techniques that successful businesses use to motivate their employees and increase productivity, morale, and job satisfaction, with the Christian perspective of stewardship.
   
  Do all of your volunteers understand that whatever they do for the parish they are doing because God has chosen them for service in his Kingdom? And are they actually doing the work that God has especially gifted them for? Do they know how to identify what God has gifted them for? Do you, as the coordinator of their service?
   
  By using the techniques you learn at this workshop and the tools that it will give you, you'll be able to attract and retain volunteers and promote greater involvement in parish life. The workshop will include the Four Types of Volunteers, simple tools for empowering them to achieve a higher level of helpfulness, easy methods for raising their level of enthusiasm, and what to do when volunteers fall short of your expections and needs.

• Our Parish Mission Statement: How Are We Doing?
  theme: How is each ministry fulfilling the goals of the Parish?
• Serving God by Serving Others, As Jesus Served
  theme: A leader is a head servant, guiding others with the humility of Jesus.
    

• Catholic Bible Conference based on readings from daily Mass
• School of Catholic Adult Faith Formation more info
• See our Pastoral Institute on Evangelization