Lifelong Faith Journey

Do you need to brush up on your Catholic catechsis? Or are you interested or new to the faith? Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish would like to introduce to you "Lifelong Faith Journey" catechesis sessions.

The mission of this Faith Formation program will be to provide Catholics with a review and renewal of the fundamentsls of our beautiful Catholic Faith. This is in response to the Diocesan Road Map and the popuar desire of any of our parishioners as they shared in several parish meetings.

The scheduled topics will also include 30 minutes of catechesis on the New Translation of the Roman Missal which will be integrated fully during Advent 2011.

All sessions will be held inside of the church, in the Adoration wing, at 6pm.


Monday, May 16 - Introduction to the Scriptures (The Word of God)
An overview of how to effectively read, understand and use the Bible in your personal faith life as well as evangelistic settings.

Monday, June 6 - The Sacraments of Initiation and Healing
We will visit the essential role of the Sacraments in our faith lives from the eyes of Early Church Fathers, the Catechism, as well as the Holy Scriptures. Baptism, Holy Eucharist, Confirmation, Anointing of the Sick, and Penance (Confession) will be covered.

Monday, June 27 - The Sacraments of Service
We will visit the essential role of the Sacraments in our faith lives from the eyes of the Early Church Fathers, the Catechism, as well as the Holy Scriptures. Marriage and Holy Orders.

Monday, July 18 - Mary, Mother of God
As Catholics, many of us have devotions to Mary and the saints. In this session, we will visit many of our common devotional practices and prayers as well as look at the Biblical basis for the beautiful Marian doctrines: Mary, the Mother of God; The Immaculate Conception; Mary's Perpetual Virginity; and Mary's Assumption into Heaven.

Monday, August 15 - The Mass
An overview of the Theological, Biblical, and historical foundations of the Sacred Mass will be shared along with a recap of the entirety of the catechesis on the New Translation of the Roman Missal.

May, the Month of Mary... WOMEN'S CHALLENGE!

The GOAL... To be a better woman of God :)
INVITE YOUR FRIENDS!!

Rules:
*Wear an appropriate dress or top and skirt every day when you go out.
*Leggings cannot be worn as a means of appropriateness.
*Take a picture of yourself in your outfit wherever you do go out. Make a photo album on your FB for this activity... Or somewhere else to keep you accountable and share your beauty :)
*You must be wearing a dress every time you go out of the house.

Exceptions:
*You do not need to wear a dress or skirt if your job requires you to be in pants... like if it's uniform or you're teaching PE.
*The same goes for certain other activities like working out. Please wear pants.
*Yes, it's okay for you to not wear a dress at home.

Additional activities:
*PRAY THE ROSARY EVERY DAY!
*If available, go to Eucharistic Adoration. OLGC is 24hours.
*Go to Reconciliation
*Go to Mass

MAY 1: Nellani, Nicole, and Tiffany, after 5pm Mass at Our Lady of Good Counsel, Pearl City.

Mystical Body of Christ: 'The Intercession of the Saints' (NativeCatholic.com)

We are all made, by means of Baptism, part of the Mystical Body of Christ, which IS the Catholic Church (1 Cor. 12:12,27) And Scripture tells us clearly that not even death separates us from the Mystical communion. (Rom. 8:35-39)

CCC 1475 In the communion of saints, "a perennial link of charity exists between the faithful who have already reached their heavenly home, those who are expiating their sins in purgatory and those who are still pilgrims on earth. between them there is, too, an abundant exchange of all good things." In this wonderful exchange, the holiness of one profits others, well beyond the harm that the sin of one could cause others. Thus recourse to the communion of saints lets the contrite sinner be more promptly and efficaciously purified of the punishments for sin.

With this understanding, and with the call that we have to pray for one another (Jas 5:16), we can start to see the importance and beauty in asking our brother and sisters in heaven to pray for us (Rev 5:8) In this Bible study we will address some of the misunderstandings and objections often brought up when discussing the 'Communion of Saints' and the power of The intercession of the Saints.

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CCC 1475 , 1479

Jas 5:16 ; 1 Tim. 2:1-5; 1 Cor. 12:12,27; Rom. 8:35-39; Matt. 5:44-45; Rom. 15:30; 2 Thess. 1:11; Rev. 5:8; Rev. 6:9-11; Rev. 8:3-4

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