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.