Adult Prayer and Reflection

Welcome to the 40 day journey that is the Lenten Season! What is Lent all about?   Resources for  Lent There are many ways for one to grow closer to God in faith.  Check out some of these resources: Virtual Retreats An Audio Retreat: We have all just come through a year like no other in living memory, and now we have arrived in a new year, carrying all the hopes and dreams of a new beginning, but also the many fears and troubles of the year just passed. The season of Lent gives us a heaven-sent opportunity to reflect prayerfully on our recent experience and the difficulties and the possibilities it has set before us.  Growing Back Better An Ignatian Prayer Adventure The eight-week schedule makes it perfectly timed as a Lent and Easter retreat.  To get started visit HERE In addition for Lent 2021, Jean Heaton, author of  Helping Families Recover from Addiction ,  will offer weekly reflections based on themes of the retreat. Look for her posts  here. The Arts Enjoy a visual prayer exper

 Advent 2020 Jesse Tree As we prepare for the Holy season of Christmas we are faced with an Advent that incorporates where we are today. Our lives have given us a new perspective this year as celebrating as usual has been interrupted by a pandemic. The people of the bible experienced many interruptions in their own lives. We are connected to them as faith has been passed through the ages having reached it's culmination in Jesus the Christ. The tradition of the Jesse Tree is a way to enter into how faith in God has been lived. Our Faith Formation young learners and their families will be learning about all the people from the Old Testament who were part of Jesus ancestry. You can participate with them by exploring the resources on this page. Learn about the people and their story...and create your own Jesse tree by using the templates of ornaments provided. Learn Read Who are the people in Jesus'  genealogy? The Jesse Tree or Who Were Jesus Relatives? Sr. Joan Roccasalvo, CSJ Ca

 Care For Creation for Adults and Families WELCOME   (scroll down to read more) Why are we talking about the environment and ecology in church? Watch: Catholicism and the Challenge of Ecology

Welcome to Compassion Camp! This blog is especially made for adults so that all may explore the theme of compassion. As we look around the world, what becomes clearer each day is our deep need for compassion - now more than ever. Each session has a central scripture passage about the theme. The goal of Compassion Camp is to cultivate compassion for each other, ourselves and the world by coming to see how Jesus was compassionate. As adults, growing our compassion is a faith experience as situations are encountered in one's daily life. Situations that bring struggle from situations of loss and illness create the opportunity to realize one's own vulnerability. This vulnerability can transform us more deeply in the the heart of Jesus and offer our compassion to others. It is our hope that these resources will enable you to think more deeply about your own growth in compassion. Compassion leads one to widen our understanding about the needs of others as we learn how to reach bey

The preparation for Sunday scripture individual and/or Zoom group will be a little different for the summer  The group would like to still continue meeting, but Marge and Debbie are going to take a break from curating the support materials.  We will continue to provide a link to the readings, and also a link to the St. Louis University Liturgy website which provides a lot of background information on the Sunday readings.  If in the course of our other work we come across a video that works for the readings we will put it up as well, but our discussion will primarily be a breaking open of the Word for the weekend. Zoom Discussion Group Thursdays 11:00 AM A link will be sent to you prior to the session.  Please  REGISTER HERE Sunday August 2, 2020 LINKS Readings The Sunday Reflections at St. Louis University Website How do I approach the Sunday scriptures to prepare to participate in group sharing? We gather with others with the purpose of hearing God’s voice speak to us personally and t

Summer Sunday Scripture The preparation for Sunday scripture individual and/or Zoom group will be a little different for the summer  The group would like to still continue meeting, but Marge and I are going to take a break from curating the support materials.  We will continue to provide a link to the readings, and also a link to the St. Louis University Liturgy website which provides a lot of background information on the Sunday readings.  If in the course of our other work we come across a video that works for the readings we will put it up as well, but our discussion will primarily be a breaking open of the Word for the weekend. Zoom Discussion Group Thursdays 11:00 AM A link will be sent to you prior to the session.  Please REGISTER HERE Sunday July 19, 2020  LINKS READINGS THE SUNDAY WEBSITE AT ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY How do I approach the Sunday scriptures to prepare to participate in group sharing? We gather with others with the purpose of hearing God’s voi