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Where is God in all this? |
If God is so good, why do bad things happen? Why doesn’t God prevent disasters and tragedy? Why are some people spared while others die? Is God punishing me or teaching me a lesson? Come explore the tough questions that inevitably arise when we suffer. Be open to challenging your own beliefs and re-examining some things you’ve always been taught.
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Help! What do I say? |
What do you say at a wake or visitation? Six months later, do you mention the name or does that open wounds? How long does grief take? In our death-denying society, few of us know how to heal from grief or how to companion others. Come learn some basics of grief so you can more effectively do both. |
Who Will Be Making Your End Of Life Decisions? |
No matter where you stand on the sensitive issue of end-of-life decision making, the reality is that decisions affecting a seriously ill or dying patient’s treatment and care are made every day. How can you best ensure that your wishes are followed? Do you understand the terms (i.e. euthanasia, assisted suicide, palliative care, artificial nutrition and hydration), the documents (i.e. living will, durable power of attorney, DNR), and the legal and medical implications? What do Church documents say about end of life care? Come get factual information so you can have intelligent discussions and learn how to protect yourselves and your loved ones. |
Balancing Martha and Mary in a Busy World |
Life is busy. That’s an understatement, isn’t it? So how do you keep balance? How do you choose Mary’s “better portion” while still getting all your Martha things done? And how do you do it without feeling guilty? This inspirational talk and scripture re-enactment helps you lift your gaze and put life, prayer, and duties in perspective. Come learn from Martha and Mary about following Jesus. |
Widowed – How Do I Get Through This? |
Has your spouse died? Do you minister with people who are widowed? Are you struggling to heal from other close deaths? Hear from someone who has been there herself and has continued to minister with grieving people for almost 20 years. Talk about grief itself – what it feels like, what is normal, and what some of the usual patterns are. Then move toward healing - what you can do to move forward and become whole. Finally, we’ll discuss where God is in all this. After all, we are to believe in a God of love. So why are we in so much pain? Come explore, learn, and grow. |
“Come and See!” The Amazing Story of the Woman at the Well |
The danger of familiar stories is that we stop paying attention to them. This inspirational evening will end with a dramatic re-enactment that has touched people’s hearts across the country. The story will change you if you dare to let it. Come be challenged, moved, and lifted up. Perhaps, like the woman, you will never thirst again. |
Help! I’m Supposed to Lead the Prayer! |
You have prayed in many different venues and with many different presiders. Have you noticed that sometimes the prayer is heartfelt, effective, and life-giving, but other times it seems routine or even dead? In your classroom, in rituals with children, in adult formation sessions or even family gatherings, how can you make sure that when you craft and lead prayer, it falls into the life-giving category? This practical session teaches tools and tips to counteract deadness, helping you to effectively lead good prayer. |
Liturgy from the Ground Up |
Are you looking for ways to explain liturgy to your students, RCIA, or formation sessions? Are you on a liturgy preparation team, or help your students prepare liturgies? Do you just want to better understand what we do when we celebrate Mass? This practical and engaging session provides you with all the basics you need to understand and prepare liturgies and to teach liturgical fundamentals to others. |
Creating and Celebrating Ritual Prayer |
The classroom is an ideal place for children to learn about and participate in faith rituals, yet many catechists feel inadequate to prepare and celebrate them. This practical presentation defines ritual and symbol in understandable ways and connects them to family and daily life. You then get guidelines, tools, and actual examples that equip you for effective and prayerful rituals in your classroom, your family, and other situations.
Note: This presentation can be modified for DRE’s and principals, for RCIA and adult formation leaders, for parents, for high school youth ministers, and any other situation that calls for the celebration of ritual prayer. |
Forgive: Let Go and Be Free |
Most of us have been taught many things about forgiveness, from the time our parents first made us apologize to siblings for hitting them. But what if most of what we’ve been taught is not true? What if continuing in your same patterns means you cannot fully forgive, heal, and free your heart? In this retreat-like session, the talks challenge old notions of forgiveness and reconciliation, and the quiet time allows you to reflect, pray, and open yourself to the freedom and joy that come from true forgiveness. |
Helping Children Grieve |
Children grieve differently than adults, and their grief is activated over many different transitions and changes. What do you do when a child is grieving? What are normal signs of grief and how can you support the child through them? How do you handle it in the classroom? Is there anything you can do before grief strikes to educate yourself and your students so you are all better able to cope? Come for an information-packed, practical session and learn how to help.
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Creating Effective Bereavement Ministry in the Parish |
The most common complaint of the bereaved is that although they are showered with care and support until after the funeral, then suddenly everyone disappears. Our faith calls us not to abandon grief-stricken people, but to continue to walk with them through death to resurrection and healing. This practical session covers the theology of bereavement care and offers the tips, tools, outlines, and resource you need to build or expand effective bereavement ministry in your parish. |
What are We Going to Do This Week? |
We know the Scriptures are God’s living Word among us. But how do you convey their life and meaning? What can you do in Children’s Liturgy of the Word, in RCIA, in adult formation sessions, in Confirmation retreats or with teens, to enact readings in ways that reach them? This practical session gives a series of examples illustrating various creative ways to make Scripture readings leap off the page and into your assembly’s hearts. |
Proclaiming the Word with Power and Grace |
Perhaps you either serve as a regular lector in your parish or else you find yourself in situations where you read Scripture for groups of people. What is the spirituality behind being a lector? Without involving multiple readers or any special creative touches, how can you proclaim the Word in a way that touches people’s hearts? If you really want to understand the ministry of lector and how to be an effective and powerful instrument of Christ, then this session is exactly what you need. Come deepen your spirituality and your skills.
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How Many Ways Can You Pray? |
Prayer is our communication with God, our way of deepening our friendship and relationship with the Divine. Yet too often when we think of prayer, we think only of the standard prayers of our faith. Open your horizons to many different forms of prayer, that you may enrich your own spirituality and the spirituality of those with whom you minister. |
Creating Powerful Prayer for Difficult Times |
There is a tragedy or a crisis in your town, your parish, or your school. You need to memorialize or mark it in some prayerful way. But how? Where do you start? What do you do? This presentation gives you the practical outlines, details, and tools for creating prayer experiences around difficult times. |
The Reign of God: A Good Heaven or a Good Earth? |
Jesus called us to bring about the reign of God. In fact, Jesus said it was already here. Do you see it? What did Jesus mean, and how can we fulfill his call? This session looks at the history of the term from the time of antiquity, and then explores the Christian mission to bring the reign of God fully into being here and now. |
I Will Never Thirst Again |
We've all heard the story of the woman at the well. But have you ever really heard it? What does it mean for your life? Come be challenged, called to grow, and helped to hear this amazing story as you have never heard it before. |
Lessons from the Crucible |
Death and grief are difficult topics we don’t like to face, especially in our death-denying society. Yet human experience shows us that death will touch every one of us, and indeed most of the people around you are grieving in some way. Learn how to grieve, and learn the lessons that come from grief, not in order to be morbid or depressing but in order to learn how to live and love more vibrantly. Learn the truth of the paschal mystery – from life, through death, all the way to the resurrection! |
The Power of Presence – Presiding at Prayer |
More and more lay people are being called upon to preside at prayer – for wake services, word and communion services, in classrooms and adult formation sessions, on retreats and in RCIA sessions, and on and on. Yet few are trained or feel competent in the skills of presiding. This engaging and informative workshop gives all the basics of presiding well. Learn the theology and the skill you need to lead any size of assembly in prayer. |
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Where is God in all this? |
If God is so good, why do bad things happen? Why doesn’t God prevent disasters and tragedy? Why are some people spared while others die? Is God punishing me or teaching me a lesson? Come explore the tough questions that inevitably arise when we suffer. Be open to challenging your own beliefs and re-examining some things you’ve always been taught.
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Help! What do I say? |
What do you say at a wake or visitation? Six months later, do you mention the name or does that open wounds? How long does grief take? In our death-denying society, few of us know how to heal from grief or how to companion others. Come learn some basics of grief so you can more effectively do both. |
Who Will Be Making Your End Of Life Decisions? |
No matter where you stand on the sensitive issue of end-of-life decision making, the reality is that decisions affecting a seriously ill or dying patient’s treatment and care are made every day. How can you best ensure that your wishes are followed? Do you understand the terms (i.e. euthanasia, assisted suicide, palliative care, artificial nutrition and hydration), the documents (i.e. living will, durable power of attorney, DNR), and the legal and medical implications? What do Church documents say about end of life care? Come get factual information so you can have intelligent discussions and learn how to protect yourselves and your loved ones. |
Balancing Martha and Mary in a Busy World |
Life is busy. That’s an understatement, isn’t it? So how do you keep balance? How do you choose Mary’s “better portion” while still getting all your Martha things done? And how do you do it without feeling guilty? This inspirational talk and scripture re-enactment helps you lift your gaze and put life, prayer, and duties in perspective. Come learn from Martha and Mary about following Jesus. |
Widowed – How Do I Get Through This? |
Has your spouse died? Do you minister with people who are widowed? Are you struggling to heal from other close deaths? Hear from someone who has been there herself and has continued to minister with grieving people for almost 20 years. Talk about grief itself – what it feels like, what is normal, and what some of the usual patterns are. Then move toward healing - what you can do to move forward and become whole. Finally, we’ll discuss where God is in all this. After all, we are to believe in a God of love. So why are we in so much pain? Come explore, learn, and grow. |
“Come and See!” The Amazing Story of the Woman at the Well |
The danger of familiar stories is that we stop paying attention to them. This inspirational evening will end with a dramatic re-enactment that has touched people’s hearts across the country. The story will change you if you dare to let it. Come be challenged, moved, and lifted up. Perhaps, like the woman, you will never thirst again. |
Help! I’m Supposed to Lead the Prayer! |
You have prayed in many different venues and with many different presiders. Have you noticed that sometimes the prayer is heartfelt, effective, and life-giving, but other times it seems routine or even dead? In your classroom, in rituals with children, in adult formation sessions or even family gatherings, how can you make sure that when you craft and lead prayer, it falls into the life-giving category? This practical session teaches tools and tips to counteract deadness, helping you to effectively lead good prayer. |
Liturgy from the Ground Up |
Are you looking for ways to explain liturgy to your students, RCIA, or formation sessions? Are you on a liturgy preparation team, or help your students prepare liturgies? Do you just want to better understand what we do when we celebrate Mass? This practical and engaging session provides you with all the basics you need to understand and prepare liturgies and to teach liturgical fundamentals to others. |
Creating and Celebrating Ritual Prayer |
The classroom is an ideal place for children to learn about and participate in faith rituals, yet many catechists feel inadequate to prepare and celebrate them. This practical presentation defines ritual and symbol in understandable ways and connects them to family and daily life. You then get guidelines, tools, and actual examples that equip you for effective and prayerful rituals in your classroom, your family, and other situations.
Note: This presentation can be modified for DRE’s and principals, for RCIA and adult formation leaders, for parents, for high school youth ministers, and any other situation that calls for the celebration of ritual prayer. |
Forgive: Let Go and Be Free |
Most of us have been taught many things about forgiveness, from the time our parents first made us apologize to siblings for hitting them. But what if most of what we’ve been taught is not true? What if continuing in your same patterns means you cannot fully forgive, heal, and free your heart? In this retreat-like session, the talks challenge old notions of forgiveness and reconciliation, and the quiet time allows you to reflect, pray, and open yourself to the freedom and joy that come from true forgiveness. |
Helping Children Grieve |
Children grieve differently than adults, and their grief is activated over many different transitions and changes. What do you do when a child is grieving? What are normal signs of grief and how can you support the child through them? How do you handle it in the classroom? Is there anything you can do before grief strikes to educate yourself and your students so you are all better able to cope? Come for an information-packed, practical session and learn how to help.
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Creating Effective Bereavement Ministry in the Parish |
The most common complaint of the bereaved is that although they are showered with care and support until after the funeral, then suddenly everyone disappears. Our faith calls us not to abandon grief-stricken people, but to continue to walk with them through death to resurrection and healing. This practical session covers the theology of bereavement care and offers the tips, tools, outlines, and resource you need to build or expand effective bereavement ministry in your parish. |
What are We Going to Do This Week? |
We know the Scriptures are God’s living Word among us. But how do you convey their life and meaning? What can you do in Children’s Liturgy of the Word, in RCIA, in adult formation sessions, in Confirmation retreats or with teens, to enact readings in ways that reach them? This practical session gives a series of examples illustrating various creative ways to make Scripture readings leap off the page and into your assembly’s hearts. |
Proclaiming the Word with Power and Grace |
Perhaps you either serve as a regular lector in your parish or else you find yourself in situations where you read Scripture for groups of people. What is the spirituality behind being a lector? Without involving multiple readers or any special creative touches, how can you proclaim the Word in a way that touches people’s hearts? If you really want to understand the ministry of lector and how to be an effective and powerful instrument of Christ, then this session is exactly what you need. Come deepen your spirituality and your skills.
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How Many Ways Can You Pray? |
Prayer is our communication with God, our way of deepening our friendship and relationship with the Divine. Yet too often when we think of prayer, we think only of the standard prayers of our faith. Open your horizons to many different forms of prayer, that you may enrich your own spirituality and the spirituality of those with whom you minister. |
Creating Powerful Prayer for Difficult Times |
There is a tragedy or a crisis in your town, your parish, or your school. You need to memorialize or mark it in some prayerful way. But how? Where do you start? What do you do? This presentation gives you the practical outlines, details, and tools for creating prayer experiences around difficult times. |
The Reign of God: A Good Heaven or a Good Earth? |
Jesus called us to bring about the reign of God. In fact, Jesus said it was already here. Do you see it? What did Jesus mean, and how can we fulfill his call? This session looks at the history of the term from the time of antiquity, and then explores the Christian mission to bring the reign of God fully into being here and now. |
I Will Never Thirst Again |
We've all heard the story of the woman at the well. But have you ever really heard it? What does it mean for your life? Come be challenged, called to grow, and helped to hear this amazing story as you have never heard it before. |
Lessons from the Crucible |
Death and grief are difficult topics we don’t like to face, especially in our death-denying society. Yet human experience shows us that death will touch every one of us, and indeed most of the people around you are grieving in some way. Learn how to grieve, and learn the lessons that come from grief, not in order to be morbid or depressing but in order to learn how to live and love more vibrantly. Learn the truth of the paschal mystery – from life, through death, all the way to the resurrection! |
The Power of Presence – Presiding at Prayer |
More and more lay people are being called upon to preside at prayer – for wake services, word and communion services, in classrooms and adult formation sessions, on retreats and in RCIA sessions, and on and on. Yet few are trained or feel competent in the skills of presiding. This engaging and informative workshop gives all the basics of presiding well. Learn the theology and the skill you need to lead any size of assembly in prayer. |
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