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All youth ministry leaders, priests, deacons, parish religious education coordinators, campus ministers, adult volunteers, and anyone who works with youth are invited join in for a book study and intentional discipleship training series using the book Forming Intentional Disciples by Sherry Weddell.
How the book study will work
The book itself is a very engaging read. Before reading the book, we will have an introductory session. We will then break the book into 3 parts and discuss each part during each of the remaining sessions. All sessions will take place virtually on Zoom. To sign up for the Zoom link scroll to the bottom or click here!
There will be both a daytime and evening options for each session. Below are the dates and times:
Introductory Session (before reading the book)
Wendesday, February 23rd
11:30am or 7:30pm
Session 2: Chapters 1-4
Wednesday, March 16th
11:30am or 7:30pm
Session 3: Chapters 5-8
Wednesday, April 6th
11:30am or 7:30pm
Session 4: Chapters 9-12
Wednesday April 20th
11:30am or 7:30pm
Click Here to Sign Up for the Zoom Sessions!
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The book does not need to be purchased by the introductory session but should be for session 2.
How to purchase the book
There are a number of places online to purchase the book as a paperback, eBook, or audio book. Here are links to a few options below:Amazon
Our Sunday Visitor
Audible (Audio Book)
About the Book
(Excerpt from back cover of the book "Forming Intentional Disciples")"These are times of immense challenge and immense opportunity for the Catholic Church. Consider these statistics for the United States.
- Only 30 percent of Americans who were raised Catholic are still practicing.
- Fully 10 percent of all adults in America are ex-Catholics.
- The number of marriages celebrated in the Church decreased dramatically, by nearly 60 percent, between 1972 and 2010.
- Only 60 percent of Catholics believe in a personal God.
If the Church is to reverse these trends, the evangelizers must first be evangelized - in other words, Catholics in the pew must make a conscious choice to know and follow Jesus before they can draw others to him. This work of discipleship lies at the heart of Forming Intentional Disciples, a book designed to help Church leaders, parish staff and all Catholics transform parish life from within.
Drawing upon her fifteen years of experience with the Catherine of Siena Institute, Sherry Weddell leads readers through:- Five thresholds of postmodern conversion.
- How to open a conversation about faith and belief.
- How to ask thought-provoking questions and establish an atmosphere of trust.
- When to tell the Great Story of Jesus.
- How to help someone respond to God's call to intentional discipleship.
And be prepared for conversion because when life at the parish level changes, the life of the whole Church will change."
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