| Getting Started We just need the resources to better understand lifelong faith formation and whole community catechesis Click here for introductory books and links in the US & Canada. If you live in Great Britain or Ireland, click here. This will take you to the web site of Columba Books. Be sure to add this site to your favorites so you can find you way back here easily. Click here for free articles And click here for a FREE copy of Parish Vision 2009 A Pastoral Planning resource kit to help you reach every group of youth and adults in your parish! Go here to see a list of the official church documents which support the movement for lifelong faith formation! |
Resources! Take a look at the three categories below. Click on the one you need. Find the best resources available today. |
| Training Your Leaders. We need the tools to introduce the concept of lifelong faith formation and whole community catechesis to our parish. Click here for training materials |
| We're underway! We need the tools to implement each of the dimensions of lifelong faith formation within our parish! Click on each for Parish retreats Prayer services Faith gatherings Pastoral Planning worksheets Questions of the Week |
| The Church is in Christ. It is a sacrament of Christ, a mystery of depth... The Church now wants to share with the whole world its own inner nature and mission. Constitution on the Church #1 from Vatican II in Plain English |
| Resources offered on this site |
| Pastoral Planning A step-by-step guide: Dreams & Visions: Pastoral Planning for Lifelong Faith Formation A new book which includes a chapter outlining those all-important Planning Team Meetings. Training How to teach your parish about lifelong formation including excellent PowerPoint presentations to download and use, complete with presentation notes. Implementation How to state and sustain faith sharing throughout the parish using the Question of the Week With free prayer sheets. Prayer Services to accompany faith sharing. You can download and use these in 5 minutes! Outlines for adult or intergenerational Faith Gatherings linked to your children's textbook series. Outlines for adult Bible Studies which are in plain English! Download each session and get all you need in one item. Complete plans for Parish Based Retreats in several practical scheduling formats. Background Material All the current books you need to better understand lifelong formation, plus free articles you can download, copy, and use. Vatican II Lots of strong resources to help you teach about the Council. We are approaching the 50th Anniversary of the date on which John XXIII called Vatican II: Jan 25, 1959. |