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The Catholic Parishes in Waterloo Present
Our 2011 Lenten Enrichment Series
Living Eucharist in
Our Everyday Lives
Monday
Evenings, March 21, 28, April 4, and 11
6:30-8:15pm.
Sulentic Parish Center
Blessed Sacrament
Parish, Waterloo
No pre-registration
required
Open to the public.
General Description
The Second Vatican Council called Eucharist the
"source and summit" of Catholic life. However, the truth
is that for many Catholic adults and young adults the Mass no
longer seems so meaningful or important. Our children tell us
it's boring. Young adults say it's irrelevant. Even
some older adults admit that it is difficult for them to connect
what happens at Mass with what's going on in their everyday
lives.
Our 2011
Lenten Enrichment Series
will address this "disconnect" by
examining the Mass in more detail and exploring what it means
for our everyday lives.
Each session will be facilitated by a pastor
and director of faith formation from a local parish. We will be
using segments from a video presentation, Why We Go to Mass
with Fr. J.
Glenn Murray SJ. Fr. Murray will be the featured speaker for our metro
parish mission in October.
"Living Eucharist in our Everyday Life" will be the first in a series of opportunities designed to help our parishes
prepare for the revised Roman Missal which
English-speaking Catholics will begin using in Advent of 2011.
The four sessions in our Lenten
Enrichment Series are self-contained; participation in all four, although highly beneficial, is
not necessary. All sessions are free and open to the
public. Pre-registration is not required.
Weekly
Themes
Week 1
Monday,
March 21.
The Gathering Rite and the Call to
Community.
Presented by Fr. Dennis Juhl and Hazel Martin
In this session we will examine the Gathering Rite and reflect
on the importance of being a community of faith in a society
which emphasizes individual freedom and autonomy.
The Gathering Rite and the Communion Rite remind us that we are all
children of God, brothers and sisters in the common family of
God. We are responsible for one another and for the common
good. Two principles of Catholic Social Teaching reflect
this fact: the Call to Family, Community and Association and the
Call to Solidarity.
Week 2
Monday, March 28.
The
Liturgy of the Word and the Call to Interdependence.
Presented by Fr. Louis Jaeger and Barb Duggan
In this session we will examine the Liturgy of the Word and reflect on what it means to be a people of faith in a society
which devalues the importance of history and over-emphasizes self-determination.
The Liturgy of the Word reminds us that we are members of the
Communion of Saints and we live our lives in the middle of
Salvation History. This fact defines who we are; it
determines what values and actions are appropriate for us, given
our origin and our destiny as children of God.
Week 3
Monday, April 4.
The
Eucharistic Prayer and the Call to Sacramentality
Presented by Fr. Jose Comparan and Dave Cushing
In this session we will examine the Eucharistic Prayer and
reflect on what it means to believe that the world around us is
sacramental in a society which idolizes material and scientific
reality.
The Eucharistic Prayer reminds us that we believe God entered
into time and space through the Incarnation of his Son,
Jesus Christ. Material things embody a sacred mystery and
become signs of God's saving presence. For Catholics, the ultimate expression
of our belief in the sacramentality of material things is our
belief in the real presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist.
Week Four
Monday, April 11.
The
Dismissal Rite and the Call to Hope
Presented by Fr. Jerry Kopacek and Pam Johnston
In this session we will examine the Dismissal Rite and reflect
on what it means to be people of hope in a society which is too
often overwhelmed by cynicism and despair.
The Dismissal Rite reminds us that we are people on a mission.
We share in Jesus' mission to proclaim the Good News and
to transform the world. God's continuing effort to create a world
which anticipates the final Kingdom relies on our cooperation and our
effort, even if it does not ultimately depend on us. This
conviction is a source of both hope and gratitude.
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for more information about our presenters
For More Information Contact:
Director of Adult Faith Formation
320 Mulberry St., Waterloo IA 50703 Phone:
319-234-9912
email: DBQ208s3@arch.pvt.k12.ia.us
Posted 02.03.11
Last Update: 02.25.11
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