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Faith Alive!
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Faith Alive!
is a weekly adult education series published by Catholic News
Service and distributed by Catholic newspapers throughout the
United States. In the Archdiocese of Dubuque, Faith
Alive! is printed each week in The Witness, the
official newspaper of the Archdiocese.
Faith Alive!
examines a variety of current issues from the perspective of
Catholic faith. It provides a variety of viewpoints on
these issues each week and offers Catholic readers an
excellent resource for personal reflection or small group
discussion. Faith Alive! is a convenient and accessible source of
continuing adult faith formation on a regular basis.
We post here
an introduction to this week's Faith Alive! topic and the
schedule of Faith Alive! topics for the coming months as
well as comments from readers.
You can read this week's articles in the current issue of The
Witness or online from Catholic News Service.
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This Week's
Faith Alive! Summary
Nov. 2, 2008
Religion in America
The
role religion plays in the lives of Americans. American
Catholicism is facing a crisis, a mass exodus of its members,
according to an extensive survey released in February 2008 by
the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. The U.S. Religious
Landscape Survey details the religious affiliation of the
American public and explores the shifts taking place in the U.S.
religious landscape. This edition will summarize the landmark
study's findings and significance, especially as those findings
pertain to Catholics.
Read this week's articles in The Witness Nov. 9 or
Read this week's articles online.
For discussion:
The Pew survey says more than one in six American adults are not
currently affiliated with any religious group. How can Catholics
reach out to them?
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September 7 /
Christian Hope
I can't remember when my son became ill whether I was a
hopeful person or not. After 4 years of visiting different
doctors, hospitals and many different medications there was no
concrete diagnosis of what was wrong. It was during those days
of indecision that I HOPED that one day we would have an
answer. Each day, each test, each visit to another doctor I
always hoped that there would be an answer and then John would
began to recover. My faith and hope supported me through those
days, months and years. But 5 months before he died he entered
the ICU. He was never to leave the hospital. My faith remained
but hope for his recovery began to wain. He lost his sight,
remained on and off a respirator and communication ended with
him. When he died all hope of his recovery died with him. I
know today with out hope those 4 years would have been very
painful. My grieving began when he was ill, which made his
death easier to accept. Of course, my hope then and now is that
John is enjoying eternal life with his loving father. --Betty
Allen
October 5 / Reforming Health Care
Enjoyed the topic very much this week. It reminded me of
a former football coach I worked with in Oklahoma many, many
years ago. When athletes would complain about something not
being "fair", he would respond with, "Son, fair is where you
ride rides and eat cotton candy, other than that, nothing is
ever fair." I always enjoyed that one. -- Jeff Henderson.
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Faith Alive!
Schedule
Fall, 2008
Pope Benedict's Encyclical on
Hope, Spe Salvi
1. Christian hope
Published: Sept. 7. Posted online: August 30-Sept. 6.
2. The "crisis of Christian hope"
Published: Sept. 14. Posted online: Sept. 7-Sept. 13
3. Salvation: personal and communal
Published: Sept. 21. Posted online: Sept. 14-20
Catholic
Health Care
1. Catholic hospital, secular hospital: What's the
difference?
Published: Sept. 28. Posted online: Sept. 21-27
2. Reforming health care in the U.S.
Published: Oct. 05. Posted online: Sept. 28-Oct.4
3. A health care reform dialogue
Published: Oct. 12. Posted online: Oct. 5-11
2008 World
Synod of Bishops
1. 2008 World Synod of Bishops: a "pastoral discernment"
Published: Oct. 19. Posted online: Oct. 12-18
2. Roles of the Bible
Published: Oct. 26. Posted online: Oct. 19-25
3. Lessons from the Jews about the Bible
Published: Nov. 11. Posted online: Oct. 26-Nov. 1
Religion in
America
1. The Pew survey: the role religion plays in the lives of
Americans
Published: Nov. 09. Posted online: Nov. 2-8.
2. Is immigration keeping the U.S. Catholic Church afloat?
Published: Nov. 16. Posted online: Nov. 9-15
3. Reflections on the Pew survey: the CARA response
Published: Nov. 23. Posted online: Nov. 16-22
Countdown to
Christmas
1. Advent: a time of light
Published: Nov. 30. Posted online: Nov. 23-29.
2. The miracles of Jesus
Published: Dec. 7. Posted online: Nov. 30-Dec. 6
3. Miracles in the lives of the saints
Published: Dec. 14. Posted online: Dec. 7-13
4. Christmas: making time for others
Published: Dec. 21. Posted online: Dec. 14-20
5. The Holy Family
Published: Dec.28. Posted online: Dec. 21-27
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