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Spiritual Life Commission

Commissioner: Theresa Moorhouse

The Spiritual Life Commission initiates programs that build a viable devotional life for the welfare of the parish community. Our mission is to strengthen and enhance parishioners’ understanding of their faith and hope in God through religious opportunities and to help them build a personal love relationship with God.

Devotional Committee
Initiates programs that build a viable devotional life for the welfare of the parish communit
    Subcommittees:

  • Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
    • Contact: Theresa Moorhouse

      • Plans and schedules opportunities for parishioners to pray before the Blessed Sacrament.

  • Marian Devotion
      Plans and schedules opportunities for parishioners to participate in devotions to Our Blessed Mother.
  • Prayer Group
      Organizes prayer groups to meet the prayer needs of the community.
  • Rosary Meditations
      Holds rosary intercessory meditations in honor of Our Blessed Mother Mary for the well-being of the parish and parishioners.

 

Retreats Committee

Organizes spiritual retreats and parish missions throughout the year for the needs of the parish community.

    Subcommittees:

  • Marriage Encounter
      Plans and schedules Marriage Encounter retreats for married couples in the parish.
  • Engaged Encounter
      Plans and schedules Engaged Encounter retreats for parishioners planning for the Sacrament of Matrimony.
  • Family Retreats
      Plans and Schedules family retreats for families to have the opportunity to interact and learn about the Catholic faith.
  • Parish Missions
      Schedules outside speakers to give talks to parishioners to build their faith and spirituality.
  • Christ Renews His Parish Program
      Schedules the program to bring about Godly unity within families and parishioners.

 

Evangelism Committee

Provides strategies for the parish to reach out and share the Catholic faith with our protestant brothers and sisters.

  • Home Outreach Visit
      Gets parishioners involved in forming evangelism teams to make home visits within the parish community.
  • Ecumenical Outreach
      Forms groups of parishioners to visit non-Catholic churches and to make visits within the parish community.
  • Coming Home – Fallen-Away Catholics
      Reaches out and invites Catholics that have left the Catholic Church to return to the Church.

 

Prayer Line

Contact: Beth Hinojosa

Offers prayer support throughout the year for the parish community:

  • Prayer for the faithful
  • Prayer for the well-being of the church
  • Prayer for conversion
  • Prayer for repentance
  • Prayer for return to the church
  • Prayer for the lost in spirit

 

The Cursillo Movement

An instrument of Christian renewal designed to form and stimulate persons to engage in evangelizing their everyday environments. To continue this new growth in Christ, those who have taken the “little” course are encouraged to meet weekly. This weekly meeting is called “ultreya” which means “fourth day” suggesting by that name that what was initially received on the three day “little course” must continue to grow.

Serra Club

Contact: Jim Christy
This committee encourages vocations to the priesthood and religious life through publications, visits, speakers and monetary support for those in seminaries, and those already in the priesthood or religious life.The Serra committee includes:

  • Prayer for vocations
  • Support of seminarians through both communication and monetary support

 

Home Bound

This committee ministers and supports parishioners who are home-bound and cannot physically participate in Mass with the parish community at the church.

    The committee provides:

  • Holy Eucharist
  • Sacrament of Reconciliation through a priest
  • Communication about happenings and activities
  • Social services
  • Prayer services