Here is the audio from class last night including our best news report of the news from Nazareth, the Hill Country and Bethlehem based on our readings of all the Scriptures surrounding Advent and Christmas!  All of the following  wonderful Advent Resources for your enrichment at home can be found on formed.org (make sure you are signed into your free account from St. Vincent's for the links to wor...  Read More

We watched this commercial for the Catholic Church followed by some time asking Jesus our own questions about how He wants us to come closer to Him through His Church and a time of small group sharing.  Then Jess and Paul shared their truly beautiful gift of a testimony for the first time in public with our group...we are honored. You should definitely listen if you weren't able to be at the meeti...  Read More

We watched Symbolon Episdode 10: The Last Things: What Happens When we Die (We only watched the video in part--it's recommended to go back and watch the entire thing).  Jesus' Words on Death, Dying, Heavena and Hell How About 7 Days in Heaven --Thinking About What is Above?...  Read More

We watched, the Search Episode 7: "Why A Church" and the short youtube from Fr. Mike Schmitz Below.  Small Group time and the panel of our core team sharing the top two reasons why they are Catholic.  Theme: The Catholic Church in Scripture Top One: Convinced: Why Would Anyone Become Catholic?Why would intelligent, successful people give up careers, alienate friends, and cause havoc in their famil...  Read More

First Communion Parents will receive a separate email from Miss Claudia with homework for this month. Check out these two ~20 minute videos from ALPHA.   Alpha is a wonderful adult faith formation program that starts from the ground-up in helping adults grow in relationship with God.  The top one is on Prayer. The bottom one is on the Bible.  Pray the "Our Father" together every night.  After each...  Read More

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We focused our final session of prayer bootcamp on praise and worship in song. We read Psalms 149 and 150 in small group and then heard a fantastic testimony from Linda and spent time worshipping the Lord as Reggie led us in praise.  We also watched a short portion of Alpha on praise -- from around 13:30 min (though 11:45 starts with the preacher to the pope, so you might want to start there - 17:...  Read More

There was a great surprise testimony from Linda at the beginning of class--check it out if you weren't there!  It's right at the beginning of the recording.  Then we had small group with ACTS prayer and checking in on how your prayer time is going, followed by a 13 minute video on formed.org about the origins of the Bible  7 Gospel Passages for this week:Day 1: Luke 5: 1 -11Day 2: John 2: 1-12Day ...  Read More

We started the night with an explanation and demonstration of ACTS prayer.  *You are encouraged to try the ACTS prayer method to start off your prayer time.  After small group, Deacon Kevin led us in a beautiful meditation (another way you might try having that close, intimate conversation with God our Father (prayer chair model), and then in a journaling exercise (see below for some questions to ...  Read More

If you don't already have one, please get yourself a nice Catholic Bible of your choice by our next meeting (and bring to all of our upcoming Tuesday gatherings).  There is a difference in the Old Testament books between Catholic and Protestant Bibles (we will explain this next week), so it is important to specifically search for a Catholic one.  Our Lady of the Rosary in Little Italy has a Cathol...  Read More

Click below to the hear audio recording from last night's teaching and testimony: Part 2 of our Prayer Bootcamp --- **DEACON KEVIN shared an incredible testimony that you don't want to miss. It starts at 40:40 -- if you missed it, you will definitely want to go back and listen to that part! During the session we watched this 10 minute video of Fr. Mike Schmitz giving us a summary of all of salvati...  Read More

The First Communion Prep Videos (which can be great for the whole family to watch along with) can be found here: https://www.dynamiccatholic.com/plus/blessed-seasons.htmlIn class we watched: Season 7 Episodes 1 and 2Rewatch these some time this week with your children and implement the blessings prayer at the dinner table or before bed.  Have each person say "Thank You, God for..." three different...  Read More