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Rebuilding Your Message Webinar
Fr. Michael White |Tom Corcoran
Communication is fundamental to our human experience. When it comes to the parish, being able to effectively share a message is a vitally important work. Much of the work parish leaders do in the Church all comes down to communication. We have been given the important task of communicating God’s love, mercy, and justice to a fallen and broken world. Our message matters now more than ever. Our message matters, but transmitting it is not always easy. It can be a challenge to clarify what we want to communicate and then to present it in a way that gets through to the parish community. The very brokenness of the world makes it difficult to hea...
Communication is fundamental to our human experience. When it comes to the parish, being able to effectively share a message is a vitally important work. Much of the work parish leaders do in the Church all comes down to communication. We have been given the important task of communicating God’s love, mercy, and justice to a fallen and broken world. Our message matters now more than ever. Our message matters, but transmitting it is not always easy. It can be a challenge to clarify what we want to communicate and then to present it in a way that gets through to the parish community. The very brokenness of the world makes it difficult to hear the good news and challenging for us to communicate the message of the gospel.This webinar shares some of the key lessons Fr. Michael White and Tom Corcoran learned as the leaders of the Church of the Nativity. Join them and learn the strategies and tactics that were instrumental in the rebuilding of their parish, especially the ways in which they communicated with their parish.
Navigating the Transitions of Midlife Adult Faith
Jim Merhaut
Midlife adults in their forties and fifties experience unique life transitions in which they seek deeper spiritual meaning. Re-evaluation of their life’s goals, recommitment to personal relationships, new ways of engagement in the life of the community, and other midlife transitions are fertile ground for authentic spiritual growth.In this webinar, Jim Merhaut presents the developmental and faith lives of adults in their forties and fifties and offers insight into adult faith formation opportunities for parishes accompanying Generation X in this season of life.Suggested reading before the webinar: "Midlife Adult Faith" on the NCC...
Midlife adults in their forties and fifties experience unique life transitions in which they seek deeper spiritual meaning. Re-evaluation of their life’s goals, recommitment to personal relationships, new ways of engagement in the life of the community, and other midlife transitions are fertile ground for authentic spiritual growth.In this webinar, Jim Merhaut presents the developmental and faith lives of adults in their forties and fifties and offers insight into adult faith formation opportunities for parishes accompanying Generation X in this season of life.Suggested reading before the webinar: "Midlife Adult Faith" on the NCCL website blog.
Who’s Caring for the Caregiver? Ministering to the Caregivers in our Midst
Deb Kelsey-Davis|Kelly JohnsonThere are an estimated sixty-five million family caregivers in the United States today, a silent army of people who struggle with stress, guilt, and spiritual depletion. How do we, as the Church, minister to these caregivers? What can we do to address their struggles, which include losses in relationships, loneliness, and crises of faith? In this webinar, Deb Kelsey-Davis and Kelly Johnson, cofounders of Nourish for Caregivers, will help you learn how supporting caregivers strengthens families and our parishes and extends Christ’s love to the community.
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Ministering to the Married
Monica Ortega
Talking about sex and intimacy in marriage can be challenging—but it’s also essential. In this webinar, Monica Ortega, coauthor of Lovemaking: How to Talk about Sex with Your Spouse, will explore how ministry leaders can integrate spiritual and human formation when addressing the topic of lovemaking. They’ll offer insights on fostering open, faith-filled conversations between spouses and encourage leaders to start these sometimes difficult but necessary discussions. Most importantly, they’ll reassure ministers that they don’t need to have all the answers—they just need the courage to accompany couples as they navigate intimacy and romance....
Talking about sex and intimacy in marriage can be challenging—but it’s also essential. In this webinar, Monica Ortega, coauthor of Lovemaking: How to Talk about Sex with Your Spouse, will explore how ministry leaders can integrate spiritual and human formation when addressing the topic of lovemaking. They’ll offer insights on fostering open, faith-filled conversations between spouses and encourage leaders to start these sometimes difficult but necessary discussions. Most importantly, they’ll reassure ministers that they don’t need to have all the answers—they just need the courage to accompany couples as they navigate intimacy and romance. Join us for a conversation that will equip you to support marriages with wisdom, honesty, and grace.
Ministering To, With, and For Hispanic Youth
Katherine Angulo ValenzuelaThe goal of this webinar is to learn how to embrace both Hispanic and American cultures in your ministry especially with youth. If you are experiencing a rapid growth of Hispanic families in your parish, this webinar will help you understand the viewpoints that each culture brings to the table and the best practices to be effective in your ministry.
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Mobilizing the Field Hospital: Pastoral Care and Accompaniment with Young Adults
Paul JarzembowskiTo respond to the realities of a COVID-19 world, the Church must approach young adults as the “field hospital after battle” that Pope Francis has advocated for years. This approach involves intentional pastoral care and accompaniment to tend to the physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, and economic wounds of those who struggle through this crisis moment – and beyond. In this webinar, Paul Jarzembowski, assistant director of the USCCB's youth and young adult ministries and lay ecclesial ministry, will discuss how to position ourselves so that we can respond and bring the light of the Gospel to young adults today.
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Learning Wisdom in the School of Your Own Life: Thomas Merton's Practice for Contemplative Prayer
Jonathan Montaldo
In anticipation of Thomas Merton's 100th birthday celebration, author and Merton expert, Jonathan Montaldo, will provide parish ministers with a unique perspective on contemplative prayer and demonstrate how we can integrate it into our lives or the lives of the people we serve.
Thomas Merton taught his novices a way of praying that would allow them to enter the school of wisdom provided by their most personal experiences. He taught a perspective for contemplative prayer through which his students could meditate upon a divine providence at work in all their significant relationships with persons, books, art, and everything they loved...
In anticipation of Thomas Merton's 100th birthday celebration, author and Merton expert, Jonathan Montaldo, will provide parish ministers with a unique perspective on contemplative prayer and demonstrate how we can integrate it into our lives or the lives of the people we serve.
Thomas Merton taught his novices a way of praying that would allow them to enter the school of wisdom provided by their most personal experiences. He taught a perspective for contemplative prayer through which his students could meditate upon a divine providence at work in all their significant relationships with persons, books, art, and everything they loved.
In this webinar Montaldo will examine three key texts from Merton's journals that feature the monk's understanding of the value of his relationships with others as guidance for creating his own destiny to love and seek God. This teaching will instigate a new way of meditation as a practice for ourselves and for those we guide in spiritual formation.
