Adult faith enrichment is a multi-faceted, learning and living experience for Catholics that meshes education, spiritual growth, and the active practice of faith.
Nurturing our growth in faith is at the core of this ministry. Bible studies, book studies, spiritual enrichment groups, lectures, monthly gatherings for women and men, and Advent and Lenten programs offer the opportunity to share and reflect upon our faith.
Parishes welcome new members into the Catholic Church through a process of education, faith sharing, and rituals known as the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (OCIA). This process includes several stages marked by prayer, study, and discussion, and is facilitated through our Adult Faith Enrichment Ministry – learn more here.
Please check below for information on current, upcoming, and past Adult Faith Enrichment offerings and resources.
By tradition, the Church dedicates each month of the year to a certain devotion. October is dedicated to the Holy Rosary, the best known of all Catholic devotions. Join members of our Collaborative Staff and the Adult Faith Enrichment (AFE) team (and some special guests!) as they pray the rosary ...
Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1 All women are invited to join us for the opening session of our Collaborative "Evening for Women" program on Tuesday, October 3 at 6:30pm in the Lower Chapel at St. John the Evangelist Church.Our ...
If you have experienced the death of a loved one and are looking for meaning and consolation, we invite you to join our Fall Seasons of Hope group. Seasons of Hope is a Christ-centered group where we will be able to share and learn from each other as we walk ...
Please join us as we gather together as a community on the expansive lawn in front of St. Paul Church to celebrate our first Collaborative Outdoor Mass since 2019. We will put to good use everything we learned celebrating Masses outside during the pandemic (and all the sound equipment ...
The SJSP Book Club will meet Thursday, September 14 at 7:00pm in the St. Paul Rectory to begin a study of Women of Hope: Doctors of the Church by Terry Polakovic. The book covers Saints Teresa of Ávila, Catherine of Siena,Thérèse of Lisieux, and Hildegard of Bingen. This evening we ...
October 2023 will begin a process of communal discernment in a month-long Vatican assembly of Bishops, Cardinals, Priests, Consecrated, and Lay People representing the experiences of the whole People of God at the Synod on Synodality. Throughout this two year process, their guiding document will be the Instrumentum Laboris, a ...
I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is also a minister (diakonos) of the church at Cenchreae, that you may receive her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the holy ones, and help her in whatever she may need from you, for she has been a benefactor ...
I am so happy to introduce you to Sister Colleen Gibson, SSJ, the new Coordinator of Pastoral Care for our Collaborative. Sister Colleen, whose primary office will be at the St. Paul Rectory Offices, will work in partnership with Kelly Meraw, our Director of Pastoral Care, on adult faith formation ...
I am thrilled to let you know that we will be welcoming a new deacon to our St. John-St. Paul Collaborative community! Rick Vatcher will be ordained a Permanent Deacon on September 9, and will be joining our Collaborative pastoral staff in a part-time capacity after that. Below is a ...
