Holy Conversation or What I'm Working on This Lent
I've got a big project to which I will be dedicated the next several months - a complete re-write of Making Disciples, our 4 day training in Colorado Springs this summer (July 29 - August 2) which we will be offering again in the Blue Ridge Mountains of West Virginia in early November.
It's all about Do Ask, Do Tell. The fundamental topics will include:
How to recognize pre-discipleship levels of spiritual development.
· How personal faith “releases” graces that transform lives.
· How to respond pastorally and effectively to people at different levels of spiritual maturity.
· How to ask questions and facilitate discussion that encourages participants to freely share (and discover!) their real beliefs and issues and move closer to discipleship.
· How to clearly and effectively share the basic kerygma.
· How to help someone who is ready actually become an intentional disciple
The awareness and skill set that participants will learn will be immediately applicable to RCIA and a wide variety of other pastoral ministries and settings.So this is a heads-up. A lot of my blogging this spring is going to be around the many pastoral issues raised by all this.
posted by Sherry W @ 9:15 AM
2 Comments
2 Comments:
What about this program as training for people involved in Newman ministry? Diocesan vocation office people? It sounds like it would have great potential, but I don't know if that's a direction you have specifically explored.
Katherine
Katherine:
We already work with Newman ministries, diocesan staff, seminarians, spiritual directors, and clergy all over the country. Sure - these same skills would be transferable to any pastoral or ecclesial setting - not just within a parish.
And, of course, our long term goal is to see lay Catholics able to carry on these sorts of "holy conversations" in the home, office, and anywhere they roam.
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