What I'll Be Doing During My Fall, Winter, and Spring Unvacation
Sorry about the slow blogging.
Today we film an important segment for Making Disciples. We are still in the throes of final editing for our Spokane seminar.
I also have to finish writing up my tentative proposal to the archdiocese wanting a plan to make their parishes "Missional". Oh, and get back to that Director of Diaconate formation. And prep for all my upcoming commitments in the fall.
My schedule: Detroit, Pueblo, Athens, OH, Chicago, Munich, (maybe Warsaw, we'll see!), Chicago, LA, Iowa, Omaha, Canton, Seattle, maybe Oakland. Fr. Mike's travel schedule is even more complicated. We'll see each other mostly on the road.
The topics? Missionary formation, historical research into the 17th century Catholic revival in France, the Stewardship of mission and vocation,, military wives, discerning charisms, parish mission, training teachers, Making Disciples, our first C & G for an Orthodox community, writing a book. Hence the need for so much preparation.
Variety being the spice 'o life
And then in the next year I must plunge whole-heartedly into preparation for two big events, both at Sacred Heart Seminary in Detroit:
The first is a Pauline Year Convocation with Archbishop Chaput on March 21
The second is a two week intensive graduate course on The Theology of the Laity taught by me and my old partner in crime and co-founder, Fr. Michael Sweeney, OP (May 27 - June 5). Mark your calendars now.
Oh, and then there is that little spring Tour of Tuscany and Rome "In the Footsteps of St. Catherine of Siena" April 27 - May 7. We are just finalizing the details and will let you know asap how you can join us. Spring in a fabulous Tuscan villa ending with a pilgrimage to Rome? How can you resist?
All of which is to say: that's why you aren't hearing much from us. But I hope to do better this weekend.
posted by Sherry W @ 8:33 AM
7 Comments
7 Comments:
Athens, Ohio is actually within my diocese! Where can I learn more about what will happen there?
Hi Marie:
Actually, I will be doing historical research there with the help of a historian friend. Not offering any workshops or talks. Sorry.
I take you are in the Diocese of Steubenville?
Yep. Well, shucks. Someday.
Also in Ohio, the U of Dayton has a potentially interesting course on Evangelization and Discipleship. Details are at http://vlc.udayton.edu/courses/course_details.php?course=13
I just missed signing up for the course but I'm reading the required book anyway.
Peace,
Ed Keefe
Sherry,
While the above online course might be of interest, here's another one that looks even more interesting. http://www.icohere.com/proclaimingChrist2008/index.htm
Not that you need another challenge, but can you imagine a C&G workshop available 24/7, worldwide--without traveling!
Ed
Sherry, saw you on the renewal ministries program today.I'm a 3 year convert from being a lifetime evangelical missionary. Our 7000 member parish in Virginia needs to be stirred with your lay charism message but our priest blocks laymen from taking any initiative. He insists on doing everything himself and is overwhelmed but not open to anyone else doing such apostolates as you so beautifully described.
Hi Anon:
Welcome home. God bless you for following him into the center of His Body on earth.
After a lifetime of service as an evangelical missionary, I can well imagine the spiritual, emotional, theological, and personal transitions you are still going through.
There's an small army of us out there. The young man who edited our video today in the evangelical firm in this evangelical town told me that he has just decided to become Catholic.
Some priests are afraid and others have been seeking something like the Called & Gifted for years. ('ll always remember one priest in NY tell me in the early days: you can't see me but I'am literally shaking in my chair as we speak. I have been looking for something like this for 15 years."
It is hard and discouraging when it isn't happening at your parish but don't be discouraged. We are increasingly being brought into seminaries because seminarians and their formators are beginning to see how important the mission, gifts, and apostolate of the laity are - and that they can't do it all on their own.
See Fr. Mike's great post of last week:
http://blog.siena.org/2008/07/charisms-and-priesthood.html
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