confidence, courage, and commitment: the lay vocation in the secular world

Pope Benedict Emeritus said action is urgent in this “profound crisis of faith”. Bl. John Paul II emphasized the importance of the lay vocation… 99% of the world. This “Sleeping Giant” will awake when the laity fulfills its vocation to engage in “temporal affairs… according to God’s will” (Lumen Gentium, 31). Pope Francis calls for “apostolic zeal” to move the Church forward, not ‘backseat’ (Couch-potato) Christians (excerpt from his early-morning homilies in the Casa Santa Marta residence chapel).

From February 7, 2014 To February 8, 2014

contact:

Betty Orlando ~ (937) 587-5464 or (513) 373-2397 retreats@presentationministries.com

location:

St. Francis de Sales Church, 20 Desales Ave, Lebanon, OH 45036

notes:

To get the most out of this retreat, please print and bring along a copy of CHRISTIFIDELES LAICI, written by HIS HOLINESS JOHN PAUL II, Given at Rome, in St. Peter's, on 30 December, the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, in the year 1988. Link to that document: http://goo.gl/eYmnWZ

schedule:

Friday evening, Feb 7 6:00 pm – Registration 7:00 pm - Prayer, Praise, and Introductions (MC - Chris Jasek; Music Ministry Leader - Paul Egan) 7:10 pm – First Friday Mass - Fr. Bernie Weldishofer (Homily - Deacon Jay Rettig) 8:15 pm – You, Too, Go Into My Vineyard - Vivian Jansen 9:00 pm – Questions or Discussion 9:15 pm - Closing Prayer Saturday, Feb 8 8:15 am – Registration 8:45 am - Prayer and Praise 9:00 am – I Am the Vine and You Are the Branches - Bishop Joseph Binzer 9:45 am – Questions or Discussion / Break 10:00am – All Branches of a Single Vine - Dony Antony with Confessions offered simultaneously [Bishop Joseph Binzer, Fr. David Endres, Fr. Bernard Weldishofer] 10:45am – Questions or Discussion / Break 11:00am – Mass – Bishop Binzer, Fr. David Endres, Fr. Bernard Weldishofer 12:00 Noon – Lunch our Archdiocese's NEW Vocations Director, Fr. Dan Schmitmeyer 1:00 pm - I Have Appointed You to Go Forth and Bear Fruit – Betty Orlando 2:00 pm – Good Stewards of God’s Varied Grace - Fr. David Endres 3:00 pm – Formation: That You May Bear Fruit – Nancy Kenny 3:45 pm – Closing Prayer

speaker:

Bishop Joseph Binzer Fr. David Endres Vivian Jansen Dony Antony Betty Orlando Nancy Kenny Plus: Lunch with the Archdiocese's NEW Vocations Director, Fr. Dan Schmitmeyer