By: Paulist Evangelization Ministries
Material Overview
Awakening Faith is a pastoral tool for small group discussion program that focuses on adult catechesis of inactive Catholics.
About the Program
Awakening Faith – Reconnecting with Your Catholic Faith is a small group process that helps inactive Catholics return to the Church. The group meets once a week for six weeks of conversation and socializing. The conversations are based on short, easy to read essays about spirituality, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, God’s mercy, the Mass, and the Church. The meetings foster reflection, prayer, and honest sharing in a setting of hospitality and acceptance.
A small community is formed and over the six weeks becomes a bridge to the larger Church community. Additional, optional essays allow the group to continue to meet if desired for another four weeks to discuss faith, love, marriage and divorce, and money.
The process is simple and inviting. A parish can offer Awakening Faith any time of the year and repeat it year after year thanks to the basic themes. This can be used with campaigns toward inactive Catholics, reaching out to parents of Sacramental preparation children, forming young adult groups, and more.
Topics
There are six core sessions:
Session 1 – Spirituality: What’s the Buzz?
Session 2 – Who is Jesus?
Session 3 – Do We Need the Spirit?
Session 4 – Can I Accept God’s Mercy?
Session 5 – Can Mass Make My Life Meaningful?
Session 6 – The Church and Me
Plus four additional, and optional, follow-up sessions:
Session 7 – Is Faith Possible Today?
Session 8 – Searching for Love
Session 9 – Marriage, Divorce, and Annulment
Session 10 – Money and the Treadmill of Life
Resource
Parish manual, leader guide, participant booklet
Languages
English and Spanish
Links
Information English: http://www.pemdc.org/programs/awakening-faith/awakening-faith-prayer/
Information Spanish: http://www.pemdc.org/programs/awakening-faith/introduccion-reanima-tu-fe/
Awakening faith supplemental resources: http://www.pemdc.org/programs/awakening-faith/awakening-faith-downloads/
Group leader orientation video: http://www.pemdc.org/programs/awakening-faith/group-leader-orientation/
Order Materials: http://www.pemdc.org/store/programs-store/awakening-faith.html
Paulist Fathers
Phone: 202.832.5022
PO Box 29121
Washington, DC 20017