50 Year of Faith Activities: #13-15

Posted by on July 6, 2012 | 3 comments

Every Friday through October 5 I will be offering suggestions for the celebration of the Year of Faith.

    1. Hold a “Stump the Pastor” Night. Invite parishioners for a potluck and open Q&A with the pastor! Questions can be about anything connected with the faith. Be sure to bring copies of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Sacred Scripture, and other reference texts for those really tricky questions.
    2. Thank your catechists. Catechists are a vital part of the parish’s faith life — they help to pass on the faith to children and to grow the faith of adults. Give them a token of your appreciation: a thank you note, a small gift (chocolate never hurts!) or even an end-of-year dinner to show your appreciation.
    3. Start a Catholic book club. Gather a group to read and discuss great Catholic literature! You can read a book a month, or tackle a large work across multiple months. You can find lots of free study guides online; just search Google. With so many great Catholic books and authors out there you’ll have years’ worth of material to work with!
All Posts in This Series
  1. 50 Year of Faith Activities: #13-15 (This post) (July 6, 2012)
  2. 50 Year of Faith Activities: #11-12 (June 29, 2012)
  3. 50 Year of Faith Activities: #9-10 (June 22, 2012)
  4. 50 Year of Faith Activities: #6-8 (June 15, 2012)
  5. 50 Year of Faith Activities: #4-5 (June 8, 2012)

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  • William O’Leary

    Thanks for putting all these together Jonathan! I enjoyed reading all your ideas.

  • Bette

    These are fantastic. Thank you so very much. Awesome. I love it when someone else invents the wheel! God bless.

  • carlota ramirez

    There’s nothing new to this but this is what i’m doing in our school – la salette of san mateo, Phlippines. I made a year of faith bulletin board for every member of our school community to see. I t contains all things in line with the year of faith which I also download from the net.