THE PROCESS OF "DISCERNMENT" OR "SPIRITUAL DIRECTION" DRAWS OUR PARTICIPATION IN GOD UP INTO CONSCIOUSNESS. IT IS MORE THAN "FEELING" THAT GOD IS CALLING US TO A CERTAIN TASK OR STATE OF LIFE. DISCERNMENT RELIES ON BRINGING OUR LIVES, CONCERNS, AND QUESTIONS INTO THE PRESENCE OF SCRIPTURE, REASON, AND PRAYER. (CIRCLES OF LIGHT, INTRODUCTION) |
The next sessions of Circles of Light- Here I Am will be held on Saturday March 21 or October 3, 2020 at locations to be determined. This is the first step in diocesan discernment for ministry, baptismal or ordained. This process of inquiry and discernment about God's desire for our lives and our vocation is a six month journey of meeting in small groups with a facilitator to explore where God is calling one to ministry. The commitment participants should expect to make is 10 sessions, each lasting between 2 and 3 hours, paced 1 to 3 weeks apart.
If interested, please speak with your local priest and contact the Chair of the Commission on Ministry, Mother Monica Burkert-Brist at revmbb16@gmail.com and indicate your desire to attend, home congregation (name and city, please) and contact information. Learn more about the Commission on Minstry here.
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Future initial Circles of Light Dates are
March 21, 2020
October 3, 2020
March 21, 2020
October 3, 2020