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 session of Circles of Light- Here I Am will start in late September or early October. 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 for 10 sessions, each lasting 2 to 3 hours and paced at 1 to 3 weeks apart.

​If interested, speak first with your local priest. Then contact the Chair of the diocesan Commission on Ministry, Mother Monica Burkert-Brist at revmbb16@gmail.com and indicate a desire to attend, home congregation (with both name and city, please) and contact information.

Late September or Early October

Learn more about the Commission on Minstry here.