Home Activity: Encounters with Christ

This activity engages families in reflecting on how encounters with Jesus in Scripture changed people’s lives and how it can change them as well. • By Rosina Hendrickson

Becoming Missionary Disciples

Learning Through Books: The Weight of a Mass

Rosina Hendrickson gives families and households food for thought as she connects the Eucharist and Mass to missionary discipleship through the book The Weight of a Mass: A Tale of Faith by Josephine Nobisso. • By Rosina Hendrickson

Becoming Missionary Disciples

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By Rosina Hendrickson

Becoming Missionary Disciples

This faith learning session is designed to help children understand the who, what, why and how of becoming Catholic missionary disciples as described by Pope Francis in his apostolic exhortation Evangelii Gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel). They will learn that the Church has a missionary nature, first taught by Jesus to His first followers, the apostles. They, with the help of the Holy Spirit, went forth to proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ, first to their own community, and then to the world. • By Laura Ann McClure

Becoming Missionary Disciples

This faith learning session is designed to help adults understand the meaning of missionary discipleship and to reflect on what actions they need to take to live out the call to be disciples of Jesus Christ. • By Joan Weber

Becoming Missionary Disciples

This session invites the participants to really think about what it means to be a follower of Jesus. By looking at Scripture and Church teachings, we find surprises about what we as Christians are called to do and to be. By taking a look at how and where we encounter Jesus, we can then ask what the world needs us to be. • By Jane Angha

On a Mission from Jesus Meal Ritual • Generations of Faith

(English & Spanish)

Use the Great Commission to reflect on how we are all called to be missionary disciples.