Barbara Austin is Director of Evangelization at St. Mark’s Parish in MD. She oversees all Sacramental preparation from Baptism to Marriage Preparation. She also facilitates Family Faith Formation, RCIA and manages Adult faith formation.

In this webinar, Barbara discusses: 

• The call to the new evangelization and the necessity for forming families
• Her story of catechetical revival at St. Mark Parish

Dr. Barber talks about salvation, the subject of his book Salvation: What Every Catholic Should Know. A dynamic speaker and author, Dr. Barber’s presentation includes:

• Common misconceptions about what salvation is

• How to articulate Catholic teaching on salvation

• How parish and school leaders can talk about salvation in an accessible way in their communities

• What don’t people know about the Eucharist?

• How are Lent and Eucharistic devotion connected?

• How can parishes focus on the Blessed Sacrament during the Eucharistic Revival?

• And more!

Hear all about how Holy Redeemer Parish in Vancouver, Washington uses books like Dr. Edward Sri’s The Art of Living and complementary video content available on FORMED to run parish book discussion groups and increase FORMED enrollment.

Mark MacKenzie will join us to discuss how Holy Redeemer’s popular book study program involves people in the life of the parish and enriches adult faith formation.  Mark will also address the topic of innovation in parish programs generally, and the rewards of grace and stronger community that follow from wisely discerned parish program innovation.

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