Using the Beloved Program for Marriage Prep in Dioceses and Parishes

Using the Beloved Program for Marriage Prep in Dioceses and Parishes

Hear all  about how the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, planned and began offering weekend marriage preparation retreats in English and Spanish for engaged couples.

Our guests, Lisa Everett and Caty Burke, are Director and Associate Director, respectively, for Marriage and Family Ministry in the diocese. Lisa and Caty selected Beloved: The Mystery and Meaning of Marriage, available on FORMED, as a cornerstone of the new program.

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Planning Sacramental Preparation Retreats for the Whole Family

Planning Sacramental Preparation Retreats for the Whole Family

Angel Schneider re-imagined her parish’s sacramental program from the ground up. Angel and her team designed Family Retreat Days that include catechetical instruction found in FORMED programs like Forgiven and Presence, time for parent-and-children activities, a shared lunch, a field trip to the church’s confessional, and a time for everyone to discuss what they had learned about the importance of Confession and the Holy Eucharist.

Angel joins the Augustine Institute’s Brian Truckenbrod on this Parish Leader Webinar to talk about how FORMED programs like Forgiven and Presence can bear fruit for and bring goodness to your sacramental preparation programs for families.

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How to Plan a Parish Mission in This Year of Eucharistic Revival

How to Plan a Parish Mission in This Year of Eucharistic Revival

Learn about how the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, planned and began offering weekend marriage preparation retreats in English and Spanish for engaged couples.

Our guests, Lisa Everett and Caty Burke, are Director and Associate Director, respectively, for Marriage and Family Ministry in the diocese. Lisa and Caty selected Beloved: The Mystery and Meaning of Marriage, available on FORMED, as a cornerstone of the new program. 

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Planning Sacramental Preparation Retreats for the Whole Family

Planning Sacramental Preparation Retreats for the Whole Family

Angel Schneider re-imagined her parish’s sacramental program from the ground up. Angel and her team designed Family Retreat Days that include catechetical instruction found in FORMED programs like Forgiven and Presence, time for parent-and-children activities, a shared lunch, a field trip to the church’s confessional, and a time for everyone to discuss what they had learned about the importance of Confession and the Holy Eucharist.

Angel joins the Augustine Institute’s Brian Truckenbrod on this Parish Leader Webinar to talk about how FORMED programs like Forgiven and Presence can bear fruit for and bring goodness to your sacramental preparation programs for families.

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Growing FORMED in Your Parish: Using the New Eternal Rest Program

Growing FORMED in Your Parish: Using the New Eternal Rest Program

John Essegian and Tony Merenda have helped their parish, St. John Paul II in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, understand how to make the most of FORMED. John and Tony can help you with tips about how to use FORMED resources across parish ministries and how to increase FORMED registration across your parish.

Recently, John and Tony hosted a very successful in-person parish program featuring Eternal Rest, a new four-part series from FORMED. Eternal Rest asks and answers the big questions Catholics have about death and dying and equips Catholics to think about and prepare for death in the light of Jesus Christ, the author of life.

Learn how John and Tony planned a two-night Eternal Rest event that drew so many parishioners together in faith.

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Cast Your Evangelical Net Wide with FORMED

Cast Your Evangelical Net Wide with FORMED

Get to know Barbara Austin, director of evangelization at St. Mark Church in Fallston, Maryland. Hear how St. Mark makes fruitful use of FORMED for family faith formation, sacramental preparation, adult Bible study, and men’s and women’s groups.

Barbara joins the Augustine Institute’s Brian Truckenbrod and Eric Robinson on this special Parish Leader Webinar.  Hear tactics and tips from Barbara about using FORMED to cast the widest of evangelization nets in a diverse, dynamic parish.  “Every fish isn’t in the same pond,” says Barbara. “We’re using FORMED to offer every person in this parish a pathway to grow in their faith, to draw closer to Christ.”

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