Year of Faith -- how's it going?

[quiet52]

What is your parish & your diocese doing?
Are people participating?
Are pastors participating?
Does this Year of Faith seem relevant, meaningful, and/or helpful to you? to your fellow Catholics in general?
Just wondering.

 

[aidanbradypop]

What is your parish & your diocese doing?
Are people participating?
Are pastors participating?
Does this Year of Faith seem relevant, meaningful, and/or helpful to you? to your fellow Catholics in general?
Just wondering.

Well for the Diocese of Fargo, it is actually going very well as a whole. Some parishes are not up to par due to the size. Some parishes share one priest, which makes it hard to have much time with Fr. My parish is really getting into. It makes me so proud to see it. Many small groups have started and many classes are going on to better educate converts and cradle Catholics about the Church and our faith! I took Fr. out the other night to dinner and we spoke about how we both can better serve the parish as individuals.

 

[SonSearcher]

What is your parish & your diocese doing?
Are people participating?
Are pastors participating?
Does this Year of Faith seem relevant, meaningful, and/or helpful to you? to your fellow Catholics in general?
Just wondering.

It is going wonderfully so far.

Our parish is focusing on prayer as a family and encouraging our growth with a killer parish mission will Fr Bill Casey last week, and prayer trees in the narthex of the Church.

WE have a new Bishop as of June of last year. He is quite a good homilist and has spent most of his time traveling throughout the diocese to get to know all the individual parishes. Celebrating Mass all over the place. We have had a wonderful youth conference and diocese wide conference also that has contributed to the year of faith atmosphere.

People seem to be participating at our Church quite a bit. Worship seems to be more vibrant that usual.

I think in light of the Pope’s announcement a few weeks ago and how the has been making headlines these past few weeks (good or bad) a lot of Catholics here have taken stock of their faith and find this year of faith quite relevant.

 

[mikeeh]

My parish is offering classes every Friday evening on different topics. I started a quotes journal to jot down inspirational words. I started in December and didn’t realize I started it in the Year of Faith. I guess that’s how God works. I want to take the Basic Catechist Formation courses over the summer.

 

[quiet52]

to the above three posters – thank you for sharing the happy news! It gives me some hope.

 

[YinYangMom]

I am pleased to report that in the diocese of Rockford, IL there have been many opportunities to grow in this Year of Faith. Our bishop is very inspirational and active in reaching out to his flock with encouraging words and actions. He sponsors a lecture series that he makes available via live-streaming and archived later.

On a local level the offerings are plentiful, but I am disappointed with the turn out of attendees. Looking around and chit-chatting with acquaintances I’d say 4 out of five have committed to doing anything for this Year. 3 out of five are doing something for Lent. The others just don’t have time (so they say).

My calendar is full and I am feeling the strain of juggling so many activities between work and family, but I am getting so much out of the activities that I confess I’ve let my work productivity slide in lieu of my spiritual. I follow the Year of Faith website, the USCCB website, Catholic News Service, and this forum. It sure keeps me busy and connects me to so many informative pages.