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The Discovering CHRIST
program is a 7-week experience where people come together to explore
the relevance of Jesus in their lives and develop a deeper relationship
with Him. It is a situation where people of all backgrounds and levels
of faith become involved in the process of evangelizing within their
faith community. It is a time when family and friends come together
to hear the good news and personally encounter Jesus Christ!
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"Faith
is foremost a personal, intimate encounter with Jesus . . . It is
in this way that we learn to know Him better, to love Him, and to
follow Him more and more." -Pope Benedict XVI, October 2009. |
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Each of the seven Thursday
evening sessions will begin with a song, a prayer, and delicious meal. Following the meal
a video lesson relevant to the night's topic will be offered through
dessert and coffee after which
participants will break into small groups for further discussion on
the topic. Then for one final moment of the evening, another
song and prayer will send participants on their way to a more enriched
life. Between the 5th and 6th sessions, the gifts of Holy Spirit
will be explored in a Saturday retreat providing participants with even
more spiritual benefits.
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Join
Saint Agnes for Discovering CHRIST in Spring 2012
7 consecutive Thursdays 6:45 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.,
February 16 -
March 29, 2012.
With a retreat on Saturday,
March 17, 2012.
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Date |
Topic |
| February
16 |
What
is the Meaning of Life?
“It’s in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are
living for. Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes
up, he had his eyes on us, had designs on us for glorious living,
part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and
everyone.”
Ephesians 1: 11-12
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| February
23 |
Why does
Jesus Matter?
“Who do you say that I am?”
Matthew 16: 15-17
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| March
1 |
What
does Jesus Want Us to Know?
“The source of Christian joy is the certainty of being loved
by God, loved personally by the Creator, by the one who holds the
entire universe in his hands and loves each one of us and the whole
great family with a passionate and faithful love, a love greater
than our infidelities and sins, a love which forgives.”
Pope Benedict XVI, June 23, 2006
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| March
8 |
Why Do
I Need a Savior?
“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that
everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal
life.”
John 3:16
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| March
15 |
Why is
the Resurrection Important?
"If you confess with your lips that Jesus is the Lord and believe
in your heart that God raised him from the dead you will be saved."
Romans 10:9
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| March
17 |
Retreat: The Holy
Spirit and You.
God wants to change your life with his Holy Spirit because
he loves you "For the love of God has been poured into our hearts
through the Holy Spirit whom he has given to us."
Romans 5:5
"Let us rediscover, dear brothers and sisters, the beauty
of being baptized in the Holy Spirit; let us be aware again of
our baptism and of our confirmation, sources of grace that are
always present."
Pope Benedict XVI, Pentecost Sunday, 2008
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| March
22 |
New Life
in the Spirit: Being a Catholic Disciple.
“So everywhere we go, we talk about Christ to all who will listen.
Warning them and teaching them as well as we know.”
Colossians 1:28
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| March
29 |
Believing
and Belonging: Why We Need the Church.
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