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REGISTRATION FORM
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Domestic Church Schedule
Class times: 9:30 to 10:50 am
Stay tuned for more information on cancelled classes.
Family retreat is cancelled - check your email inbox for home instructions.
*April 26
*May 2 - Saturday Evening Vigil Mass, then Final Blessing session -
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If you have any questions about our program, please call Sandy Ford at 517.546.0090 x400 or email discipleshipministry@stjosephhowell.org
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Next BDC Meeting
All parish meetings are currently on hold, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We hope to resume our schedule after April 6th. Stay tuned to your email inboxes for ongoing home formation.
FAMILY RETREAT: Cancelled here on campus. Lessons/Instructions will be mailed to you - check your email inbox. -
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Building the Domestic Church
Our pastor, Father Dave, envisioned a place where the whole community would come together,
encounter Jesus Christ through teaching, discussion, celebration, and prayer, then take that experience to their homes and live it out!!
Introducing Building the Domestic Church !!
Building the Domestic Church is the new St Joseph parish-wide encounter and formation program. Building the Domestic Church will help St Joseph parish families to bring their faith in Jesus Christ into their homes!
Who is invited to Building the Domestic Church?
Are you a single person? A mom and dad with kids? An empty-nester?
Are your kids in public school? Catholic school? Home school?
Are you in our Spanish community? Do you have family members with special learning needs?
Are you Inquiring about Faith? Curious about Discipleship?
Are you an All-In Follower of Jesus?
Building the Domestic Church is for YOU !!
What will we do there?- Teens and Adults will enjoy great teaching, excellent conversations, and powerful prayer.
- Children will enjoy age-appropriate break-out groups with our parish’s excellent catechists!
- Our 4 and 5 year olds will enjoy Catechesis of the Good Shepherd!
- We’ll offer table conversations for teens preparing for Confirmation, for young adults, and for people preparing to receive Baptism.
- We’ll offer free babysitting for our Three and Younger Crowd!
- After the session, engaging materials and links will be sent via email to help your family pray and celebrate at home their relationship with God; Father, Son Jesus, and Holy Spirit!
- Everything we do will be designed toward building the Domestic Church—that is, your Family of Faith—be it at home, or with your room-mates, or with your neighbors.
When does Building Domestic Church Meet?Sessions are 9:30- 10:50 am
October 13, October 27
November 10 (November 24 session will be at-home, sent via email)
December 15 (session will be an Advent Event celebration, which will run from 9:30- noon)
(January 5 session will be at-home, sent via email) January 12
February 2 (February 23 will be a snow-day make-up, OR at-home session, sent via email)
March 8, March 22
April 5, April 26
May 2 Saturday Evening Vigil Mass, then Final Blessing session
YOUR Domestic Church MATTERS!!!!
*I wish to invoke the protection of the Holy Family of Nazareth… St. Joseph…may he always guard, protect and enlighten families. May the Virgin Mary… be the Mother of “the Church of the home”…May Christ the Lord, the Universal King, the King of Families, be present in every Christian home …
bestowing light, joy, serenity, and strength.~ Saint John Paul II
*Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity!~ Psalm 133: 1
*The Christian family … the domestic church… is a community of faith, hope, and charity;
it assumes singular importance in the Church…~ Catechism of the Catholic Church 2204
*We must also remember the great number of single persons who…are especially close to Jesus' heart …the great family which is the Church must be open to all of them. No one is without a family in this world: the Church is a home and family for everyone…~ Catechism of the Catholic Church 1658
*Family catechesis precedes, accompanies, and enriches other forms of instruction in the faith. ~ Catechism of the Catholic Church 2226