Our understanding of Christianity is typically based on a fixed notion of what’s true. While truth may be immutable, our appreciation of it evolves. God reveals totally, but people are only able to perceive gradually. Therefore we enjoy a history of discovery—which, in turn, opens onto a future of discovery about which we presently only dream.

• In light of such dreams: What message and values might we embrace as God’s people? Who will lead, and what form will leadership take? 

• As we pray, so we believe: What forms will our worship take? If the core of society is family life, what will “family” look like in the 21^st Century? In the context of family and society, how will we live and love?

• The Christian community is not isolated, but actively engages a global community. How do we communicate our Good News? 

• Finally, what’s the goal of our lives, what do we hope to pass on to the next generation?

Resource Person: Alice Camille, is an author, religious educator and retreat leader. She received a Master of Divinity degree from the Franciscan School of Theology in Berkeley, CA, where she served as adjunct faculty in preaching and proclamation. Alice has worked in parishes and campus ministry, and speaks at Catholic conferences around the U.S. She takes God seriously—and the business of religion with a sense of humor. Her twenty books include the bestseller Invitation to Catholicism, an exploration of what it means to be Catholic. She’s the co-author of Fearless: Stories of the American Saints and The Forgiveness Book, both with Fr. Paul Boudreau. Alice has won numerous awards from the Catholic Press Association, the Associated Church Press and the interfaith Religion Communicators Council for her monthly column in United States Catholic Magazine. Please visit Alice’s website at www.alicecamille.com for more information.

Resource Person: Paul Boudreau is a Roman Catholic priest, author, educator and evangelist preacher. Ordained in 1983, he has served the Diocese of Norwich, Connecticut, in various capacities including prison chaplain, instructor in ministry formation and the deaconate and as a pastor for fifteen years. He also taught Sacred Scripture at Sacred Heart University’s Institute for Religious Education and Pastoral Studies (REAPS) in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Additionally Paul served in several ministerial capacities while on loan to the Dioceses of San Bernardino and Stockton in California.  Paul is an award-winning author. His articles have appeared in numerous publications including Catholic Digest, United States Catholic, and St. Anthony Messenger. His books are available on Amazon. Paul has conducted retreats, missions, and made numerous presentations all across the United States in parishes and diocesan venues, including the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress, and priest retreats in several dioceses. Paul is currently pastor of St. Mary Church in Portland, Connecticut.

Recommended Reading: 

Massingale, Bryan.  Racial Justice and the Catholic Church – Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2010 

Pope Francis and  McDonagh, Sean.  On Care for Our Common Home, Laudato Sí’ – Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2016 

Pope Francis.   Magnum Principium: Apostolic Letter issued Motu Proprio by which Canon 838 of the Code of Canon Law is modified – 2017

https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2017/09/09/170909a.html 

Russell, Heidi Ann.  Quantum Shift: Theological and Pastoral Implications of Contemporary Developments in Science – Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier, 2015 

Yancey, Philip.   What Good Is God? In Search of a Faith That Matters – New York: Faith Words, 2010

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