Diaconate Journey… Garden of Eden

On September 24, 2016 we met for our Diaconate formation class at Alemany High School in Mission Hills. Our next class will be on October 8th and will be there as well.  We also have our practicum on a Communion Service. (Please click here to read all of our experiences of the bi-monthly  Deacon formation classes) Today, our morning was spent with Father Dave Heney (pictured right), author of “Don’t Tell Me What To Do!” A Catholic Understand of Modern Moral Issues.  …

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Diaconate Journey Continues… Jay and Candy Living their Strengths

On September 17, 2016 we met for our first class of fifth and final year of Diaconate formation at St. Paschal Baylon Church in Thousand Oaks. Next week we will return to Alemany High School in Mission Hills Today was our first class day with Deacon Memo and his wife Liliana. One of our summer homework assignments was to complete the Strength Finder or Living your Strengths to find out what your top five strengths are. Candy had completed the …

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September 10, 2016 we continue our diaconate journey…

On September 10, 2016 we met for the opening Meet & Greet of our fifth and final year of Diaconate formation at St. Louis of France, in La Puente. Next week we will be meeting at St. Paschal Baylon Church in Thousand Oaks.  (Please click here to read all of our experiences of the bi-monthly  Deacon formation classes) Today is very surreal.  We remember being here four years ago.  We had just completed our silent retreat and started in 19th annotation of …

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Prayers for Children- Sept. 15, 2016

Reality. One week ago while sitting under a fig tree, the youngest boy of a family saw a person approaching. He asked the man for a pen. He wanted to draw a picture. The man asked, “where do you live?” The child answered, “I don’t know.” This is the child’s reality – no food, no home, no shelter. There are too many who answer, “I don’t know” in every country, city, and village. These are the children crossing the Mediterranean …

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