Diaconate Journey Continues… Call to Orders – Ordination June 10, 2017!
On March 18, 2017 we met at Alemany High School. We will be at Alemany High School for our next class on the 25th of March. We spent the morning going over mandatory reporting and the Call to Orders ceremony that we would be experiencing in the afternoon. Due to the travel plans of the Archbishop, we experienced Call to Orders during a Sunday Vigil Mass. (Please click here to read all of our experiences of the bi-monthly Deacon formation classes) …
March 15, 2017 – Prayers for Children
March 15, 2017 – Daily in the news and TV, again and again we see children with matchstick arms and legs with stunted growth. Why? poverty, conflict, war, harmful economics, drought, climate change, and poor health. Yes, these problems of child hunger and poor health are a reality around the world. Now within months the UN predicts that 1.4 million children will die of starvation in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, and Yemen. The numbers are staggering. We must continue to …
2-18-17 Diaconate Journey Continues…Canon Law
February 18, 2017 we continue our diaconate journey…at Saint Anne Church and Shrine in Santa Monica. Today we had a guest speaker, Msgr. Craig Cox who spoke on Canon Law and Canonical Services. (Please click here to read all of our experiences of the bi-monthly Deacon formation classes) In the morning, Msgr. Craig discussed the most recent Cannon Code that was published in 1983. As part of the discussion was the “Rights and Obligations pertaining to all the “Christian Faithful”, the “Lay …
Diaconate Journey Continues… Passing the Oral Interview
We continue our diaconate journey on February 4, 2017 at Saint Anne Church and Shrine in Santa Monica. We will be meeting here for our next classes on the 18th of February as well. (Please click here to read all of our experiences of the bi-monthly Deacon formation classes) All Candidate Couples in the St. Elizabeth Ann Seaton Diaconate formation (that’s us!) have successfully completed their final interviews. The interview covered not only what we have learned in our past four …
Prayers for Children – “It Takes a Healthy World to Raise a Child”
Feb. 15, 2017 – Current world events and climate changes cause suffering, fear and death. The National Academy of Sciences tells us that climate change causes severe weather conditions. All of us are affected by sixteen of the 17 hottest years since 2000 causing floods, drought, fires, heat waves, rising sea levels and more. In 7 African countries, 13 million children are malnourished. Madagascar (90,000 dying of starvation) – South Sudan (food and water shortages) – Nigeria ( 1/2 of …
1-21-17 Diaconate Journey Continues… Addiction & Recovery
On January 21, 2017 we met at Saint Anne Church and Shrine in Santa Monica where Deacon Brian & Sherry Clements spoke to us on Addiction & Recovery, Developing and Maintaining Healthy Boundaries in Ministry and Suggestions for Developing a Balanced Self-Care Program. (Please click here to read all of our experiences of the bi-monthly Deacon formation classes) Regarding addictions & recovery, Deacon Brian and Sherry discussed the importance of being aware of the different types of addictions that people can might, available …
Diaconate Journey 1-7-17… Deacon of the Word and Altar
January 7, 2017 we continue our diaconate journey… today, Deacon Ryan Adams went over the responsibilities of being deacon at the Altar and deacon of the Word. (Please click here to read all of our experiences of the bi-monthly Deacon formation classes) The deacon of the Word would carry the Book of the Gospels in the entrance procession, proclaim the Gospel, and if a deacon was to provide a homily, it would be here, he also reads the Prayers of the Faithful. …
Prayers for Children – January 15th, 2017
January 15,2017– Thinking back over the year 2016, we realize it was a most difficult and divisive year. Daily we heard the news, reports, and saw pictures of the suffering and death of hundreds – thousands of people and among the most vulnerable – the children. Now more than ever we need to reconnect to all that matters and is important to our families, nations, the world. Let us pray, bless and think positively about respect for life, common basic …