Our Lady Help of Christians Blackheath

Faith Café Series 2 - Exploring the Catholic Church

Beginning Thursday, 5 June 2008

Topics:

Talk 1, 5 June: Who Needs the Catholic Church? An exploration of how the Church is a community and what it gives to us both spiritually and pastorally

Talk 2, 12 June: Baptism - Gateway to Life - How Baptism gives us lifelong grace

Talk 3, 19 June: Personal Prayer - Pathway to Joy - How prayer is about our relationship with God and different ways of praying

Talk 4, 26 June What is the Mass? - The Sacrifice of the Mass, ourselves, Christ's presence

Talk 5, 3 July Getting More out of the Mass - Need to come in a prepared state of mind - what can help - need for reflection after Mass - plus, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

Talk 6, 10 July Confirmation - Empowered to Serve - Sharing in Christ's anointing to serve - activating the gifts of Confirmation

Talk 7, 17 July Keeping a Pure Heart - The World and the temptations of the world - prayer and the Sacrament of Reconciliation

Talk 8, 24 July Mary and the Saints - how Mary and the Saints can serve as powerful intercessors and examples to us all

For further information: the website is: www.faithcafe.org - we have previously run Faith Café Series - Module 1 - Knowing God Better, which was well attended throughout the sessions.