General Information
St. Jude Adult Formation Opportunities 2009-2010
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- Great Adventure Bible Study Series
- Financial Peace (Dave Ramsey)
- First Friday Coffee Club
- Funeral and Estate Planning Morning
- Morning of Reflection - Fruits of the Spirit
- Marriage Enrichment Weekend
- Indiana Master Naturalist Progrm
- 2011 Parish Mission
Other Adult Spirituality Available in the Parish ...
Adult Formation Available Outside St. Jude Parish
Great Adventure Bible Studies
Contact: Annette Calloway
Phone: (317) 780-7591
Email: acalloway@stjudeindy.org
The Bible Timeline - Wednesday Nights
Join us for The Great Adventure Bible Timeline Video Study to get the “big picture” of the Bible story. This exciting study will take your understanding of the Scriptures and your faith to new levels. Understand how the people, places and events of the Bible fit together in God’s plan of salvation history. Learn the six covenants God made with humanity and how they led up to the establishment of the Church. Discover how your own faith fits into “His Story”. This program consists of 24 weekly sessions and will begin September 22nd at 7pm. Link to registration form below.
Matthew - Tuesday Nights or Thursday Mornings
In Matthew: The King and His Kingdom, you will: See Jesus as the Son of David, the Son of Abraham• , the new Moses, the true manna, the new Temple – and learn what this means for us today.
• Learn how Jesus reconstituted the struggling kingdom of Israel around himself and brought it to a new level in the Kingdom of God, open to all people.
• Witness the seeds of the Church in the foundation he built on the twelve apostles, with Peter as his vicar. and much more!
This program consists of 24 weekly sessions and will begin September 21st at 7pm or September 23rd at 10:00am. Registration will begin the end of July 2010. Link to registration form below.
Financial Peace University (Dave Ramsey)
Contact : Annette Calloway
Email: acalloway@stjudeindy.org
Financial Peace University (FPU) is Dave Ramsey's life-changing program that teaches you to achieve your financial goals by eliminating debt, saving for the future, and giving like never before. More than 1 million families have attended FPU with amazing results. You will be challenged and motivated to make a plan for your money and change your family tree forever! Class members meet with their class each week to watch a video lesson and participate in discussion groups. Dave's style is simple and easy to understand. He will change the way you think about money. You'll actually have fun as you learn! The program runs for thirteen weeks and there are two sessions being offered at St. Jude. The Tuesday sessions will run from August 31 until November 23, 7-9 pm and meet in the parish center. The Wednesday sessions will start September 1 until November 24th 6:30-8:30 pm, in the school conference room.
Link to Financial Peace University Website for information on program content.
First Friday Coffee Club
Leader: Ron Sondgerath
Back by popular request the First Friday Coffee Club. This program meets the first Friday of every month after the 8:15am Mass. This year, 2010-2011, we will be studying topics from the catecism using a video series from Liguori. Start date September 3rd. No registration necessary, just come when you can. Come enjoy coffee, donuts, and feloowship as you ponder your Catholic faith.
2010-2011 Schedule
- Friday, Sept. 3rd,The Church: Communion of New Life in the Spirit
- Friday, Oct. 1st, Missionary Dynamics of the Church
- Friday, Nov 12, God, the Creator of Heaven and Earth
- Friday, Dec 3, The Life, Death and Resurrection of Jesus
- Friday, Jan 7, The Sacramental Life of the Church
- Friday, Feb 4, Foundations of Morality
- Friday, March 4, Catholic Social Ethics
- Friday, April 1, Prayer, Finding God in our Lives
- Friday, May 6, ????
Funeral and Estate Planning Morning
Contact: Annette Calloway
Email: acalloway@stjudeindy.org
This information packed seminar will be held on a Saturday morning, October 9th, 9:00am-Noon. It will include planning your funeral mass, working with a mortuary and estate themes. Everyone needs to understand there options before the the crucial moment arises. Watch the bulletin or this site for more information as the program unfolds.
Morning of Reflection - Fruits of the Spirit
Relationships change us. Parents are great testatments to this fact, they want their children to choose companions wisely so they will have a good influence on their lives. The same is true for our ralationship with God, faith. The more active we are in our faith the more it will yeild good fruit. Come spend a morning refining the Spirit working in your life and learn how you can cultivate a better yield. Sponsored by the Small Church Community Core Team all our welcome to attend. November 20th, 9-12, in the Parish Center Assembly Room. Watch this spot for more information.
The Indiana Master Naturalist (IMN) Course
Contact: Sarah Schenk
Email: RoseFrancis8@gmail.com
The Indiana Master Naturalist (IMN) course, which is going to be offered at St. Jude for a second time, provides hands-on opportunities for adults to learn from experts in the natural resources field. By attending a series of courses that focuses on our amazing Hoosier natural heritage, you will gain new insights into our natural world. Whether you know nothing or know a fair bit about nature already there will be something for every nature lover.
To become a certified Indiana Master Naturalist, participants attend 80% of 8 classes, pass an open book test, and complete at least 24 hours of volunteer service. The volunteer service will give you a chance to put to use your new-found knowledge, as the volunteer work must benefit the community through working with natural areas (we will probably do a group project for St Jude).
Consider joining the ranks of hundreds of Indiana Master Naturalists and sign up for the 2010 St Jude IMN course.
Our classes will run Monday nights, January 24th- March28th 2011, with some Saturdays in the field (TBA). Monday nights will run 6:30-9:30pm, in the parish center. To find out more and register watch the bulletin.
www.IndianaMasterNaturalist.org .
Couples Enrichment Weekend
Contact: Annette Calloway
Email: acalloway@stjudeindy.org
Married couples promise to be committed in sickness and health. This promise is more than physical, because sickness comes in many different forms. It can be relational, psychological and spiritual. These aspects of our life can also become ill. In the physical sphere, there are many illnesses that can be avoided by tending to our physical needs. We watch our diets, exercise, try to manage stress and get enough sleep. Relationships can be the same. There are many “habits” we can develop to keep our relationships strong and healthy, so that in the difficult times they can ward off illness.
This next January, we are planning a couples (for both married and others in committed relationship) enrichment workshop for all members of our parish to take a look at their relationships. It will take place beginning on Friday evening, January 21st and reconvene on Saturday morning, January 22nd, ending with lunch. The aim of the program is to strengthen your personal bonds and give you skills for managing your lives together.
Even Jesus, at a point in His life, asked His disciples to tell Him who/what others thought of Him. All of us need an opportunity to take a look at ourselves. To ‘see’ where we are in our relationship and ‘focus’ on where we want to go. Watch this web-page or the parish bulletin for information closer to the date.
Parish Mission February 28, March 1, March 2
Contact: Annette Calloway
Email: acalloway@stjudeindy.org
Fr. Michael Fones, O.P. will be our presenter. Discipleship and the call to conversion are the heart of every parish mission, since everything else flows from them: stewardship, the discernment of gifts and vocation (including personal calls), prayer, and involvement in the local parish. Consequently, all of Fr. Michael’s missions are crafted to have an evangelizing effect on the members of the parish. Using stories from scripture, Jesus’s parables, Paul’s letters, the rich teaching of the Church, and reflections on his own journey of faith and the lives of disciples who have influenced him, Fr. Michael attempts to present Jesus’ invitation to each one of us to become his disciple in ways that are personal, fresh, and sometimes surprisingly amusing.