Pope John’s Faith Sharing Group

Pope John’s Faith Sharing group provides a simple way to gather with others, read scripture, reflect on its meaning and share insights with one another. One way that we grow as followers of Jesus is to read and pray the scriptures with others.

To encourage you to get involved in sharing your faith with others, we will order the material for discussion, a book, or video and begin each gathering exploring the prior Sunday’s readings with a reflection and discussion.

Since the goal of your time together is not “study” but just sharing your faith experience, no one needs to be an expert on the Bible or on doctrine. We are each an expert on how we live our Christian faith. So we learn from one another as we share our own unique Christian journey and how our Christian beliefs and values influence our everyday lives.

The point is not just to learn about our faith (the “what”) but to find ways to make that faith effective in our lives (the “so what”). All of our learning is ultimately for developing a better relationship with Christ and with others with whom we share the journey. Our group of friends from our parish use the Bible and other material to grow in faith together and share their experiences of living with Christ.

Each week the foundation for sharing is based on the readings from Scripture, especially those of the previous Sunday. We discuss the readings after the Sunday Mass and Homily, and explore more in-depth the readings we have already heard earlier at Mass.

Faith-sharing gatherings invite us to develop our spiritual lives to their full potential in community with others and to participate more fully in the shared life and mission of the Christian community.

The Faith Sharing Group meets on Wednesday afternoons from 1:00 to 2:30pm in Classrooms 9 and 11.  The coffee pot is on and snacks are most welcome. The laughter is often abundant as we share our Faith Journey with some Fellowship and Fun.  Please feel free to join at any time, the sessions stand alone and all are welcome.

We participate in the Advent and Lenten Parish Adult Faith Discussion Programs for the Seasons and welcome any great resources coming from the group for consideration to discuss.

We are going to do a Video Series: Bible and the Sacraments a Journey Through Scripture

• What are the sacraments? Why do we do what we do in the confessional or at Mass? What’s the point of baptizing a baby?
• While Catholics know the sacraments are important, many never fully grasp how life-changing these “masterworks of God” really are. Now they can. The Bible and the Sacraments unveil the mystery of the sacraments and their foundation in Sacred Scripture.
• Join author, speaker, and Executive Producer, Matthew Leonard, in this stunning, awe-inspiring series, in which the power of the sacraments come alive in a personal, new way. All in all, you will experience the sacraments as you’ve never experienced them before!

We will watch video sessions and have directed dialogue from a workbook, discussion and responses for study.

This series is open to all who wish to attend. 

The cost of the book is $15.00.

Our sessions are Sept 18 & 25, Oct 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30, Nov 6, 13 & 20 and Dec 4, 11 & 18.

Please call Elizabeth Fallon, Director of Faith Formation at 315.652.1094 for more information or email at faithformation@verizon.net