ST. JOAN OF ARC WELCOME HOME PROGRAM

WEEK ONE: GENERAL INTRODUCTION (16 APRIL) 

• WHY ARE WE HERE?
• INDIVIDUALS INTRODUCE THEMSELVES
• DISCUSSION ON OUR AGENDA FOR THE COMING WEEKS
• STORIES OF FAITH

WEEK TWO: WHO IS THE CHURCH (23 APRIL) 

• RETURN QUESTIONNAIRES HANDED OUT LAST WEEK
• SCRIPTURE
• TRADITION
• MAGISTERIUM
• WHY ALL THE CHANGES SINCE VATICAN II
• WHAT IS THE ROLE OF LAY PEOPLE? (YOU AND ME!)

WEEK THREE: WHAT DO WE BELIEVE? (30 APRIL) 

• THE CREED
• CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
• DEFINE DOGMA
• AREAS PARTICIPANTS WANT TO DISCUSS WHICH ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE SIX WEEK PROPOSED AGENDA

WEEK FOUR: THE SACRAMENTS (7 MAY)

• WHAT IS A SACRAMENT?
• WHAT ROLE DO SACRAMENTS PLAY IN OUR SALVATION STORY
• SACRAMENTS OF INITIATION (BAPTISM/CONFIRMATION)
• EUCHARIST
• HOLY ORDERS/MATRIMONY
• RECONCILIATION * WILL DISCUSS WITH FR. MIKE WEEK SIX
• SACRAMENT OF THE SICK

WEEK FIVE: RECONCILIATION (14 MAY)

• DISCUSSION WITH FATHER MIKE

WEEK SIX: THE MASS (21 MAY)

• WHAT DOES THE MASS MEAN TO YOU?
• ‘SACRAMENTAL’
• CHANGES INTRODUCED IN VATICAN II
• OFFICIAL PUBLIC WORSHIP OF THE CHURCH
• INTRODUCTORY RITES
• LITURGY OF THE WORD
• LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST
• COMMUNION RITE
• DISMISSAL