The Mission of our Adult Spiritual Development Committee is: To plan,organize and implement opportunities for the St. Thomas Aquinas ParishCommunity to deepen and grow theirawareness, experience and gratitudetoward God while complementing our existing spiritual formation activities plus bring us closer together as community through shared experience.
The Church's catechetical mission aims to help the faithful of all ages togrow in both human and Christian maturity, enriching the whole of lifewith the leaven of the Gospel. Our parishadult faith formation ministryseeks to engage the particular needs and interests of our parishioners in away that is accessible and relates to their life experiences, helping them toform aChristian conscience and to live their lives in the world as faithfuldisciples of Jesus.
The Committee has been hard a work all summer putting together thisyear’s program of speakers and sessions. Every May we survey the parishas to which topics they would be interestedin attending in the upcomingyear. Here is our calendar for the fall of 2017.
Sep. 19: Blessed John Henry Newman
Sep. 26: Christianity & Psychotherapy
Oct. 3: Immigration Issues Oct 10: St. Francis of Assisi
Oct. 17 & 24: 500th Anniversary of the Reformation
Nov. 7: Planning your Funeral Nov. 14: St. John of the Cross Nov. 28: Religion & Politics
We will be coming out with a further description of each Tuesday night very soon. We meet from 7pm – 8:30pm at St. Albert the Great Hospitality Center. We hope to see you.