Healthy Wholeness = Balanced Living + Giving This pastoral ministry conference will take place August 2-4, at St. James Parish in Novi, MI. Evening sessions are at St. John Neumann Parish, Canton. The conference will focus on the well being of you, the minister, consider ways to achieve greater health and balance in your personal life and in your life of service. It will be a time of prayer, conversation, and study.

Presenters include Ron Rohlheiser, OMI, Robert L. Moore, PhD, Dennis Sugrue, PhD, Timothy Hogan, PsyD, C. Vanessa White, D Min, Patricia Cooney Hathaway, PhD. To find out additional information and to register, go online to wearethechurchconferences.com or contact JoAnne Castorena at 313-443-4113.

Conference fees are $75 for each day’s presentations or $195 for the entire conference. If registering after July 16, there is a significant price increase.
  

A.C.T.S. - A Call To Serve
October 9, 2010
9:00am—3:00pm
Sanctuary at Bellbrook
873 W. Avon
Rochester Hills, MI 48307

A.C.T.S. is a six-hour workshop designed to explore: "What is Ministry?" ,"Who is A Minister?" and "How Do We Minister?"

The What of Ministry traces our call to serve through both the Old and New Testaments, the signs and symbols of our Catholic heritage and Church documents. Who is a Minister explores the various qualities of a minister — as a person of presence, listening and prayer. Practical communication skills are presented to enhance one’s ministry. During the How of Ministry, participants are invited to focus on a particular kind of ministry (Pastoral Care, Worship and Leadership, Catechesis) and presented the tools for successful ministry. Catechists attending this day will receive certification for completing topics:
#1 Catechesis and the Call of Catechist (facilitated by Nancy Clancy)
#2 Creative Methods to Foster Faith Growth (facilitated by Sr. Janet Schaeffler, O.P.)

To sign up for ACTS, complete and return the Registration Form with a check for $10.00 ($30 if outside the Pontiac Area Vicariate) to: PAV/ACTS, 3665 Walton Blvd., Auburn Hills, MI 48326

For further information, contact Nancy Mason Bordley at parishserv@aol.com.
  

Are you, or someone you know, interested in a Bachelor of Religious Education degree? Courses for the C.O.R.E. Program of Cloverdale College will be offered at St. John Fisher beginning in the fall of 2010. For information about the degree, please visit www.gtfeducation.org/Cloverdale_College/CORE.html. For a list of courses offered, click on C.O.R.E. faculty. If you would like further information about this program or the courses, contact Nancy Mason Bordley at Parishserv@aol.com. The first class offered will be The Church and the Vision of Vatican II. Brochure and registration form for class at SJF in September.