Catholicism WOW! (Scroll down for details of the upcoming meeting.)
……………..because our Catholic faith is so amazing.
However, given that many are unaware or distracted by misinformation or lack of information, we need to be explorers and companions. Come join other explorers as we seek to discover how our faith continues to survive and thrive 2,000+ years and counting, despite of human frailty and mistakes. But then, Jesus promised that the gates of Hell would not prevail over his church.
What kind of things do we discuss? In the past, we have watched and discussed Bishop Robert Barron’s video series on Catholicism, the Saints, and the Mass. We’ve also read and discussed the lives of the saints, our Pope’s writings, and have explored topics in the news, as well as protecting the environment, racial justice, participants’ experiences in and of Catholicism, and myriad other topics.
You are warmly invited to join our remote Catholicism WOW meetings via Zoom.
We will start at 7 pm every Wednesday via ZOOM. We stop at 8 pm.
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Please join us on Zoom, Wednesdays at 7 pm
This month, Catholicism WOW will explore the Scripture passage “Road to Emmaus”, Luke 24: 13-35. Thanks to Zach Turner and the Paulists, we’ve received permission to use their beautiful “On the Road Together: Emmaus” by Frank P. DeSiano, CSP.
Please join us tomorrow evening, Wed., May 15 for Catholicism WOW! at 7 pm by ZOOM format.
During the Covid shutdown, people would often say goodbye to each other followed by the farewell wish "stay safe". It's certainly a sweet and thoughtful way to express how much the person means to you. But now that the threat of Covid has faded, perhaps the US is going a little overboard in the obsessive concern for safety in every aspect of life.
Please join us tomorrow evening Wednesday May 15 for Catholicism WOW at 7 pm by ZOOM format.
Our topic is "Safety as the New Obsession".
Topic: Catholicism WOW - Safety as the New Obsession - May 15, 2024
Time: May 15, 2024 07:00 to 08:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Zoom Link
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86100936520?pwd=MUw4SkxVM3RRKzZlamtMUW9jdlhhQT09
Meeting ID: 861 0093 6520
Passcode: 513325
Homework, if you have time and inclination:
A) Please watch the YouTube Video: “Is Safety Culture Good For Us?” by Bishop Robert Barron
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZnvk6os6aM
Minutes 8 - 16
B) The Chosen: Season One, Episode 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DPzq53O4DI
minutes 14 - 27
C) Please read the Gospel Reading for Sunday May 19 (below) Jn 7:37-39
Discussion Questions:
Is SAFETY the highest aspiration or is there something higher?
Jordan Peterson wrote a chapter called "Do Not Bother Children When They are Skateboarding" (Rule #11 from 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos) -- he proposes that the child needs occasions of independence to build his/her confidence. Do you agree?
"The US has become a country of fraidy-cats" -- do you agree? Please comment.
Did you ever approach a "scary-looking" person lying in the gutter to find out if you could help them?
We can't wait to hear your thoughts.
'Hope you can join us!
Many blessings,
Yvette and Ned
Gospel for Sunday May 19, 2024
On the last and greatest day of the feast,
Jesus stood up and exclaimed,
“Let anyone who thirsts come to me and drink.
As Scripture says:
Rivers of living water will flow from within him who believes in me.”
He said this in reference to the Spirit
that those who came to believe in him were to receive.
There was, of course, no Spirit yet,
because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
Questions? Call us
Yvette (925) 640-0024 yvetteniccolls@gmail.com
Ned (925) 209-1271 niccolls@comcast.net
Best blessings,
Yvette and Ned