Men's Faith Group
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About Us
Welcome to the Men's Faith Group at the parishes of St. Catherine and St. Benedict!
We meet Friday mornings from 6AM to 7AM via Zoom. Email Chad Bitzer at cdbitz@gmail.com (no later than Wednesday each week) and he can provide you the link access. Everyone is welcome to join anytime!
CURRENT BOOOK: The Soul's Upward Yearning, by Fr. Robert Spitzer. The book is available free for download at https://watch.formed.org/the-soul-s-upward-yearning-by-fr-robert-spitzer. The reading schedule is outlined on this page. Discussion will focus on the sections scheduled for each Friday so please read in advance.
A brief description of The Soul's Upward Yearning taken from the formed.org website:
"Father Spitzer's work provides a bright light in the midst of the darkness by presenting traditional and contemporary evidence for God and a transphysical soul from several major sources. It shows that we are transcendent beings with souls capable of surviving bodily death; that we are self-reflective beings aware of and able to strive toward perfect truth, love, goodness, and beauty; and that we have the dignity of being created in the very image of God. If we underestimate these truths, we undervalue one another, underlive our lives, and underachieve our destiny."
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The Soul's Upward YearningDiscussion ScheduleSept. 2: Introduction
Sept. 9: Ch.1, Sections I, II, & III
Sept. 16: Ch.1, Sections IV, V, VI, & VII
Sept. 23: Ch.2, Intro+ Sections I & II
Sept. 30: Ch.2, Sections III & IV
Oct. 7: Ch.3, Intro+ Sections I, II, & III
Oct. 14: Ch.3, Sections IV & V
Oct. 21: Ch.3, Sections VI, VII; Ch.4, Intro + Section I
Oct. 28: Ch.4, Sections II, II, III, IV, & V
Nov. 4: Ch.5, Intro+ Sections I & II
Nov 11: Ch.5, Sections III, IV, & V
Nov. 18: Ch.6, Intro+ Sections I & II
Nov. 25: (No Meeting)
Dec. 2: Ch.6, Sections III & IV
Dec. 9: Ch.6, Sections V, VI, & Conclusion
Dec. 16: Appendix One, Intro+ Sections I, II, III, & VI
Dec. 23: (No Meeting)
Dec. 30: (No Meeting)
Jan. 6: Appendix One, Section V, VI, & VII
Jan 13: Appendix Two, Intro+ Sections I, II, & III
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Charter
We gather for personal and communal growth and to grow in our relationship with Jesus Christ. We're not here to change other people in the group, but to support one another in living more faithfully according to the teachings of Christ and His Church. We use the Bible, Catechism, offical Magisterial teaching, and solid Catholic resources as our sources of truth.
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Rules of Engagement
- No statements, comments, or discussions of a personal nature (confessions, examples, revelations, etc.) are to be shared outside of our meetings.
- We speak in terms of Catholic moral teaching, not political idealogies or generalizations.
- We speak one at a time and do not interrupt one another.
- We are respectful to one another.
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