Study

Calling All Men. Get out to St. Louis Catholic Church each Tuesday for an exciting time of fellowship and learning. Weekly, men gather for a $5 meal and an entertaining keynote topic of our Catholic faith.

This lunch is an hour packed social that you can enjoy during your Tuesday’s and you are encouraged to bring a friend. With start-up time of 11:45 for serving lunch and the keynote speaker starting at 12:00 sharp, you can plan your day’s activities knowing that the lunch and talk will be over by 12:30. Anyone not in a hurry may hang around and socialize with others, after that time.

The keynote talks on our Catholic Faith are a great way of keeping up on your theology, prayer and spirituality. Even more, it is a great way to evangelize your faith. Invite a friend, co-worker, or family member, who might need a re-charge on being Catholic or a introduction to Catholicism if they are thinking of joining the Church.

Deacon Jeff of the Catholic Cafe is a regular speaker at the St. Leo’s Lunch. For a look at some past talks of this lunch series, check out the website for St. Leo’s Lunch and consider registering for the next upcoming event. http://stleoslunch.com/

What is Pope John Paul II’s Theology of the Body and why it is important in our lives? How does it relate to the dignity of every human being? How does it relate to the issue of religious freedom in our country? How does the Theology of the Body impact the nature of sexual love and sharing within the bonds of marriage? Come and see….

Location: St. Francis Hospital Auditorium (entrance and parking in the rear of building)
Instructor: Fr. Benjamin Bradshaw
Time: 6:45pm-8:45pm – Class Time (with break)

No Registration necessary – No charge! 

Study notes are available for download here: http://www.catholicadultfaith.com/tob.htm

Bring your copy of the study notes and paper to take your personal notes on.

Welcome by Dr. Charles T. Kenny, Notre Dame Club of Memphis

SCHEDULE

• Monday, July 9, 2012 –  Overview of the Theology of the Body
• Monday, July 16, 2012 –  The Theology of the Body and the Dignity of the Human Person
• Monday, July 23, 2012 –  The Theology of the Body and Religious Freedom (HHS Mandate)
• Monday, July 30, 2012 –   The Theology of the Body and the Gift of Sexual Love

.

Catholic Population in Relation to New & Old Media

CARA (Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate) has a blog that continually shares numbers about Catholic populations, in comparisons to media. The latest blog post from CARA has some interesting numbers to reveal and shed light as to what is going on in the United States, as well as Canada.

The Catholic Press Association (CPA) commissioned CARA to do a study on Catholics and their usage of different types of media; radio, television, print and digital (Internet). The poll taken had four groups, with variations of age; pre-Vatican II , Vatican II, post-Vatican II, and  Millennials. The blog post itself (Click Here) shares a shortened version of the full study, which you can download as a PDF of the full study by visiting the CARA blog post, “New Catholics, New Media: More ‘Bread and Circus’ than Eucharist.”

For a few short examples,

• The poll did show only 52% of Catholics particularly pay attention to National Catholic Media
• Pre-Vatican II (born before 1943) had the highest average for following Catholic pages/ post on Facebook (WOW)
• Vatican II ( born 1943 to 1960) had the highest average of listening to Catholic radio or CDs
• Post-Vatican II (born 1961 to 1981) didn’t rank highest in any of the charts shared on the blog but did tie Vatican II in the category of watching spiritual or religious video online
• Last but not least, ranking the highest in reading content from websites and blogs —  Millennials (born 1982 and above)

You will see statistics on some of the well known National Catholic publications; Catholic Digest, Maryknoll, Liguorian, Our Sunday Visitor, and the Family Digest.

To get the full short story, visit the blog post, or if you are really into crunching numbers and counting percentages, download the full report available as a PDF on the blog post.

Are you in a Fishers of Men Group? Ever consider making your Cursillo 3Day weekend? St. Vincent DePaul?  Knights of Columbus? How Active are you, your family, and your friends active in parish and diocesan events?  NEXT BLOG POST COMING UP!

Active Laity in the Church

Stay Tuned and Stay Holy,

MMOS/ Fishers of Men

Fr Ben Bradshaw

Catholic Nuggets, a new channel on YouTube, streaming videos of Fr. Ben Bradshaw. Father Ben is well known around the Catholic Diocese of Memphis for his dynamic talks, and classes. Most everyone knows about his “Angels and Demons” topic, and his knowledge of Theology of the Body.

Father Bradshaw has a series of videos out now on Catholic Nuggets, sharing on chastity, prayer, formation, sanctity of life, and the Holy Eucharist. Register yourself on YouTube’s service, or if you already are on YouTube, you can sign up for email notices for when Father uploads new videos.

You can find out more about what Fr. Ben Bradshaw shares for Catholic Adult Faith Formation by visiting his official website:  www.CatholicAdultFaith.com

Word On Fire founder, Fr. Robert Barron, created the CATHOLICISM Adult Formation Program to give a better foundation so that Catholics can know WHAT and WHY they believe. The program can be used in/ for: RCIA, Adult lay formation, Training adult catechists, Deaconate and other ministerial training, and Mature high school or college/university course-work.

Find out more by visiting Word On Fire’s official website:  Click Here

Find out more on the Catholicism Study Program official web page: Click Here