Small Groups
Small Groups
Each small group gathers in Jesus' name for friendship, spiritual growth, and prayer. Group time includes moments of relational connection, spiritual growth through teaching and discussion, and prayer with and for one another.
Group Goal
Foster personal relationships, build community, and provide faith formation to help parishioners grow as joyful missionary disciples of Christ. "The church exists in order to evangelize." -Pope Paul the Sixth
Small Group Leader
For those who want to become involved in parish small-group evangelization... Watch this Formation webinar, hosted by the Archdiocese, to learn how to get started.
Only One Thing is Necessary
As a community of Christians, we are called to walk with each other and with families, regardless of our state in life. Archbishop Bernard Hebda explores saintly examples of holiness in families, explains how our Lord shows us families are important, and invites us all to support families as building blocks for our churches and communities.
How well do you know your fellow parishioners, the people you worship with each week? This is a question for all of us—and one that prompted me to become involved in the Archdiocesan Synod small group implementation efforts. We meet in my home, usually every other Sunday evening. We are fortunate to have a group of eight people.
Some of the benefits I have experienced from this regular time of connection with other parishioners:
Deeper, more meaningful connections, building virtuous friendships and camaraderie.
Feeling a real purpose in helping each other build a solid relationship with God.
Praying for each other and sharing life with each other, building trust that our needs and intentions are important, and the group truly cares about each other's intentions/needs.
Knowing that my presence and efforts matter to others, i.e., we all feel the emptiness if we need to skip/cancel a group session.
Greater understanding of many teachings of the Church that we've studied together; Prayer, Pillars of the Catechism and Sacraments, Biblical foundations and reasons behind what we do at Mass, and the Eucharist.
I pray that we can continue to multiply our small groups and offer this experience to even more parishioners, and potentially expand it to include outside guests and/or those who have stopped attending Mass.
- Cheryl K, Small Group Leader