Adult Faith Formation

Adult Faith Formation is catechesis (teaching the faith) which aims to deepen people’s contact with Jesus Christ through educational and enrichment opportunities. Designed to touch the intellect as well as the heart, adult faith formation programs help people live and experience a more Christ-centered life.
 
Adult Faith Formation can occur in a myriad of ways; ways that faith grows and deepens within the parish setting. To name just a few:

• Celebrating weekly liturgy
• Participating in the Giving Tree and other parish outreach activities, especially if there is an opportunity to reflect with others upon their completion on how they personally effected the “givers”
• Joining with others to sign a petition for a justice issue
• Celebrating the sacramental life of our Church
• Helping build a house with Habitat for Humanity
• Being a part of a prayer group
• Participating in spiritual direction that is available at the parish

• Koinonia  (community)
• Leiturgia (prayer and worship)
• Didache (teaching)
• Kerygma (proclamation)
• Diakonia (outreach)
• All of these ways of being and living Church are formational!  Each of these ways teaches and helps a person grow in faith. Truly, each is adult faith formation. 

 
ST. JOSEPH’S CHURCH LIBRARY is located in the Blessed John Newman Room next to our Holy Family Adoration Chapel. Check out numerous faith formation resources for all ages!
 
CATHOLIC MAGAZINES are available in The Gathering Place and at the south end of church. Contribution envelopes located in the magazines can be put in the weekend collection basket.