Light a Fire

Re-ignite your Catholic faith with this parish AFF program created in response to those who have requested or suggested an “RCIA for Catholics”. Faith formation sessions will get back to the basics and cover the Church’s official teachings, prayer and liturgy, and moral and social issues to help Catholics know, love, and serve Christ and live out their Catholic faith in the world.

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Faith: The Story of God’s Love (Theme for sessions 1-8)

Session 1:
Who is Jesus Christ?
The Person at the Heart of our Faith
Session 2:
How Can I Know God?
God Reveals Himself in the Bible & the Church
Session 3:
How Did We Get Here?
Creation and Original Sin
Session 4:
How Can I Participate in God’s Love?
The Holy Trinity: God’s Mysterious Love Triangle
Session 5:
What Has God Done For Me?
Incarnation, Redemption, & Salvation
Session 6:
Where Am I Going?
Judgement, Heaven, Hell & Purgatory
Session 7:
Why Do We Need a Church?
The Role of the Church in My Relationship to Christ
Session 8:
What’s So Great About Mary & The Saints?
Why We Need So Great a Cloud of Witnesses

Prayer: Staying in Love With God (Theme for sessions 9 – 12)

Session 9
How Do I Remain Close to God?
Prayer: A Relationship with God
Session 10
Why Do We Have to Go to Mass?
The Ultimate Prayer & The Pascal Mystery
Session 11
How Does the Church Help Me Pray? (part 1)
Celebrating with the Church throughout the Year
Session 12
How Does the Church Help Me Pray (part 2)
The Catholic Prayer Toolbox: Sacramentals & Devotions

Sacraments: Encountering God & Receiving His Love (Theme for sessions 13 – 20)

Session 13:
Christ’s Parting Gifts:
Grace and the Sacraments
Session 14:
New Life in Christ:
The Sacrament of Baptism
Session 15:
Light a Fire:
The Sacrament of Confirmation
Session 16:
Bread of Life:
The Sacrament of Eucharist
Session 17
Endless Mercy:
The Sacrament of Reconciliation
Session 18
Where is God in the Pain?
The Sacrament of the Sick [and the Christian Meaning of Suffering]
Session 19
In the Service of God & Church:
The Sacrament of Holy Orders [and Consecrated Religious Life
Session 20:
Til Death Do Us Part:
The Sacrament of Holy Matrimony

Christian Life: Being God’s Love In The World (Theme for sessions 21-24)

Session 21:
Loving with Our Actions & Choices:
Morality, Virture, Sin & Conscience
Session 22:
Loving Our Neighbor:
Catholic Social Teaching
Session 23:
Loving with The Gift of Our Bodies:
Living out God’s Plan for Human Sexuality
Session 24:
Where Do I Go From Here?
Keep the Light Burning and Pass It On!