O+Gorman Junior High and High School

"...to form a community of faith and learning by promoting a Catholic way of life through Gospel values and academic excellence."

We wish to confirm once more that the task of evangelizing all people constitutes the essential mission of the Church… Evangelizing is in fact the grace and vocation proper to the Church, her deepest identity. She exists in order to evangelize, that is to say, in order to preach and teach, to be the channel of the gift of grace, to reconcile sinners with God, and to perpetuate Christ’s sacrifice in the Mass, which is the memorial of His death and glorious resurrection. ~ Pope Paul VI

Track A: becoming ProtestantOver half join evangelical communities

Why they left Catholicism: • 71%- spiritual needs not being met

Why they became Protestant:• 81%- enjoyed new faith’s services and

worship• 62%- felt called by God

B: Becoming a “None”71% unaffiliated by age 23

Why they left Catholicism:71%- drifted away65%- stopped believing in teachings

Why they became a “None”:42%- don’t believe in God/teachings33%- have not found the right religion

Evangelism is calling people to be disciples of Jesus Christ, both as individuals and as communities, in their personal and collective lives.

Evangelism is “to serve men and women by revealing to them the love of God made manifest in Jesus Christ”~ Blessed JPII

Catholic breakdown:• Priests - .04% • Religious - .10% • Lay People – 99.86%

Personal witness more powerful than teaching from hierarchy!

Lay Catholics are apostles in their own right!

3 fold plan:

Faith:  Inviting Catholics to a deeper relationship with Christ, and a deeper understanding of and relationship with his Church, and knowledge of the faith.

Worship:  Inspiring confidence in the gospel and the teachings of the faith expressed in a vibrant community and sacramental life, most intensively in the Eucharist and Penance, but also through Marriage and greater appreciation of the family as the domestic church.

Witness:  Strengthening of our understanding of the Christian vocation lived through a public witness to Jesus Christ and to the life and dignity of the human person where believers, living out their vocation to be witnesses, affirm the freedom of religion and work to transform society through living and sharing their faith in Jesus Christ and giving recognition to the life and dignity of the human person

Catholics:

60% believe in a “personal God”29% believe God is “impersonal force”10% other responses (or both)1% don’t believe in God

Michelle Shields Sara Hofflander Leo Lorang Trish IrvineDoug Basche Scott Nelson Jason Van Engen Alex AndersonDarlene Dunn Rhonda Booth Nancy Carpenter Rick LynchJane Schnell Caitlin Werner Gary Siska Teresa FesterDuane Niles Steve Krier Angie Lynch Mary JohnsonEd Whiting Chad LeBrun Kelly Brose Patrick FrankmanCrystal Richter Tyone Kruse Doug Lindner Nathan Hofflander

Fr. Haggerty Sr. Kathryn Jonathan KonzGwen Skar Sophia Hermanson Sheila McQuadeKen Lindemann BJ Keppen Julie BensonDoug Peterson Jordan Rozeboom Heather NohrenbergJessica Fauteck Cathy Britton Jeff GordonDonna Carlson Jane Bradfield Kristin KuchenbeckerSue Sommervold Kent Kolsrud Art Hagg

• Mass-81• Theology class-62• Prayer-46• Chapel-39• Community-36• Reconciliation-22• Service-21

• Yoga pants!• Prayer before all classes• Prayer service options• Prayer before meals• Prayer at the end of the day• More school service projects• More Eucharistic Adoration• More Reconciliation• More all school Mass• More speakers (assemblies/Theo classes)• New Theology classes (more experiential)

The single most critical personal and spiritual skill for a lay apostle is discernment. Lay Christians need formation in order to adequately discern: ƒ Their God-given talents and spiritual gifts; Their personal call or vocation; ƒThe leading of the Holy Spirit; The meaning and value of temporal things; ƒ The creative application of Church teaching to specific situations.

To be able to discover the actual will of the Lord in our lives always involves the following: a receptive listening to the Word of God and the Church, fervent and constant prayer, recourse to a wise and loving spiritual guide, and a faithful discernment of the gifts and talents given by God, as well as the diverse social and historic situations in which one lives.