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The Office of Faith Formation partnered with Liturgy Training Publications to offer Virtual Workshops from January - March 2021. 

While all workshops have been conducted, recordings of the Workshops are available for a limited period of time.

In The Joy of the Gospel, Pope Francis has shared with us his vision of an evangelizing community. In this Virtual Workshop, we will take the time to explore how faith formation and liturgy in the parish can form disciples that are well-equipped and energized to be Christ’s witnesses in the world.
 

St. John Paul II states that “catechesis is intrinsically linked with the whole of liturgical and sacramental activity” of the parish. Participants in this session will specifically explore how catechists can/must echo their faith as liturgical disciples who gather weekly at Eucharist and are then sent forth in mission.

 

In this Virtual Workshop, we will take the time to examine the characteristics of a strong and vibrant parish. As leaders in our parish communities, let us gather to reflect on ways that will form and encourage all the baptized to serve as priest, prophet, and king in 2021 and beyond.
 

In this Virtual Workshop, we will examine successful strategies for inviting teens to greater participation in the liturgy through regular reflection on the Gospel message. Furthermore, we will explore how teens become parish leaders by inviting them to serve as liturgical ministers for the community.

 

A strong sense of hospitality is needed in all aspects of parish life – at our liturgical and sacramental celebrations, in our faith formation efforts, and all ministerial outreach. Pope Francis states that “the Church must be a place of mercy freely given, where everyone can feel welcomed, loved, forgiven and encouraged to live the good life of the Gospel.” In this workshop, we will reflect on best practices and address common obstacles in the ways our parishes extend hospitality to members and strangers.

 

In the Catechism of the Catholic Church, we learn that “[the liturgy is] the privileged place for catechizing the People of God” (1074). This Virtual Workshop explores the ways in which your parish can collaborate with parents, grandparents, and guardians to help ensure that participation in Sunday Mass becomes a family priority now, whether they are attending in person or virtually and as we look ahead to when we all rejoin the gathered assembly.

 

Michael Ruzicki is the Training and Events Manager  and a member of the editorial team at Liturgy Training Publications.  He also serves as the Director of Music for St. John Berchmans Parish.  Before arriving at LTP eight years ago, he served as a team member of the North American Forum on the Catechumenate, a parish Pastoral Associate for Liturgy, and Coordinator of Adult and Sacramental Formation and the Director of the Archdiocesan Music Ministry for the Archdiocese of Baltimore.  He is a graduate of The Catholic University of America and the Washington Theological Union.  Michael is the author of Guide for Training Initiation Ministers:  An Introduction to the RCIA  (LTP, 2018) and A Light for My Path:  Praying the Psalms  on the Way of the Cross (LTP, 2015).
 

Timothy A. Johnston serves as Editor and Liturgical Training Consultant for Liturgy Training Publications.  He has a degree in music education from Quincy University in Illinois, an MA in liturgical studies from St. John's Univrsity, Collegeville, Minnesota, and an MA in Christian Doctrine from Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  He has served as the director of the Office of Liturgy for the dioceses of Salt Lake City and St. Cloud.  Timothy is co-author of Guide for Celebrating Infant Baptism (LTP, 2018), Disciples Making Disciples:  Print and Digital Resources for Forming the Assembly (LTP, 2017), and Pocket Prayers for Times of Trouble (Twenty-Third Publications, 2014).
 

Jessica Cole is currently the Director of Faith Formation at St. Denis Parish in Hanover, NH.  Additionally she teaches courses in ministry for both St. Joseph’s College in Maine as well as The Catholic University of America. Previously, Jessica served as the Associate Campus Minister for Liturgy and Worship at Catholic University.  She received her undergraduate degree from The Catholic University of America with a BA in Religion and Philosophy, then went on to receive a MTS from Harvard Divinity School. She received her Doctor of Ministry from The Catholic University of America in 2014 in the area of liturgical studies with a treatise entitled: Mystagogical Reflection: Ongoing Formation for Extraordinary Ministers of Communion. Jessica has a deep love of the liturgy and a desire to share the faith with all ages, particularly parents and their families. Jessica and her husband homeschool their five children and live in rural Vermont.