September - St. Augustine Catholic

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September 2006
Sept. 14
Rebuilding When Your Relationship
Ends – Classes will be held every
Thursday through Nov. 16, 6:30 p.m.
at the Catholic Center in Jacksonville.
For details, call the Family Life Office at
(904) 308-7474.
Sept. 15-17
Worldwide Marriage Encounter - A
positive experience for married couples to
improve their communications. Friday-
Sunday in Gainesville. Call Tom or Susan
Hughes for details at (904) 860-3039 or
visit: www.geocities.com/jaxMEweb.
Sept. 15-17
Engaged Encounter – A marriage
preparation program open to all couples
of faith. Begins Friday, 7:30 p.m.,
Marywood Retreat Center, Jacksonville.
Cost: $280 per couple. Call (904) 308-
7477 or register online: www.dcfl.org.
Sept. 16
Day of Reflection – Beyond the
Roots of Christian Meditation
– Leaders: Cenacle Sister Elizabeth
Hillman and Gene Bebeau, Saturday, 9:30
a.m.-3 p.m., Marywood Retreat Center,
Jacksonville. Cost: $35. Call (904) 287-
2525 or visit www.marywoodcenter.org.
Sept. 21
Information Night for People
Interested in Becoming a Spiritual
Director – Leader: Maria Decsy, Ph.D.
Thursday, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Marywood
Retreat Center, Jacksonville. Cost:
Free. Call (904) 287-2525 or visit
www.marywoodcenter.org.
Sept. 22-24
Weekend Retreat – On the Brink of
a Breakthrough, A Response to the
Grace of Liberation – Leader: Father
Darius Sleszynski, Ph.D. Friday-Sunday,
Marywood Retreat Center, Jacksonville.
Cost: $118-$195. Call (904) 287-2525 or
visit www.marywoodcenter.org.
Sept. 23
Pre Cana – A marriage preparation
program for couples that want to marry
in the Catholic Church. Saturday,
9:20 a.m.-5:30 p.m., St. Elizabeth Ann
Seton Parish, Palm Coast. Cost: $69 per
couple. Call (904) 308-7474 or register
online: www.dcfl.org
Sept. 23
Day of Reflection – Facing the
Challenges for Catholic Families
in the Society and the Church of
Today – Leader: Msgr. Vincent Haut.
Saturday, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Marywood
Retreat Center, Jacksonville. Cost: $25.
Call (904) 287-2525 or visit www.
marywoodcenter.org.
Sept. 23
Spanish Diocesan Encounter
– Saturday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at Sacred Heart
Parish, Green Cove Springs. Mass will be
celebrated by Bishop Victor Galeone.
Call Alba Orozco, (904) 353-3243 or
email: amorozco@ccbjax.org. Deadline to
RSVP is Sept. 15.
Sept. 27
Day of Reflection – Reflecting on
the Gospel of John – Leader: Father
Donal Sullivan. Wednesday, 9:30 a.m.-
2:30 p.m., Marywood Retreat Center,
Jacksonville. Cost: $25. Call (904) 287-
2525 or visit www.marywoodcenter.org.
October 2006
Oct. 7
International Rosary Mass for World
Peace – Saturday, 5:30 p.m., St. Monica
Parish, Palatka. Following Mass, rosary
will be recited in six languages. All are
welcome. Call (386) 325-9777.
Oct. 19
Annual Red Mass – For members of
the legal, judicial and law enforcement
professions. Sponsored by the Catholic
Lawyers Guild, Thursday, 5:30 p.m.,
Immaculate Conception Church,
Jacksonville. Call Glenn Warren, (904)
398-9002 or email: warren@harrisguidi.
reaching our
teens
youth rally 2007
by Jesse Manibusan
“Jesse, our young people are gone! They’re not
coming to Mass! They’re not being Catholic.
Jessie Manibusan, guest speaker for the
diocesan Youth Rally 2007.
“What can we do to reach our youth?”
• Be passionate about your own baptism.
• Understand that ministry to young people
in the church belongs to the baptized.
• Greet them at Mass, on the street, at school,
at the movies. Smile. Acknowledge them.
• Tell every adult that you know to do the
same. The impact is huge, immediate and
transformative. To them and especially
to us!
On Feb. 10-11, 2007, the diocesan Youth
Ministry is sponsoring a gathering of young
people that is a matter of life and faith! On this
weekend, teens from 6th grade to 12th grade
will gather to celebrate their Catholic faith. They
will do that in fun, exciting, interactive, reflective
and transforming eucharistic ways.
You and I don’t have to know how to “do
well” with young people. But we must let them
come to the Lord in every possible opportunity.
Priests, send your young people! Parents, send
your young people! Catholic High Schools, send
your young people!
Pray about this gathering right now! Start
getting your parish excited about counting how
many teenagers they are going to send! Pray
about attending yourself!
I’m going to be there. Yep. Me. I’m a Catholic
Itinerant Witness. An undercover Catechist.
International Man of Danger and Catholic Ninja.
Jesse Manibusan is a singer, songwriter, guitarist and
teller of humorous tales. He will lead the upcoming
Diocesan Youth Rally in 2007. To read more about
his ministry, visit www.jessemanibusan.com
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