"Testimonies of Faith" Lenten Series

We are a flock of many individuals, each with a unique story and varying experiences.

In an effort to continue building community and friendships in Christ ( see “Lenten Discipleship Small Groups,” p. 7), after all weekend Masses during Lent, many parishioners will present their personal “Testimonies of Faith.”

"Testimonies of Faith" Speaker Schedule:

• Saturday, March 9th (after 5 PM Mass)
  • Bill Duffert: “Vocation Story and Seminary Life”         
    • A junior high school teacher before entering seminary, Bill will share his vocation story and answer questions about seminary life and formation.

 

• Sunday, March 10th (after 9 & 11 AM Masses)
  • Deacon Jim Meyer: “My Vocation Story”
    • Hear how God led Deacon Jim (a family man and successful accountant) to the diaconate, and to be such a great gift to our parish family!

 

• Saturday, March 16th (after 5 PM Mass)
  • Thomas Wheeler: “Growing in Virtue”
    • Enjoy a millennial’s story of encountering the Holy Spirit, embracing his Catholic faith, and learning to trust God.

 

•  Sunday, March 17th (after 9 & 11 AM Masses)
  • Deacon Jim Reinhardt: “God’s Guiding Hand”
    • If each of us look back, we can personally see the hand of God as He gently guides us through life. We all have a story to tell of God's love for us. Deacon Reinhardt will share his personal, unfinished story. 

 

• Saturday, March 23rd (after 5 PM Mass)
  • Dcn. Luis Rubi: “Queen of the Cosmos”
    • Deacon Rubi will talk about how being introduced to a queen changed his life forever.

 
 

• Sunday, March 24th (after 9 & 11 AM Masses)
  • Anne-Marie Klobe: “El Camino: A Life Journey”
    • Anne-Marie Klobe and her friend Michele Gittens will present their experience walking the Camino in Spain, and discuss the life lessons learned from their journey.
  • Matt Molko: “Seeking (Comm)Unity”
    • College can be a trying time for Catholics and many end up leaving the Church. Matt did. He was also fortunate enough to find his way back…

 

• Saturday, March 30th (after 5 PM Mass)
  • Kalley Yanta: "Meeting Mother Teresa"
    • Witnessing families sleeping on a roadside, bathing the sick and dying in homes for the poor, and feeding emaciated orphans... parishioner Kalley Yanta will share how a trip to India and the work of Saint Teresa of Calcutta brought her back to the Church and instilled a desire to defend life.

 

• Sunday, March 31st (after 9 & 11 AM Masses)
  • Alyssa Bormes: "Pro-Life"
    • Popular author, speaker, and retreat leader, Alyssa Bormes helps ignite in her audiences a newfound sense of wonder in the Church, through humor, analogy, and an innate gift of storytelling. Hear her moving Pro-Life testimony.
  • Tyler Blanski: "How I Gave Up Spirituality for a Life of Religious Abundance"  
    • Author and musician Tyler Blanski shares the wild tale of how God brought his family into the Catholic Church. This is a love story, a coming of age story, a story of God's glory that will inspire anyone who has ever known doubt not to give up and to truly feast at the Holy Mass.

 

• Saturday, April 6th (after 5 PM Mass)
  • Matthew James Christoff: “Aspiring to Spiritual Fatherhood”
    • Matthew James Christoff was accepted in the Church in 2006. Drawing on the Parable of the Prodigal Son, Matthew will discuss his conversion, the challenges of Catholic sonship, and the blessings of maturing into Spiritual Fatherhood.

 

• Sunday, April 7th (after 9 AM Mass only)
  • Jennifer Tomaschko: “Closing the Gap”
    • Jennifer will share the revelation of God as her good and tender Father who loves His children.
  • Mary Shapiro: “How a Jewish Saint Led Me Back to the Catholic Church”
    • St Edith Stein captured Mary’s attention some years ago when she was an Evangelical Protestant through a play she saw about the saint’s life. Mary will tell the story of Edith Stein and how this great saint inspired her return to the Catholic Church.