Through the gifts of the Holy Spirit, God empowers us to service and strengthens us to love and serve all people. We affirm that every Catholic is uniquely gifted by God and is called to ministry.

• When members discover their gifts and serve in related ministries, both they and the entire parish benefit. It's a true ministry partnership - individual members and the parish as a whole working together to carry out God's call to serve.

 

• A spiritual gifts perspective enables both members and parish leaders to consider each other's needs simultaneously.

 

• Spiritual gifts provide God's answer to these questions:

"How can I use my gifts to serve the parish?"
"How can I further my parish's vision for ministry?"
"How can we serve the needs of our parishioners and our community?"
"How can we live out our vision as a parish while helping people grow in their spiritual journey?"

A Spiritual Director can help you discern your gifts. Click here for more information.

Spiritual Gifts - 1.0 Discovering God's Vision

We are currently offering "Discovering God's Vision for Your Life: A Spiritual Gifts Inventory" on December 12 from 9 AM-3 PM in Zurek Hall.  This study reflects on learning to see how God is working through you and calling you to reflect his love in the world.
Participants in Discovering God’s Vision for Your Life will . . .

• Deepen their relationship with God

• Understand and celebrate the spiritual gifts God has given them

• Understand God’s call for their lives and ministries

• Use their spiritual gifts to help meet the needs of others

Spiritual Gifts - 2.0 Called and Gifted

The  Called & Gifted™  Discernment Process  is designed to help Christians discern the presence of  charisms in their lives.  Charisms, or spiritual gifts, are special abilities given to all Christians by the Holy Spirit to give them power both to represent Christ and to be a channel of God's goodness for people. Whether extraordinary or ordinary, all charisms ought to be exercised in the service of God (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2003).  All three parts of the process are necessary for discovering where you are gifted.   We are working to set a date for Winter 2022.  

• Part One is the Called and Gifted workshop, which lays the foundation for the beginning of discernment. During the initial Called & Gifted workshop series the participants will take the Catholic Spiritual Gifts Inventory.
• Part Two is the one hour gifts interview, an invaluable part of the process. 
• Part Three helps you begin discernment in the real world. It will teach you how to:
  • develop charism experiments
  • evaluate your results
  • identify ways you learned to control life as a child that get in the way of using your charisms as an adult.