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Adults

How to Find the Good in People We Love

Fred Luskin shares about times when as we’re fighting with people we love, it can become hard to see the good in them. The director of the Stanford University Forgiveness Projects explores how to cope with the pain of a fight.

Positive Emotions Open Our Mind

Barbara Fredrickson discusses how positive emotions broaden our awareness of the world, allowing us to become more in tune with the needs of others.

Foundational Articles

    Faith Formation for Every Adult in Your Church- It's Possible Today! by John Roberto (www.faithformationlearningexchange.net) 

    Church Responding to the Age Wave of Adults: Top Innovations in Older Adult Ministry - by Amy Hanson, Leadership Network (Copyright 2010 used with permission)

    Baby Boomers - research summary and best practices in faith formation by John Roberto, et. al. (www.faithformationlearningexchange.net) 
Faith Practices

Living Well: Christian Practices for Everyday Life. Naugatuck: LifelongFaith Associates, 2009 (www.LifelongFaith.com). 
Living Well presents twelve essential practices for a Christian way of life: Caring for the Body, Celebrating Life, Discernment, Dying Well, Eating Well, Forgiving, Keeping Sabbath, Managing Household Life, Participating in Community, Praying, Reading the Bible, and Transforming the World. Written for adults, parents, and families to use in learning about and living Christian practices, each chapter presents the Biblical foundation of the Christian practice and a variety of practical suggestions for living the practice and how to make it an integral part of everyday life. 
  • Churches, schools, and religious organizations have permission to reprint individual chapters from Living Well for educational use only within their church or organization. Churches and religious organizations have permission to reprint the Living Well learning activities and small group study guides for educational use only within their church or organization. Each learning activity and study guide comes in two formats: Microsoft Word and PDF. 


Diocesan Resources

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Chris Hanley, Associate Director of Lifelong Faith Formation - Adult Specialist
Adult Faith Formation - Planning and Resources
Senior Adult Ministry
Parents and Family
Millennial Milestones Project
Continuing Education

Print Resources

  • Coutinho, SJ, Paul. How Big is Your God: The Freedom to Experience the Divine. Chicago, IL: Loyola Press, 2007.
  • Leddy, Mary Jo.  Radical Gratitude. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2002.
  • Mittleberg, Mark. Faith Path : Helping friends Find Their Way to Christ (workbook and dvd).  Colorado Springs, CO: David C. Cook, 2009.
  • Muller, Wayne. Sabbath: Finding Rest, Renwal and Delight in our Busy Lives. New York: Bantam Books, 1999.
  • Nouwen, Henri J.M., McNeill, Donald P. and Morrison, Douglas A. Compassion: A Reflection on the Christian Life.
  • Robinson, David. The Busy Family’s Guide to Spirituality: Practical Lessons for Modern Living from the Monastic Tradition. New York: Crossroad, 2009.
  • Rolheiser, Ronald.  The Holy Longing: The Search for a Christian Spirituality. New York: Doubleday, 1999.
  • Smith, Christian.  How to Go From Being a Good Evangelical to a Committed Catholic in Ninety-Five Difficult Steps. Eugene: Cascade Books, 2011.
  • Van Breemen, SJ, Peter. The God Who Won't Let Go. Notre Dame, IL: Ave Marie Press, 2001.
  • Weiderkehr, Macrina. Seasons of Your Heart Prayers and Reflections. San Francisco, CA: Harper/Collins Books, 1991. 

Resources and Websites

      Liturgical Calendar - reflections, feast, prayer, saint of the day, recipe, activity or events
      Short Wisdoms on Life from Anthony De Mello

Adults, Sticky Church, vitality, evangelization, new evangelization, parish, Catholic, renewal, innovation, pastoral planning, faith formation, young adults, Millennials, Mosaics