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Video - Why Is It So Hard to Forgive
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Video - Praying the Rosary From the Heart
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Video - Bible and Tradition
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Video Series - Giving Our Hearts to God
Video - Giving Our Hearts to God Part I
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Video - Giving Our Hearts to God Part III
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Video - Advent: Preparing for the Incarnation
Video - Lenten Customs
Video - Starting Lent Right
Video - Vestments
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Video Series - Uncovering the Treasures of the Mass
Video - Uncovering the Treasures of the Mass Part I
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Video - Uncovering the Treasures of the Mass, Part III
Video - The Liturgical Books for Mass
Video - So What's On the Altar?
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Anointing of the Sick
Video Series - The Greatest Gift: The Eucharist
Video - The Greatest Gift The Eucharist Part I
Video - The Greatest Gift The Eucharist Part II
Video - The Greatest Gift: The Eucharist Part III
Video Series - Sacraments
Video - Sacraments Intro
Video - Sacraments Initiation Baptism & Confirmation
Video - Sacraments: Eucharist
Video - Sacraments of Healing
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Funerals, Mass Intentions, and Purgatory
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Video Sharing Faith
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Video - Evangelization and Apologetics
What Sort of Church Should We Be?
Living the Catholic Faith
Video - Holy Spirit
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Last Things - Death and Eternity
Video - Attitude of Gratitude
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Discernment
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Relationship With Jesus
Our Relationships With Others
What It Means to Me to be Catholic
God's Commandments
The Lord's Day
Original Sin
Video - The Journey to Jesus
Video Series - Finding Peace and Healing in a Troubled World
Video - Finding Peace and Healing in a Troubled World Part I
Video - Finding Peace and Healing in a Troubled World Part II
Video - Finding Peace and Healing in a Troubled World Part III
How We Look at Our Faith
Earthly Attachments
Improving Too Fast
Video Series - Our Saints and Intercessors
Video - Our Saints and Intercessors Part I
Video - Our Saints and Intercessors Part II
Video - Our Saints and Intercessors Part III
Video - Three Saints to Aid Us
Video - Are They Rules or a Way of Life?
Video Series - Being Church in Today's World
Video - Being Church in Today's World Part I
Video - Being Church in Today's World Part II
Video - Being Church in Today's World Part III
Video - What It Means to be a Church
Video - Where Do We Go for Truth
Video - Praying With the Trinity
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Video - The Roots of Catholic Social Teaching
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"A clean heart create for him, God; renew in me a steadfast spirit." Psalm 51:12
Renewal of Faith
What's New at www.renewaloffaith.org
9/22/23 - Added a document,
Towards Dignity and Truth: Compassionate Dialogue and Pastoral Response on Transgenderism
to the
Catholic Morality and Sexuality page
.
8/10/23 - Created a page
"Bulletin Series on the Mass 2023"
- This series will be updated weekly with articles explaining what we do at Mass.
8/8/23 - Created a page
"All Things Eucharist"
with links to all information on our website on the Eucharist and Mass
5/6/23 -Created a page with links to series of articles on the topic of
Spirituality
4/1/23 -
updated the handouts on the
reconciliation page
to reflect th
e revised
Order of Penance
3/10/23 - added a page with the video and slides for
Part III
in Fr. Jeff's series
The Greatest Gift: The Eucharist
2/10/23 - added a page with the video and slides for
Part II
in Fr. Jeff's series
The Greatest Gift: The Eucharist
1/13/23 - added a page with the video and slides for
Part I
in Fr. Jeff's series
The Greatest Gift: The Eucharist
12/25/22 - added a video of Fr. Jeff's Christmas Homily on the page for his new series
The Greatest Gift: The Eucharist
12/22/22 - added a page for Fr. Jeff's series -
The Greatest Gift: The Eucharist
11/18/22 - added a page with the video and slides for
Part III
in Fr. Jeff's series -
Being Church in Today's World
10/28/22 - added a page with the video and slides for
Part II
in Fr. Jeff's series
-
Being Church in Today's World
9/23/22 - added a page with the video and slides for
Part I
in Fr. Jeff's series
-
Being Church in Today's World
8/26/22 - added a page with the video and slides for Fr. Jeff's presentation,
Praying the Rosary From the Heart
5/4/22 -
added a letter that Fr. Jeff wrote to the parishioners of St. Mary's of the Lake and St. Benedict's
inviting them to a deeper and more frequent practice of the faith to the link list at the bottom of the page
"Evangelization: A Call for All"
5/3/22 - added a link to Fr. Jeff's new blog article
"Respecting the Dead"
concerns new methods of "disposing" of human bodies after death.
4/8/22 - added a page with the video and slides for
Part III
of a series on healing,
Finding Peace and Healing in a Troubled World
3/25/22 - added a page with the video and slides for
Part II
of a series on healing,
Finding Peace and Healing in a Troubled World
3/9/22 - added a page with the video and slides for
Part I
of a series on healing,
Finding Peace and Healing in a Troubled World
2/18/22 - added a page with video and slides for
Starting Lent Right
12/3/21 - added a page with video and slides for
Part III
of a series on prayer,
Giving Our Hearts to God: What It Means to Pray
11/19/21 - added a page with video and slides for
Part II
of a series on prayer,
Giving Our Hearts to God: What It Means to Pray
10/29/21 - added a page with video and slides for
Part I
of a series on prayer,
Giving Our Hearts to God: What It Means to Pray
5/20/21 - Added a page with the video and slides for
Three Saints to Aid Us
, a webinar presentation on St. Michael the Archangel, St. John Fisher, St. Thomas More
4/15/21 - Added a page with the video and slides for
Part IV
of the series,
Treating Life with Dignity and Love
4/12/21 - Added a link to Fr. Jeff's new article
"Towards Dignity and Truth: Compassionate Dialogue on Homosexuality"
and
his blog article introducing it
.
3/11/21 - Added a page with the video and slides for
Part III
of the series,
Treating Life with Dignity and Love
3/5/21 - Added links to material on Catholic Sexuality to page on Catholic Moral Teaching and renamed it
"Catholic Morality and Sexuality"
2/17/21 - Added an article to the
"Funerals, Mass Intentions, and Purgatory"
page on grieving,
"Allowing Ourselves to Grieve"
2/11/21 - Added a page with video and slides for
part II
of the series,
Treating Life with Dignity and Love
1/23/21 - Added a "tab" under the menu bar on
"Catholic Moral Teaching"
and the previous articles on
Conscience
and the new series,
Treating Life with Dignity and Love
and added an article,
"Many Voices: Who Should We Listen To?"
1/14/21 - Added a page with
video and slides for part I
of the series,
Treating Life with Dignity and Love
1/2/21 - Added a page for a new series on Pro-life teaching,
Treating Life with Dignity and Love
11/20/20 - Added the
fourth and final article
to the series,
"Our Relationships With Others"
, reflecting on Pope Francis' new encyclical, Fratelli Tutti.
11/19/20 - Added a page with the
video of part III
of the series,
Uncovering the Treasures of the Mass
11/16/20 - Added the
third article
to the series,
"Our Relationships With Others"
, reflecting on Pope Francis' new encyclical,
Fratelli Tutti.
11/12/20 - Added the
second article
to the series ,
"Our Relationships With Others"
, reflecting on Pope Francis' new encyclical,
Fratelli Tutti.
11/10/20 - Added a
page, "Our Relationships With Others"
, with the
first article
in a series reflecting on Pope Francis' new encyclical,
Fratelli Tutti
10/15/20 - Added a page with
the video of part II
of the series,
Uncovering the Treasures of the Mass
8/5/20 - Added a page with a short video on
"Church Vestments"
7/24/20 - Added an article,
"Purgatory as a Gift That Gets Us in Shape for Heaven"
on Purgatory and Indulgences
6/4/20 - Added a page with the video and handout for
Praying With the Trinity
5/7/20 - Added a page with the video and handout for
Sacraments:
Channel's of God's Grace: Sacraments of Service
on the Sacraments of Marriage and Holy Orders
4/30/20 - Add a page with a short video,
"A Tour of the Church"
4/16/20 - Added a page with a short video on
"The Liturgical Books for Mass"
3/20/20 - Added a page with the video and handouts for
Sacraments: Channel's of God's Grace: Sacraments of Healing
on the Sacraments of the Anointing of the Sick and Reconciliation led by Fr. Jeff
3/6/20 - Added a page with the video and handouts for
"Sacraments: Channels of God's Grace: Sacraments of Initiation II"
on the Eucharist led by Fr. Jeff
2/8/20 - Added a page on
"Funerals, Mass Intentions, and Purgatory"
2/7/20 - Added a page with the video and handouts for
"Sacraments: Channels of God's Grace: Sacraments of Initiation I"
led by Fr. Jeff
1/10/20 - Added a page with the video and handouts for
"Sacraments: Channels of God's Grace Introduction"
led by Fr. Jeff
11/8/19 - Added a page with the video and handout for
"Our Saints and Intercessors, Part III"
led by Fr. Jeff
10/3/19 - Added a page with the video and handout for
"Our Saints and Intercessors, Part II"
led by Fr. Jeff
9/13/19 - Added a page with the video and handouts for
"Our Saints and Intercessors, Part I"
led by Fr. Jeff
3/12/19 - Added a page with the video and handouts for "
Where Do We Go For Truth
?" led by Fr. Jeff
2/6/19 - Added a page with the video and handouts for
"Are They Rules or a Way of Life?"
led by Fr. Jeff
11/28/18 - Added a page with the video and handouts for
"Advent: Preparing for the Incarnation"
led by Fr. Jeff
10/6/18 - Added a page with the video and handouts for
"Why Is It So Hard to Forgive Myself and Others?"
led by Fr. Jeff
3/19/18 - Added a page with the video and handout for
"The Journey to Jesus: Acts of Mercy"
led by Fr. Jeff
2/28/18 - Added a page with the video and handouts of a session called
"The Journey to Jesus"
led by Fr. Jeff
2/10/18 -Added a page with the video and handouts of a session called
"What It Means to be a Church"
led by Fr. Jeff
11/24/17 - Added a new document called
"What Sort of Church Should We Be?"
discussing my perspective on how we move to the future of our Church.
4/8/17 - Added a page with the video and handounts of a session called
"Evangelization and Apologetics"
led by Fr. Jeff
3/23/17 - Added a page with the video and handouts of a discussion/presentation called
"Navigating the Bible"
led by Fr. Jeff
3/1/17 - Added a page with the video and handouts of a discussion of our
"Lenten Customs"
led by Fr. Jeff
2/22/17 - Added a page with a short video by Fr. Jeff "
So What's on the Altar?
"
11/13/16 - Added a page with the video of Fr. Jeff's presentation
"The Roots of Catholic Social Teaching"
9/18/16 - Added a page with the video of Fr. Jeff's presentation
"What Comes After the Year of Mercy?"
8/12/16 - Added a
link
to the
Catholic Resources
page to the
United States Catholic Catechism for Adults
just made available online
5/15/16 - Added a page with the video of Fr. Jeff's presentation
"Exploring the Meaning and Need For Mercy"
1/18/16 - Added a page with the video of Fr. Jeff's presentation
"Mercy in the Sacraments and Acts of Mercy"
12/16/15 - Added a page with the video of Fr. Jeff's presentation
"Introducing the Year of Mercy"
Spring 2015 - Video Presentations added to complete the "We Profess, We Believe" series
2/18/15 - Added a page on
"God's Commandments"
2/1/15 - Added a page with ed for the latest video presentation
"The Origin of Our Creeds"
in the
"We Profess, We Believe"
series.
The site was redesigned February 2015.
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