Sacred Heart Parish, Sauk Rapids Adult Faith Formation Series

What is the meaning of life?How can we experience the love we long for?

What is the purpose of the married and celibate vocations?What does the marital union of a man and woman say to us about God and His plan for our lives and creation?

Why did God create us male and female?

Never has there been an age where issues of the human person have been so visibly at the forefront of society, politics and even religion.  Issues such as marriage, abortion, contraception, and celibacy have created much controversy and confusion, and seem to have no clear-cut answers.

Pope John Paul II taught extensively on these issues. In his teachings, now known as The Theology of the Body, JPII explains God’s divine plan for humanity, and the hope and comfort that these truths can provide us. They are being discovered by people young and old alike, and are being hailed as inspiring, compassionate, and surprising.

Join us for “Created and Redeemed” - eight thought provoking presentations by Christopher West that will enrich your understanding of human sexuality and the spiritual

power it contains.

This 8 part series begins Thursday Sept 22, 7-8:30pm at Sacred Heart ChurchFor more info call Jeanne @ 255-7309 or Jim @ 656-1662

Brace yourself! “If we take in what the Holy Father is saying in his Theology of the Body, we will never view ourselves, view others, view the Church, the Sacraments, grace, God, heaven, marriage, the celibate vocation . . . we will never view the world the same way again.“

-Christopher West

Christopher West teaches the theology of the body and sexual ethics at St. John Vianney Theological Seminary in Denver. He is also a visiting faculty member of the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family in Melbourne, Australia. His extensive lecturing, numerous tapes, and his best-selling book Good News About Sex & Marriage have sparked an international groundswell of interest in John Paul II’s theology of the body. He and his wife, Wendy, have three children

More info on speaker and resourceswww.christopherwest.org

“The vibrancy of Christopher West, his infectious enthusiasm and penetrating understanding of the thought of Pope John Paul II is well-known to those who have heard his lectures and tapes. This lucid explanation of the Pope's theology of the body conveys the same enthusiasm and intelligence.”-- Janet E. Smith, Professor of Life Issues, Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit

Schedule7:00 -8:30 at Sacred Heart Church

Sept 22, 2005 Theology of the Body: An education in being HumanSept 29, 2005 Created Male and Female: God’s Original PlanOct 6, 2005 Redeemed As Male and Female: Christ Restores God’s PlanOct 13, 2005 NO CLASS Oct 20, 2005 NO CLASS Christopher West Live At SJU (all are welcome)Oct 27, 2005 The Heavenly Marriage & the Joy of Christian CelibacyNov 3, 2005 The Two Become “One Flesh”: Living the Great Mystery of MarriageNov 10, 2005 Authentic Chastity: From Legalism to LibertyNov 17, 2005 Theology in the Bedroom: Love, Sex and FertilityNov 24, 2005 NO CLASS Thanksgiving Dec 1, 2005 “Put Out into the Deep”: The New Evangelism

Our Speaker Via Video Tape: Christopher West

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Pre-registration by Sept 19th preferred. Walk-ins also welcome.

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Sacred Heart Parish

ATTN: Faith Formation

2875 10th Ave NE

Sauk Rapids MN 56379

320-251-2872 / 320-251-8115

$7.00 material fee: due at first session