Faith Formation - January - June 2012 Brochure

A listing of St. Matthew's Faith Formation events and programs through June 2012, including our Lenten Lecture series, is now available. Click here for viewing format or here for printable format. 

Lenten Lecture Series - Pray All—Ways

Tonight at 7pm, Deacon Augustine Marie Reisenauer, OP will speak to us on "Praying Together." Deacon Augustine, a seminarian at the Dominican House of Studies, is an active deacon and minister at St. Matthew's. He will be ordained to the priesthood in May 2012. The lecture is given in the North Conference Room.

The three traditional pillars of Lenten observance are almsgiving, fasting, and prayer. In his First Letter to the Thessalonians, Saint Paul exhorts: “Pray without ceasing.” (5:17). This year’s Lenten Lecture Series will focus on cultivating a richer attitude and practice of prayer in our daily lives.

Below is the schedule of our five-part series of one-hour lectures given in the North Conference Room.

•  Prayer in the Christian Life

Wednesday, February 29 at 12:45pm (following the 12:10pm Mass)  

Dr. Edward McCormack, Chair & Associate Professor of Spirituality, Washington Theological Union

Thursday, March 1 at 7pm

Br. Edward Ogden, OSFS, Director of Formation, DeSales Hall, Oblates of St. Francis de Sales

•  Praying Together

Wednesday, March 7 at 12:45pm (following the 12:10pm Mass)  or Thursday, March 8 at 7pm

Deacon Augustine Marie Reisenauer, OP, Dominican House of Studies

 •  Praying Alone 

Wednesday, March 14 at 12:45pm (following the 12:10pm Mass) or Thursday, March 14 at 7pm

Mr. Louis J. Milone, Director of Adult Faith Formation, St. John the Baptist Church, Silver Spring, MD 

 •  Personality and Prayer 

Wednesday, March 21 at 12:45pm (following the 12:10pm Mass) or Thursday, March 22 at 7pm

Ms. Heather Kinney, Director of Faith Formation, Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle

•  Praying Better 

Wednesday, March 28 at 12:45pm (following the 12:10pm Mass) or Thursday, March 29 at 7pm

Mrs. Lolita Jardeleza, Prayer Minister, Academy of hte Holy Cross, Kensington, DC