Once a parish has hosted Discovering Your Gifts workshops, Via Maria Consulting, LLC will work with parish leadership to train parish facilitators.
In doing so, parishes can host workshops as often as needed, using licensed materials with continued professional support.
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At Via Maria Consulting we know tha every parish, organization, or person's spiritual needs are unique.
Via Maria Consulting, LLC will work with your parish or organization to develop retreats, workshops, or events that will meet the spiritual needs and mission of your community of faith.
Contact Via Maria Consulting to speak with a consultant for programs or spiritual days of reflection to meet the need for your community of faith.
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Discovering Your Gifts
For adults who are:
Seeking a career change?
Looking for ministry/parish service opportunities?
Discerning educational options?
Desiring ways to share your faith with others?
Experiencing life transitions?
Raising or working with children?
Interested in learning more about the Catholic Church?
Wondering how to better serve God and others?
Through Discovering Your Gifts Workshops individuals are guided in discerning their role in carrying out their God given mission. In the process, we uncover trends within the community of faith that reveal group charisms and faith practices vital for effective pastoral planning and ministry development.
This 10-hour event can be offered in a variety of flexible formats to meet parish or business schedules and also includes a consultation with parish staff as a follow-up to the workshops to assist parishes in discerning "where do we go from here?"
Once the parish has engaged the adults in the DYG workshp, they are prepared to help their young members in exploring their charisms. We have created a discenment process just for youth. Please contact us for more information.
Lord, I Want to See
Prayer and Discernment Workshop
Prayer and discernment are the foundation for a life of holiness and pivitol for the work of evangelization. Drawing from Pope Francis' latest Apostolic Exhortation, Gaudete et Exsultate (Rejoice and Be Glad), this workshop exposes participants to various prayer contemplative and meditative experiences that pave the way for discernment, the second focus of the workshop. Grounded in Ignatian spirituality, participants will learn the basics of discernment and how to keep God at the center of all decisions.
This 10 hour workshop can be offered in a variety of flexible formats, giving parishes flexibility an participants the ability to savor our rich Catholic prayer and discernment traditions.
Workshops on parish planning and ministry reflecting a Marian profile for nurturing and forming disciples. Taken from the writings of Popes Francis, Benedict XVI, Blessed John Paul II, theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar and other spiritual giants of the Church, the Marian profile is follows the life and example of the Blessed Mother for designing parish ministries that lead people to Christ, preparing them to go forth with zeal and enthusiasm to share Christ with others
Retreats, Days and Evenings of Reflection that take people deeper into the interior life
Workshops for Parish Staffs, Leadership, Councils, and Commissions in the area of evangelization and formation of disciples prepared for mission, including parish structures and visions for fruitful ministry
Talks on discipleship, charisms, and the call to the lay faithful
Workshops on prayer and discernment, including Lectio Divina, Visio Divina, Contemplative prayer and discernment in the spirituality in the tradition of spiritual greats St. Ignatius of Loyola, St. Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross and modern day writers and theologians such as Henri J. M. Nouwen, Thomas Merton, and others
Small group study guides that enable faith sharing groups to "go deep" into the life of holiness. Offerings include study guides on:
Evangelii Gaudium (Joy of the Gospel), selections from Pope Francis' blueprint for the New Evangelization especially tailored to parish leadership and small group discussions
St. Francis de Sales' Introduction to the Devout Life
I Thirst for Love, based on Kempis' Imitation of Christ and the Life and Spirituality of St. Therese of Lisieux
33 Days to Merciful Love Study Guide and Journal, based the spirituality of St. Therse of Lisieux to be used as a companion with Fr. Michael Gaitely's book and self-guided retreat 33 Days to Merciful Love.
Parent sessions focusing on faith formation in the family
Catechist formation sessions and workshops in compliance with Archdiocesan and Diocesan guidelines to strengthen skills and the ability to give witness to the joy of living the faith
Contact Via Maria Consulting, LLC for more information on any of the above and to discover how we can assist you in building up the Body of Christ with disciples who are invited, empowered, and sent forth!