PPT-Structures and Strategies to Foster Vocational Discernment among Hispanic Catholics

Hosffman Ospino PhD Hispanic Vocations Workshop 20152016 NY TX FL CA Our Conversation Recap what we know about Hispanic Catholics Debunking a few myths we thought we knew but. Let your gentleness be known to everyone The Lord is near Do not worry about anything but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be known to God And the pe ace of God which surpasses all understanding will guard Ety mologically discernment means to separate apart so we might distinguish somethi ng in order for it to be perceived clearly It is the way in which we identify Gods will within the context in which we live Most of us do know Gods will because it h Group Candidacy Mentoring. Vocational Discernment Coordinator. Streamlining Candidacy. Vocational Discernment . Coordinator . (. ¶349.1a, ¶635.1c). Group Candidacy . Mentoring . (. ¶349.1a). Study of Ministry Commission. Houston Graduate School of Theology. CS . 501 Introduction to Christian Spirituality. What is discernment?. Sources. Chan, Simon. . Spiritual Theology. , chapter 11. Smith, Gordon T. . The Voice of Jesus: Discernment, Prayer, and the Witness of the Spirit. Dr.Bruce. Hekman, the Van Lunen . Center, Calvin . College. bahekman@yahoo.com. Twitter: hollandpilgrim. Wendell Berry, . from . Given. We travellers, walking to the sun, can’t see. . Ahead, but looking back the very light. Discernment vs. shortsightedness. UNDERSTANDING THE DEEPER REASONS WHY THINGS HAPPEN.. More definition. The quality of being able to grasp and comprehend what is obscure.. A power to see what is not evident to the average mind.. Convicts and Free Settlers: 1788-1800. Irish Convicts. 30% of the 756 convicts to arrive on the first fleet in 1788 were baptised Catholics. . They were mainly Irish criminals who had little or no contact with the Catholic faith or interest in religion.. it distinguishes one thing from another,. as truth from falsehood”. Discernment. Christians in danger of leaving the Lord. Hebrews 6:1. Hebrews 2:1. Dullness of hearing. and failure to. mature exposed. Less than 100 people actually hate what the Catholic church teaches. Thousands of people hate what they . mistakenly . believe . the. . Catholic . Church teaches". . - . Bishop Fulton J. Sheen. . . What is Discernment?. “Discernment is a prayerful, informed, and intentional attempt to sort through voices and to get in touch with God’s Spirit at work… It is a mode of prayer that involves opening our entire selves to the working of the Holy Spirit. In group deliberations, discernment involves coming together with open hearts and open minds to seek God’s wisdom.” (From . . Capacities to Cultivate . Mary Pellegrino, CSJ. Transformation of Religious Life in North America:. An Action-Oriented Initiative. A Working Definition. Communal Discernment:. Process undertaken by a community as a community to discover God’s desire/direction within a particular set of circumstances leading to some sort of action by the discerning community.. it distinguishes one thing from another,. as truth from falsehood”. Discernment. Christians in danger of leaving the Lord. Hebrews 6:1. Hebrews 2:1. Dullness of hearing. and failure to. mature exposed. The sacrament of Marriage was studied in a previous poll commissioned by the Committee on Marriage and Family Life of the USCCB. The complete report for this study, Marriage in the Catholic Church: Jacqueline Faison, Jeannie Hampton-. Risucci. , MegAnn McGinnis, Kimberly . Trapasso. , LEND Trainees. Jenean. Castillo, . LEND Faculty. Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and related Disabilities (LEND) Program.