Some of you may remember our Synod Consultation Process held over six Tuesday evenings in the fall of 2021. Our parishioners listened to formative material, shared prayer time, discussion, and had an opportunity to submit suggestions for the Archbishop’s Synod priorities. From our submissions, a resounding theme was the need for small group ministries. Archbishop Hebda observed this need not only in our parish, but in parishes throughout the archdiocese, and he has called for an initiative to reinvigorate small group ministries at every parish throughout the Archdiocese.
In order to do this, the Archbishop has asked each pastor to appoint 12 people from the parish to help plan and implement this need for small-group ministry. This team of 12, also called the Synod Evangelization Team (SET), attended a 7-week School of Discipleship alongside nearly 2000 other leaders from across the Archdiocese. They also participated in a seminar held at Williams Arena this past May. The next step in our implementation and reinvigoration of small groups at St. Odilia will be to form our leaders for small groups ministry.
We will have small group training once a week for seven weeknights. We are in need of many leaders to help jumpstart small group ministry at St. Odilia, so please consider if God may be calling you to this new initiative and ministry. This training is for anyone who would like to be a small group leader as well as those who are not sure if they would like to be a leader. The more the merrier!! We’d love to have you as part of the crew.
If you have any questions or would like more information please contact Lucas Lahlum, Coordinator of Adult Formation, at [email protected] or 651-415-3343.
Weeknight Trainging: Oct 3, Oct 10, Oct 17, Oct 24, Oct 30, and Nov 7 from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. in the Courtyard (Nov 7 will be in the Faith Formation 3510 Vivian Bldg)