Speak, Lord, For Your Servant Is Listening

Saturday, February 4, 2023

We are pleased to announce that Fr. John Michael Paul, the priest who conducted our Parish Mission last September, will join us again in February!  In addition to celebrating weekend and daily Masses during his stay with us, he will conduct an all-day workshop on the one thing that we probably all need to learn more about:  prayer.

Do you want to learn about different ways of praying?  Have you longed to go deeper in prayer, but didn't know how or where to begin?  Join us for this "hands on" workshop where we'll learn more about prayer--and then have a chance to put it into practice!

Who:  Anyone is free to come.  Bring a friend!
What: Workshop on prayer.  You are welcome to come and go, to attend just the topics that fit your schedule.  Each topic will be broken down as follows:

• Talk (in the parish hall)
• Optional Q&A (in the parish hall)
• Personal prayer (in the church, or on the grounds)
• Debriefing (in the parish hall)
• Short Break

When: Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023
Where:  The Parish Hall and the Church
Speaker: Fr. John Michael Paul, CSJ
Cost:  Free!

(We will take up a "love offering" after each talk, to cover Fr. John Michael Paul's expenses, since he is flying from Illinois--but is not charging anything for his time or travel costs. If you want to donate by check, please make it out to St. Clare.)

Talk Topics:

1. Praying With Scripture in the Ignatian Tradition
2. Act of Offering: Praying With Saint Therese, the Little Flower
3. The Call to Be a Child of God: The Prayer of Confidence
4. Prayer Through Praise and Thanksgiving
5. Preparing for Lent

Schedule

Workshop Speaker:

Fr. John Michael Paul, CSJ

Born in Saint Joseph, Michigan, Father John Michael Paul joined the Brothers of Saint John in 1997 after teaching in the Los Angeles Unified School District and working in Irkutsk, Russia (Siberia) for the Russian Academy of Sciences. During his formation time, he received a Masters in  Philosophy from the University of Paris (Sorbonne Paris IV) and lived for 18 years in Europe between France, Lithuania and the island of Corsica. He has since come back to the United States.

He is currently the Vocations Director for the United States after having served in the General Priors’ Council as Vicar of Southern France and then Vicar of the Americas. During his college years at Saint Mary’s College of California, where he was a varsity rower and Pacific Coast Pac-10 Champion, he took to swimming, running, working out, mountain climbing, as well as preaching in the United States and beyond. He would be very glad to share with you his love for God and passion for holiness!

Find out more about Fr. John Michael's community, the Community of St. John, at their international web site, or at the American website for the brothers.