Spirituality and Healing
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This past weekend, we experienced Pentecost Sunday as we have completed the Easter Season and now we celebrate Trinity Sunday as the Triune God is always with us . . . “I am with you all days, even to the [end] of the world. (Mattew 28:20). God is indeed with us.
We are now to take the Lord into the World, Created by God the Father, Recreated by Jesus, through the Power of the Holy Spirit, the Trinity dwells within us. We are dedicated by name since our Baptism and are committed to mirror the Trinity’s love of unity, shared love, life-giving ways.
Our Catholic Family of Cheektowaga has been chosen by God, blessed by the Lord Jesus and guided by the Spirit to be the first of Centers of Spirituality and Healing to share God’s mission to the world around us in this Diocese and beyond. We will be known as a center of prayer, a place of spiritual nourishment, a vessel for the Lord’s healing presence and an opportunity to encounter Jesus in the Word, the Sacraments and within God’s people. During this Month of June, as we devoutly honor the Sacred Heart of Jesus, we ask the Lord to help us to be His love and mercy to the world around us.
Along with the Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, this month is also recognized as Mental Health Awareness Month. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is renewing its National Catholic Mental Health Campaign (NCMHC) to raise awareness of mental health issues and eliminate stigmas and lack of appropriate information around mental illness. The campaign encourages people to support those who struggle with mental issues and illness and seek creative ways to journey with them (www.usccb.org).
Besides our many worship experiences and events and prayers of devotion that we have been offering in our parish families, we are now establishing teams of support within our parish family life and within our larger Vicariate [a group of parishes within a diocese that are defined by geographic region for the purposes of parish support].
It is an appropriate and acceptable time to announce the establishment of a Spiritual Wellness Team and a Mental Health Wellness Team within our Cheektowaga Catholic Family. As some of you have already done, please let me know if you have an interest in being on one of these important teams. One aspect of programming that will be a part of our pilgrimage and groundbreaking site is that The Spiritual and Mental Wellness Teams and Wellness Libraries will develop referrals concerning the varying needs presented to those parish-based ministries, agencies and organizations. This support will help to make accessible services to individuals, couples, and families while considering cultural, age-related, physically disabling, and spiritually of those seeking relief and preventive means. These teams will work with parish based already established and functioning ministries. These coordinated efforts will help establish collaboration and communication of need throughout our parish family and surrounding areas.
For more information contact Fr. John at [email protected] or at 716-683-3712. Look forward to hearing from you to learn more about this exciting venture.
We are now to take the Lord into the World, Created by God the Father, Recreated by Jesus, through the Power of the Holy Spirit, the Trinity dwells within us. We are dedicated by name since our Baptism and are committed to mirror the Trinity’s love of unity, shared love, life-giving ways.
Our Catholic Family of Cheektowaga has been chosen by God, blessed by the Lord Jesus and guided by the Spirit to be the first of Centers of Spirituality and Healing to share God’s mission to the world around us in this Diocese and beyond. We will be known as a center of prayer, a place of spiritual nourishment, a vessel for the Lord’s healing presence and an opportunity to encounter Jesus in the Word, the Sacraments and within God’s people. During this Month of June, as we devoutly honor the Sacred Heart of Jesus, we ask the Lord to help us to be His love and mercy to the world around us.
Along with the Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, this month is also recognized as Mental Health Awareness Month. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is renewing its National Catholic Mental Health Campaign (NCMHC) to raise awareness of mental health issues and eliminate stigmas and lack of appropriate information around mental illness. The campaign encourages people to support those who struggle with mental issues and illness and seek creative ways to journey with them (www.usccb.org).
Besides our many worship experiences and events and prayers of devotion that we have been offering in our parish families, we are now establishing teams of support within our parish family life and within our larger Vicariate [a group of parishes within a diocese that are defined by geographic region for the purposes of parish support].
It is an appropriate and acceptable time to announce the establishment of a Spiritual Wellness Team and a Mental Health Wellness Team within our Cheektowaga Catholic Family. As some of you have already done, please let me know if you have an interest in being on one of these important teams. One aspect of programming that will be a part of our pilgrimage and groundbreaking site is that The Spiritual and Mental Wellness Teams and Wellness Libraries will develop referrals concerning the varying needs presented to those parish-based ministries, agencies and organizations. This support will help to make accessible services to individuals, couples, and families while considering cultural, age-related, physically disabling, and spiritually of those seeking relief and preventive means. These teams will work with parish based already established and functioning ministries. These coordinated efforts will help establish collaboration and communication of need throughout our parish family and surrounding areas.
For more information contact Fr. John at [email protected] or at 716-683-3712. Look forward to hearing from you to learn more about this exciting venture.
