Fr. Albert Bradley, Pastor of Holy Cross Church, announces that a unique and dynamic opportunity for personal growth and spiritual renewal is being offered the second weekend in December for all members of our community.
A team of professional Catholic evangelists, a priest and a layperson, will offer a four night Parish Mission at Holy Cross Church.
The original Isaiah 43 Parish Mission was first offered in 1984 at St. Anne's Church, Hempstead, New Hampshire. To date, Isaiah Ministries has presented over 1000 missions in 138 arch/dioceses in 48 states and several provinces in Canada.
Sequels to the popular Isaiah 43 Mission were necessitated when parishes requested Missions a second, third and fourth time, resulting in the eventual development of Isaiah Revisited, Isaiah Remembered, and Isaiah 2000 Missions.
The content and rituals of all four missions are based on Scripture, Vatican II theology, various papal and episcopal document, solid adult education principles, and lived experience. Unlike a typical parish mission in the past, where a priest "comes and goes, "Isaiah Missions involves the laity in collaborative ministry training, formation, and adult religious education…before, during and after the Mission.
Isaiah Parish Missions offers an upbeat, positive message which meets parishioners, visitors and guests wherever they are on their spiritual journey and challenges them to on-going conversion, deeper commitment and service. Isaiah Missions fosters reconciliation, renewal, conversion, forgiveness, healing, and justice.
According to Rev. Bradley and Deacon Capriola, Parish Mission Coordinator, "The emphasis of the mission a Holy Cross is to invite everyone who is seeking a deeper meaning in their lives to discover or rediscover a personal, living faith!"
A unique feature of the Isaiah Parish Mission is that it is designed to continue after the Mission Team leaves. A follow up program, will be offered after the Mission, and will continue with local parish leaders as the facilitators.
Everyone in the community is most cordially invited to the Parish Mission. For additional information, please call Marilyn at: 773 7564.
