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Transformation

An opportunity for the parish to enter into conversion and renewal—a retreat for the whole parish, a call for the parish to live as Christ

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ACTS
Association of the New Covenant
Cursillo
DeSales Resource and Ministries
Dynamic Parish Missions
Isaiah Missions
Order of Preachers
ParishMission.org
Parish Renewal Project [St. John Eudes Center]
PNCEA Parish Mission
Western Dominican Preaching

DeSales Resource and Ministries
Parish missions, retreats and other preaching engagements are available.  Select from ten topics that include homilies at weekend Masses, four evening services with scripture, preaching, music, congregational involvement and hospitality.   Topics include “Time for God in a busy World,” “Dare to Believe” and “Heart and Soul Spirituality.”  Issues on what it means to be a Catholic, Stewardship and sacraments are incorporated.  For information:  DeSales Resource and Ministries
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Association of the New Covenant
Healing Life’s Hurts is a 2-evening parish mission for any time during the year.  Those who attend experience the love of God and healing of life’s hurts.  The greatest healing is spiritual, especially unforgiveness.  People have experienced the Lord’s healing love and mercy during the mission through: physical healings, healing of memories of past hurts, healing of marriages and broken relationships, and spiritual healing. 
For information:  Association of the New Covenant
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Isaiah Missions
Trained in evangelization an experienced preaching team comes to your parish and works with a parish mission team.  The process begins 6-weeks prior to the mission.  Mission leaders preach at weekend liturgies inviting all to the mission which goes from Sunday through Wednesday. 
For information: Isaiah Ministries
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Parish Renewal Project [St. John Eudes Center]
The St. John Eudes Center offers over a dozen missions that build up the parish, foster lay ministry and connect faith in daily life. Our parish missions and retreats are conducted in accessible, flexible and replicable formats. The aim of each parish mission is to link faith and daily life, foster parish community and empower laity for ministry. 
For information: St. John Eudes Center
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PNCEA Parish Missions
A week-long programs available to parishes that feature preaching and teaching by a priest and a woman religious or lay woman.  These missions are rooted in a Second Vatican Council vision of the Church and through word, sacrament, and fellowship seek to promote an encounter with Christ, which is renewing and transforming.  The emphasis is on spiritual renewal and missionary outreach. 
For information: Paulist National Catholic Evangelization Association
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ParishMission.org
ParishMission.org to serve the parish in the work of bringing the faith community to life in a new and vibrant way. A parish mission directed by ParishMission.Org is about the People of God in your parish experiencing the passion and fervor of our faith as expressed through sacrament, story and song— spanning generations and centuries, including parishioners of all ages, of every economic, educational, vocational and occupational background, coming together as the empowered Body of Christ.

There are few methods of communicating our faith that have greater impact or are more enduring than the use of music with Word and ritual. When we gather with hungry hearts to celebrate in prayer, Word, ritual, sacrament and song the rich tradition of our faith, we will surely be fed with a meal that lasts more than a lifetime. 
For information: ParishMission.org
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Western Dominican Preaching
An apostolic ministry of evangelical preaching and teaching which has continued without interruption since the early 1850's.  It is exercised primarily through parish missions, novenas, retreats, catechesis for adults, and days of recollection.  The friars are members in good standing of the Western Dominican Province and are chosen by their superiors as particularly qualified for this ministry which is central to the Dominican tradition.  While our service is available throughout the year, the liturgical season of Advent and Lent are particularly recommended as ideal times for spiritual renewal.
For information: Western Dominican Preaching 
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Order of Preachers
The Order of Preachers was founded in 1215 by St. Dominic Guzman to preach the Word of God.  This ancient yet very contemporary mission is lived by Dominican men and women today.  Out of their life-long study and prayer they bring the love and mercy of the Gospel message of Jesus Christ to people of our day.  At the web site you are invited to meet some of these preachers and listen to their gospel words.  They are available for retreats and missions. They preach individually or in teams, with other friars or with sisters from a variety of congregations throughout the United States. 
For information: Dominican Preaching
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Dynamic Parish Missions
Contemplative Brothers’ mission of wonder, mystery and prayer draws the parish together and leads parishioners to discover meaning in life.  Many topics to choose from.
For information: Dynamic Parish Missions
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ACTS
An ACTS retreat is a three day and three night Catholic lay retreat presented by fellow parishioners.  The retreat begins on Thursday evening and ends the following Sunday at a Mass celebrated with the parish community.  Retreats for men and retreats for women are given separately.  Talks and activities during the retreat focus on Adoration, Community, Theology, and Service, from which the ACTS acronym is derived.   Holy Scripture and the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church are the guides for the retreats.  The retreat takes on the traditions and atmosphere of the parish community sponsoring it.  The retreat facilitates the attainment of a new or deeper relationship with the Lord. 
For information: ACTS Missions
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Cursillo
The Cursillo Movement is introduced over a consecutive seventy-two hour period called a "Three Day Weekend."  During weekend a team of religious and lay personnel present a series of talks to the candidates and the entire group calls upon the Holy Spirit for enlightenment and guidance.  The team and candidates live as a small Christian community over the weekend and discuss these talks in small groups.  The discussions provide an opportunity for you to share your insights about the presentations and hear how others received that same presentation. 
For information: Cursillo of Cincinnati
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