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Education Committee's Recent Programs and Activities
- During March sponsored a three part program that focused on the Sermon on the Mount and used a traditional Christian method called "lectio divina," which involves listening to the word of God, contemplating it in silence, and sharing it with others, offered on three consecutive Mondays in March. The program was led by Father Ed Moran and Professor Nancy Billias of Saint Joseph College.
- In February, co-sponsored with other Catholic Churches in West Hartford, a play called Haunted By God: The Life Of Dorothy Day, a moving dramatic portrait of one of the most outspoken and influential American Catholics of the 20th century. Dorothy Day was a powerful woman who co-founded the Catholic Worker movement. Today there are over 100 Catholic Worker Houses in the U.S. and around the world including St. Martin de Porres House right here in Hartford, CT. All profits from the play were donated to the St. Martin de Porres House.
- In March, sponsored a Spiritual Media Workshop based on the Academy Award nominated short film: "Most" (The Bridge) facilitated by Carole Donabedian, a member of the Education Committee, a Spiritual Life Coach, and a Masters Degree student at Boston College School of Theology.
- In December, held the annual Advent Wreath Making Sunday on the first Sunday of Advent, December 2, in the parish center. This event appeals particularly to families but was open to all parishioners.
- During Advent, Lent, and Easter- distributed to parishioners nearly 600 books of daily meditations for Advent, Lent, and the Easter season.
- November 2008, sponsored a program by Father William Barry S.J., the author of A Friendship Like No Other: Experiencing God's Amazing Embrace, who spoke about the relationship we can have with the Lord.
- Distribute to parishioners every three months, 100 copies of Living Faith, a daily mediation booklet that is based on the readings each day at Mass.
- Last year co-sponsored with two other West Hartford Catholic Churches a program about inviting inactive Catholics who have stayed away from the Church for various reasons back into the Church led by Carrie Kemp, author of Catholics Can Come Home Again: A Blueprint for Developing a Welcoming Parish and Helping Inactive Catholics Return to the Church.
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