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Franciscan Adult School is designed to provide an opportunity
to enhance the growth and formation of the whole person.
The Franciscan Adult School is committed to providing enrichment and social awareness for the Business and Residential Communities in Downtown Boston through programs such as Spirituality and the Arts, Reflect A While and course offerings.
The Franciscan Adult School offers students opportunities to grow stronger spiritually. Courses in Spirituality, Franciscan Spirituality, Adult Faith Formation, Retreats, and Conferences focusing on the integration of one's spiritual, work and family lives are also planned for participants.
The Franciscan Adult School also provides training for new Worship Ministers (Lectors and Eucharistic Ministers) and Master's workshops for seasoned Lectors.
Upcoming Events
Contact Dr. Jackie Stewart for information or to register at 617-542-6440 ext.143 or email FAS@stanthonyshrine.org.
Please leave your name, telephone number, and dates you wish to attend.
Franciscan Adult School
Franciscan Adult School
St. Anthony Shrine & Ministry Center
revised 21 January 2012
SPRING 2012
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Adult Confirmation Program-2012
Five Saturdays, beginning Saturday after Ash Wednesday (2012)
February 25, March 3, 10, 17 & 24
10:30 a.m. to Noon
Presenters: Dr. Jackie Stewart, Justin Quattrini & Maureen Connell
Have you been baptized and made First Communion in the Catholic Church but have not yet been confirmed?
Adult Confirmation classes begin on Saturday mornings (see program schedule) at St. Anthony Shrine for adults (ages 20 and over). Those preparing for the sacrament and their sponsors are all welcome.
Candidates for Confirmation are adults who participate in Sunday Liturgy and the sacraments.
Deadline for registrations for 2012 program is Monday, February 13, 2012.
Copy of Baptismal certificate is required.
For more information and to register, please contact
Dr. Jackie Stewart at 617-542-6440, ext 143 or email SAS.Evang@gmail.com
(Offered by Evangelization)
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Inconvenient Films — the kind that are unsettling, provocative, inviting discussion
Spring Saturday Matinee series
Movies & Munchies
Cost per film: $5
Films shown in St. Anthony Shrine Assisi Auditorium stage classroom unless otherwise noted.
“The Diary of Anne Frank” film
Saturday, January 28, 2012
1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
This film is shown in honor of "International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust" celebrated on Fri., Jan. 27. We expect to have a Holocaust survivor present at the showing of the film to answer questions.
“Broken Wings” film
Saturday, February 11, 2012
1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Shown in second floor classroom.
“The Motorcycle Diaries” film
1:00 to 3:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 3, 2012
“Incendies” film
Saturday, March 24, 2012
1:00 to 3:30 p.m.
“The Grocer's Son” film
Saturday, May 12, 2012
1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Shown in second floor classroom.
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“A Lenten Journey into the Truth of Christ”
presented by William Sawyer, II
Tuesdays, February 21, 28; March [6-no class], 13, 20, 27; April 3
12:15 to 1:15 p.m.
Cost: $10 per session.
Participants will learn how God's Truth can set them free to enjoy a happier life.
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Living Solidarity: Government, the Federal Budget and the Common Good (A Just Matters Study Module)
Co-sponsored by St. Anthony Shrine & The Paulist Center
Series of Eight Tuesday sessions (2 hrs. each)
5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Cost: $5 per session. Plus $25 for books.
Class Location: Paulist Center (PC), 2nd floor seminar room, 5 Park Street, Boston, MA 02108 and St. Anthony Shrine (SAS), 2nd floor classroom
February 14 & 28 (PC)
March 13 & 27 (SAS)
April 10 & 24 (PC)
May 8, 22 (SAS)
“What kind of society do we wish to become?” It is vital that all of us engage this question by bringing our values — not our opinions — to the many conversations about the economy and the federal budget. The budget is a moral document!
The Gospel and Catholic social teaching remind us that we are responsible for both ourselves and the common good. One of the ways in which we do this is through government, taxes and the federal budget. To the extent there are things we don’t like about any one of the three, we together are responsible for fixing them. Being informed about and engaged with these issues is part of our responsibility as citizens and as people of faith.
The module’s many activities and discussions will help participants move beyond reflexive biases and myths and create a space for thoughtful dialogue, not debate, about both the role of government and how to pay for it.
Please register soon so books may be ordered.
Contacts for registrations:
Dr. Jackie Stewart, St. Anthony Shrine, 617-542-6440, ext. 143 or email SAS.Evang@gmail.com.
Carol Filip, Paulist Center, 617-948-2426
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"The Eucharistic Windows of the Second Floor Chapel"
Wednesday, March 21 after 10 a.m. Mass.
10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Presenter: Dr. Jackie Stewart
No fee.
Presented in 2nd floor Chapel.
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"Faces of Homelessness"
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
St. Anthony Shrine Auditorium
Presenters: three homeless or formerly homeless speakers from the National Coalition for the Homeless Speakers Bureau
Cost: Please donate new adult socks in original wrapping to be used in the St. Anthony Shrine Bread on the Common - street ministry to homeless persons.
Co-sponsored by St. Anthony Shrine's 20s and 30s Young Adult Catholics and Just Matters Group (Peace & Social Justice)
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Spirituality & the Arts
Lent into Eastertide
"Photography" by Julia Petipas, Wednesday, February 29, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
"Dance" by Diane Rollo, Tuesday, April 3, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. (tentative)
"Glass-making" by Fr. Brian Cullinane, OFM, date & time TBA
"Mandalas" by Fr. Barry Langley, OFM, date & time TBA
"The Art of Pilgrimage" by Dr. Jackie Stewart, Thursday, April 26, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
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"Alms-giving and Fasting in the Abrahamic Traditions"
Jewish tradition
Thursday, March 1, 2012
6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Presenter: Rabbi Victor Hillel Reinstein
Nehar Shalom Community Synagogue, Jamaica Plain, MA and Chair of Public Policy
Committee of Massachusetts Board of Rabbis
Cost: free will offering
Christian tradition by friar TBA
Muslim tradition by Imam _____ (tentative)
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Lenten Twilight Retreat
Thursday, March 15, 2012
5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Facilitators: Jocelyn Collen, MDiv-3, Fr. John Hogan, OFM, Fr. Gene Pistacchio, OFM & Dr. Jackie Stewart
Cost: $10 (minimum donation) includes supper.
Limited enrollment.
Almost filled.
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more upcoming Lenten offerings - topics & times to be announced
Thursday, March 29, 2012
and
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Presenter: Fr. Ray Selker, OFM
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“Bereavement”
April ___, 2012 date TBA
5:30 to 6:45 p.m.
Presenter: Fr. Jim Kelly, OFM, PhD
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New Worship Ministers Workshops
New Lectors Workshop
Saturday, April 28, 2012
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
New Eucharistic Ministers Workshop
Saturday, May 5, 2012
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
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To Register, or for more information on any of these courses, contact
Dr. Jackie Stewart
Director
(617) 542-6440, Ext. 143
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