Stone to Flesh School of the Heart statistics
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FORMATION IN INTELLECTUAL AND MORAL LIFE:
- Daily Bible reading and studying
- Beatitudes
- Catechism study of sections regarding revelation and faith, Christology, prayer, sin/grace/redemption, Christian life, Trinity, Holy Spirit, charisms, sacraments, ecclesiology, eschatology
HUMAN FORMATION:
- Theology of the Body
- Basics of anthropology, metaphysics and personhood
- Relationships
- Vocations
- Leadership
- Communication
- Creativity and arts
- Freedom and society
- Call, vocation
ECCLESIOLOGY:
- Church, parish, community of faith, family
- Ecumenism
- Early Christian initiation, catechumenate in history of the Church and now
- Tradition and traditions of the Church in developing mission, vision, strategy, values and culture
- East meets West (both lungs)
FORMATION IN SPIRITUAL LIFE:
- Rooted in the Word of God and the teaching of the Catholic Church
- Evoking spiritual response to the surrounding culture
- Personal development based on the greatest teachers of Catholic spirituality
- Growth in personal and communal prayer life: daily Lectio Divina and spiritual reading, participation in Sacraments, Liturgy of the Hours, Adoration, communal charismatic and traditional forms of prayer
- Development of spiritual discernment into the state of life, career, ministry type
- Practicum in developing natural and supernatural charisms in the service for the Church
- Lectio Divina: special focus on Psalms, Gospel of Mark, Acts of the Apostles
- Fasting
FORMATION IN LITURGY:
- Simple chant
- Liturgy of the Hours
- The Paschal Mystery
- Eucharistic Adoration
FORMATION IN PASTORAL THEOLOGY:
- Discipleship
- Identity and formation of laity
- Faith and Reason
- Evangelization: biblical, pastoral, practical (Alpha)
- Power encounters: Healing and Deliverance
- Forming of communities of faith
- Mercy and the Catholic social teaching
- Worship as an encounter with the Divine