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The Call To Christian Happiness CD Set

Christ promised his burden would be light. If you're more familiar with the burden end of that statement, it's time to experience the lightness. In this provocative, refreshingly original presentation, Fr. Michael and Sherry explore the meaning and method of Christian happiness. Drawing upon the teachings of C.S. Lewis, John Paul II, St. Thomas Aquinas, Venerable John Henry Newman, and others. Four hours - Three CD's - Digitally mastered for clarity and quality - Includes notes and extensive outline all in an attractive bookshelf package.

Friendship With God CD Set

Dominican Fr. Michael Sweeney talks on friendship with God, giving us a deeply challenging and insightful look at our relationship with God. This four-session presentation examines our predispositions, assumptions, and call concerning our status as God's friends, using parables and personal stories to reveal the unimagined intimacy and dignity to which our Lord invites us.
Four sessions on three compact discs indexed into tracks for ready reference.

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Parish Mission Information 2011

Fr. Michael Fones, OP, co-director, Catherine of Siena Institute

What to Expect from a Parish Mission with Fr. Mike

• Fr. Mike enjoys preaching at all the weekend Masses in English prior to the beginning of the parish mission, and will happily preside at one or more of them, as requested. This gives as many people in the parish as possible an opportunity to hear him speak, and make a decision to attend the parish mission.

• Fr. Mike will also be available to preside and preach at a daily Mass.

• The mission presentations are one hour long, use powerpoint slides, and usually include some brief moments for discussing an idea or question with one’s neighbor.

• If the parish has scheduled a penance service as part of the parish mission, Fr. Mike will join the confessors in hearing confessions. If desired, he is willing to preach at the service.

Fr. Mike is also open to the following about these possibilities:

• Visiting classes in a parish grade school

• Presentations on charisms, discipleship, stewardship, or pastoral governance for parish staff

The above services are all covered in the mission fee, plus travel, food and lodging. To inquire about bringing Fr. Mike to your parish for a mission, please contact Austin in our Colorado Springs office at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or by calling (719) 219-0056 or (888) 878 -6789.

Parish Mission Theme:

Discipleship and the call to conversion are the heart of every parish mission, since everything else flows from them: stewardship, the discernment of gifts and vocation (including personal calls), prayer, and involvement in the local parish. Consequently, all of Fr. Michael’s missions are crafted to have an evangelizing effect on the members of the parish. Using stories from scripture, Jesus’s parables, Paul’s letters, the rich teaching of the Church, and reflections on his own journey of faith and the lives of disciples who have influenced him, Fr. Michael attempts to present Jesus’ invitation to each one of us to become his disciple in ways that are personal, fresh, and sometimes surprisingly amusing.

About the Mission Presenter:

Fones_pic Fr. Michael Fones, O.P., grew up in central Illinois, and went west to California for graduate school and hasn’t left the west since. He was ordained in 1992, and spent twelve years in campus ministry in Arizona, Oregon and Utah. Since 2004, he has been the co-Director of the Catherine of Siena Institute, and has traveled throughout the U.S. and beyond giving workshops, missions, and talks on the discernment of charisms, vocation, and discipleship. He has a B.S. (Michigan Technological University) and M.S. (Stanford) in geophysics, plays the piano and bassoon, and loves to participate in sports, especially weightlifting and racquetball. He hangs his hat on a saguaro cactus outside the Dominican friary in Tucson, Arizona, where he spent less than 50 days in 2009.