The Catholic Forum is dedicated to supporting adult formation. This website contains information about the first Catholic Forum program led by members of St. Rose of Lima Parish in Newtown, CT with the support of Monsignor Robert Weiss. This website will provide information about their program as well as other adult formation events, publications and programs that are faithful to the magisterium of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Prayer for the New Evangelization
Mary, Star of the New Evangelization
O Mary,
Star of the New Evangelization,
Make us the light of the world.
We receive Christ in the Eucharist;
Help us to build his Kingdom in the world.
Teach us to do whatever He tells us.
May our study of His life lead us to love Him
And our love for Him lead us to imitate Him.
If we are what we should be,
We will set the world ablaze.
We ask your intercession to make this so,
Through Christ our Lord, Amen.
Pope Benedict XVI at St. Joseph’s Seminary, April 2008
“Dear friends, truth is not an imposition. Nor is it simply a set of rules. It is a discovery of the One who never fails us; the One whom we can always trust. In seeking truth we come to live by belief because ultimately truth is a person: Jesus Christ. That is why authentic freedom is not an opting out. It is an opting in; nothing less than letting go of self and allowing oneself to be drawn into Christ’s very being for others.”
Jesus said:
“You shall love the Lord with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.” Mark 12:30
John Paul II:
“Faith and Reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of the Truth.”
The first letter of Peter 3:15
“Always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope.”
Mary Ann Glendon, US Ambassador to the Holy See:
“We find ourselves in a curious situation where all too often many of the most highly educated men and women in history have religious formation that remains at a rather primitive level, ” and “poor formation represents a special danger in a society like ours where education in other areas is so advanced.”