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National Revival Parish Resources
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Formation Resources
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Small Group Study
Book: Becoming Eucharistic People
Study: The Eucharistic PrayerMcGrath Institute
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What is a Parish Point Person?
Parish Point Persons have an essential role in connecting people in the pews with this national Revival movement! These volunteers work with their pastors to discern how their parish will respond to the National Eucharistic Revival. Then, they will work with other volunteers from their parish to lead activities and initiatives in response to the four invitations of this exciting movement.
Ask Jesus how you can be an instrument of Revival in your parish. Perhaps he is calling you to take on this important role. Your ministry as a Parish Point Person will create fertile ground for the Holy Spirit to ignite Eucharistic faith in your community! Please discuss the opportunity of becoming your Parish Point Person with your pastor, then send your name to our Diocesan Point Person Michalene Iversen miversen@gidiocese.org to provide you with support for this role.
Responsibilities as the Parish Point Person in the Year of Parish Revival (July 2023 - June 2024):- Be a resource to help lead your parish community in the Parish Year of the Revival.
- Be a witness to the truth of the true presence of Christ in the Eucharist.
- Encourage others to be an instrument of revival through prayer and participation.
- Dedicate yourself to the Mission of the Eucharistic Revival.
- Commit to daily prayer
- Commit to participating in your parish community and the local community.
- Create a plan:
- Use this outline to create a Vision/Mission Statement.CREATE A VISION/MISSION STATEMENT
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National Revival small group studyJesus in the Eucharist
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Eucharistic Miracles Display Schedule (click on picture)
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Eucharistic Miracles Boards
The Diocesan Council of Catholic Women (DCCW), in response to our 2023 resolution to support the Eucharistic Revival in our diocese and parishes, has put together a tour across the diocese of the Eucharistic Miracle Boards from Catholic Spirit Radio. There will also be a DVD of Blessed Carlo Acutis, who fell in love with the Eucharist at age 7 and after put together these boards before his untimely death at the age of 15. We pray that this will draw others into a renewed personal encounter with Jesus. The first recorded miracle was in Lanciano, Italy in 700. Subsequently, more than 150 miracles have been approved by the Vatican. Eucharistic miracles consist of unexplainable phenomena that occur after transubstantiation, such as a host visibly transforming into human tissue, a host surviving fire, a host bleeding, or the Eucharist alone providing sustenance to a human being for a prolonged period of time. In order to be considered a Eucharistic miracle, the event is investigated by a special task force before deciding whether it is worthy of belief. Secular sources are often used to investigate and confirm miracles.
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How to respond as a parish to the Revival?
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Offer “Teaching Masses” to deepen an appreciation for the Eucharist as an encounter with Our Lord.
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Introduce parish-based Lectio Divina groups to pray with Scripture before the Blessed Sacrament and share their experience of encountering Jesus in both Word and Sacrament.
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Provide a renewed experience of and appreciation for Eucharistic Adoration in our parishes.
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Renew our appreciation for Eucharistic Hymns in the tradition of the Church.
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Having Masses (e.g. Field Masses) that connect the Eucharist with daily life.
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Participate/Create opportunities for formation and encounter for all ages.
Retreats, Catechesis, Parish Missions, Prayer, etc.
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