Watch the bulletin and this page for details on periodic offerings of topical programs aligned with the Liturgical seasons such as Advent, Lent, the Parish Mission, or addressing the spiritual needs of men and women.

CURRENT AND UPCOMING PROGRAMS:

Parish Mission
with
Fr. Jude L. Winkler, OFM

Take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to prepare for the upcoming holy season of Lent as Fr. Winkler speaks to healing and forgiveness in his theme…

 “Conversion – Making Jesus the Center of our Lives”

Fr. Jude is a Conventual Franciscan Friar priest from St. Anthony of Padua Province, USA.   He entered the Franciscan Order in 1971 and was ordained to the Priesthood in 1981. His degrees include a Bachelor of Arts from St. Hyacinth College and Seminary in Granby, Massachusetts; a Baccalaureate in Theology from the Faculty of St. Bonaventure in Rome, Italy; and a Licentiate in Exegesis from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome, Italy. He has taught and is currently teaching courses on Sacred Scripture at an undergraduate and post-graduate level. He has been a regular and/or adjunct faculty member at various schools of theology in the United States, Romania and England, U.K.

Fr. Jude has written over 300 articles on various scriptural themes for magazines in the USA, Italy and England as well as for “The Word Among Us” and the “Catholic Truth Society”.  He has written various books on scripture study for adults, numerous children’s books including an “illustrated Children’s Bible.”  He is renowned for giving missions to the laity, seminarians, clergy and religious alike, and  currently resides at the St. Joseph Cupertino Friary in Ellicott City, Maryland.

The Parish Mission begins with Fr. Winkler speaking at all weekend masses.

Each evening, Mon – Wed, and each morning after the 8:30 AM Mass, Fr. Winkler will give a talk.  There will be a Reconciliation service on Tuesday evening and Celebration of the Eucharist on Wednesday evening.

Place:       St. Gregory Catholic Church                    200 N. University Drive                    Plantation, FL 33324 Dates:      Monday, January 25, 2010 –                   Wednesday, January 27, 2010. Conference Schedule: Mornings:  Talk after the 8:30 AM Mass Evenings at 7:00 PM: Monday:  Evening Prayer Service Talk:  “The Lord Healing our Brokenness” Tuesday:  Reconciliation Service Talk:  “The Lord Forgiving our Sinfulness” Wednesday:  Liturgy of the Eucharist Talk:  “The Lord Calling us to Service”

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The Sources of Christian Ethics
A Book Review & Discussion
With Fr. Roberto Cid

Join us for six consecutive Thursdays evenings
7:00 – 8:30 PM in the Music room
February 18th through March 25th, 2010

“The Church knows that the issue of morality is one which deeply touches every person; it involves all people, even those who do not know Christ and his Gospel or God himself.” (John Paul II, Veritatis Splendor, 3) 

The Second Vatican Council called for “the perfecting of moral theology. Its scientific exposition, nourished more on the teaching of the Bible, should shed light on the loftiness of the calling of the faithful in Christ and the obligation that is theirs of bearing fruit in charity for the life of the world.” (Optatam Totius, 16)

Fr. Servais Pinckaers OP, a Belgian theologian who taught at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland was, together with John Paul II, one of the pillars in the renewal of moral theology on the basis of Scripture and Tradition. His emphasis on virtue as the basis of morality is both relevant to our every day life and of great theological importance.

If you would like to know more about Christian morality at large and the basis for moral action, join Fr. Roberto M. Cid to read and discuss Fr. Pinckaers’ most influential book, The Sources of Christian Ethics.


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Las Fuentes De La Moral Cristiana
Grupo de lectura y discusión
con el padre Roberto M. Cid.

Participe en un grupo de discusión de esta obra
de teología moral durante seis jueves consecutivos,
de 7 a 8:30 de la noche en la sala de música,
del 18 de Febrero al 25 de Marzo de 2010.

“La Iglesia sabe que la cuestión moral incide profundamente en cada hombre; implica a todos, incluso a quienes no conocen a Cristo, su Evangelio y ni siquiera a Dios.” (Juan Pablo II, Veritatis splendor, 3)

El Concilio Vaticano II hizo un llamado a “perfeccionar la teología moral, cuya exposición científica, más nutrida de la doctrina de la Sagrada Escritura, explique la grandeza de la vocación de los fieles en Cristo, y la obligación que tienen de producir su fruto para la vida del mundo en la caridad.” (Optatam totius, 16)

El teólogo belga Servais Pinckaers OP, profesor en la Universidad de Friburgo en Suiza, es junto a Juan Pablo II uno de los pilares de la renovación de la teología moral a partir de la Escritura y la Tradición. Su énfasis en la virtud como fuente de la moral reviste gran importancia teológica y es sumamente relevante para nuestra vida cotidiana.

Si quiere comprender mejor la moral cristiana en general y el fundamento de los actos moralmente aceptables, participe en este grupo de discusión de la obra cumbre del padre Pinckaers, Las fuentes de la moral cristiana. Aunque las discusiones serán en inglés, el padre Roberto Cid contestará preguntas en castellano al término de cada sesión. La edición en lengua española de esta obra puede conseguirse del editor, EUNSA (www.eunsa.es), o Barnes and Noble o Amazon.


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