Commission for Faith Formation (Brenda Cummis)

Small Church Communities help us help each other to connect everyday life and faith.

We live such hectic, busy lives, there is often so little time to notice what is happening to us.  Gathering together regularly with a few fellow parishioners in a Small Church Community offers people a chance to slow down, to be a bit more reflective about life, to sift and sort the things that count.  Over time the small church community becomes a place where members ask:  How might God be acting in this crazy mixed-up life I'm living, even if I don't pay much attention to God's presence on a day to day basis?

A Small Church Community is a small group of people who comes together, usually in each others' homes, to share something of their stories with one another and to share God's story (i.e. the Sunday scriptures).  Noticing one's story and the story of God, listening appreciatively to the story of another, people help each other to make connections between everyday life and faith.

Small Church Communities are not just about meeting individual needs, they are also about building up the parish community and strengthening the life and mission of the parish.  The key to building a parish that makes a difference in the world around it is to build a parish where people regularly make a difference in each others' lives and faith.  Small Church Communities make a difference in the lives of those who participate in them and in the parish that develops them.

Prince of Peace parish currently has five active Small Church Communities.  There are two that meet on Sunday evening, one on Tuesday morning, and two on Thursday evening.  If you are interested in more information, please contact Sister Alice Marie at the Catholic Community Center @ 265-4166 ext. 5 or Brenda Cummins @ 273-5705.