#catechist

Happy Feast Day St. Charles Borromeo

1538–1584 Feast day: November 4 Patronage: Catechists, Catechumens, Seminarians Saint Charles Borromeo was a cardinal and archbishop of Milan from 1564 to 1584. Among the great reformers of the troubled sixteenth century, Borromeo, with St. Ignatius of Loyola, St. Philip Neri, and others, led the movement to combat the heresy of the Protestant Reformation. He was a leading figure during the Counter-Reformation and was responsible for significant reforms in the Catholic Church, including the founding of seminaries for the education of priests.

so most of you know our story. how god used my troubled past to help those in need and finally led me to working with at risk youth and law enforcement. well god is adding more to our story. ( I say our story because my life is his. not mine I have given my life to god so saying my story feels wrong to me ) during RCIA I decided to attend the chrism mass and although it was beautiful and amazing and spectacular god wanted to show me one little thing in particular. AND I MISSED IT! I BLOODY MISSED IT! after it was all over I was talking to our RCIA leader in the rear of the church and she introduced me to this cute little blonde girl ( I have a thing for blondes ) as the parish youth minister. we talked a little bit and after mentioning that the youth group would be heading to 9 Irish brothers ( my favorite restaurant ) she invited me to tag along. but I refused! why did I refuse!?!? am I really that oblivious?!?! maybe I am. or maybe god didn't want me to go there then. maybe he wanted me to wait till now to notice so I could see how amazing he is and how everything he does is for a reason. but fast forward a few months and father dan is talking about some of our youth students heading off to college. god had replaced in me the desire to help the youth at my own parish as well as in the troubled neighborhoods of my city. i spent the next few days attempting to find a number for the church youth ministries with no luck. so i gave up. again... well i let myself get busy and let my life fall apart. my rent was $100 more then i expected and i failed to go to church for a month maybe more but god hadn't forgotten me. on Thursday i left for the payday loan place to get money so i could pay my rent when it hit me. literally a white suburban truck T boned my little Honda. glass everywhere, airbags deployed. horrible. so i called my parents who had a spare car i could use. but wouldn't be able to drop it off to me till Saturday and i called my boss to take personal time till i had a car... this morning after getting the car. i decided to go to mass. it was the same beautiful everything i remember but at the end of the mass father dan made an announcement “ we are seeking folks willing to become catechists ( teacher of religious study's ) for our youth ministries. SO I FINALLY SIGNED UP.

Happy Feast Day Saint Robert Bellarmine Doctor of the Church

1542 - 1621 Feast day: September 17 Patronage: canonists, canon lawyers, catechists, catechumens, Archdiocese of Cincinnati Saint Robert Bellarmine was an Italian Jesuit and a Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was one of the most important figures in the Counter-Reformation. He was canonized in 1930 and named a Doctor of the Church. Bellarmine is also widely remembered for his role in the Galileo affair.

Happy Feast Day St. Charles Borromeo

1538–1584 Feast day: November 4 Patronage: Catechists, Catechumens, Seminarians

Saint Charles Borromeo was a cardinal and archbishop of Milan from 1564 to 1584. Among the great reformers of the troubled sixteenth century, Borromeo, with St. Ignatius of Loyola, St. Philip Neri, and others, led the movement to combat the heresy of the Protestant Reformation. He was a leading figure during the Counter-Reformation and was responsible for significant reforms in the Catholic Church, including the founding of seminaries for the education of priests.