Family Passport Events
The “Passport to Encountering Christ” is for everyone. Keep it in a safe place where you can access it. Any time you do something that helps you get closer to God, color in a cross and write your experience on the back of the Passport. When you have completed a Passport, turn it in to us and pick up a new one. Each September there will be a drawing for a prize and we will share the variety of things people and families did to encounter Christ.
Here are some ideas for things you can do to fill your Passport:
Prayer & Evangelization
- Tell the story of Jesus to someone,
- Pray the Rosary,
- Pray with someone when they are feeling down,
- Write your own faith story,
- Prayer walk around the neighborhood—the parish does a Walk for Peace in the Fall,
- Join the Prayer Network Go on a Retreat Join Taizé Prayer Pray the Stations of the Cross.
Educational
- Join a small group,
- Utilize the Formed App to watch a movie,
- Speaker events at Church,
- Watch a Religious based movie or documentary,
- Watch a secular movie and discuss its contents through the lens of the Ten Commandments.
Social Events
- Come to the Thanksgiving Family Event,
- Attend the Advent Event,
- Come to Wednesday BLAST (middle school),
- Youth days at Wild Mountain and Nick Universe,
- Youth summer fun at Extreme Faith Camp or Summer BLAST,
- Sing at Carol-oke,
- Praise and Worship concert.
Attend Liturgical Events
- Holy Days of Obligation—outside of Sundays,
- Attend Mass on Holy Days or Holidays,
- Participate in Eucharistic Adoration,
- Liturgy of the Word with Children,
- Go to Confession,
- Volunteer at Mass—Greeter, projectionist, Altar server, carry up the gifts, Liturgy of the Word helper, Nursery, etc.,
- Sing in the St. Mary’s Chorale or Children’s Choir,
- Attend Sunday Mass—color a chalice/host on the border of your passport when you go.
