Happy New Year to all!  The New Year is traditionally a time to resolute to better ourselves in some way...diets, habits, etc.  But what about our spiritual life?  Pope Francis gave a beautiful homily in 2013 to catechists about starting anew with the heart of a catechist.  With our theme this year of being "Hearts on a Mission", I felt this homily was a wonderful reminder of the what it means to be a catechist...and catechetical leader.  I hope you have time to read the entire homily, but in the meantime, our prayer service this month summarized the three main points Pope Francis makes.  

"If You Could See Inside People's Hearts"

As the month of October has moved into November, and we have just been energized being sent as "Hearts on a Mission", we continued as a  community to contemplate what it means to be missionary disciples.  This also requires the need to act with mercy.  The prayer service this month focuses on how we treat each other with dignity as if we could walk in their shoes, know what is each other's hearts.    
Please continue to go through the materials for this month, but please take time to go through the prayer and reflect in your own prayerful space.