A ministry of St. Stephen's & St. Joseph's Parishes
St. Stephen & St. Joseph Lenten Study:
True Reformers: The Saints of the Catholic Reformation
Take a Pilgrimage with the Four Great Heroes of the Catholic Reformation
About True Reformers:
Welcome to True Reformers: Saints of the Catholic Reformation, a study crafted to teach about those who led the Church's rebirth from the ashes of confusion caused by the Protestant Reformation. In these four sessions, participants will learn about the true benefactors of the human race: the saints.
Come and learn about God's generous Gift of Grace this Lenten Season!
Dr. Christopher Blum leads you on a journey with the saints who led the Church’s rebirth from the ashes of the confusion caused by the Protestant Reformation. As you get to know them, you will discover how powerful – and beautiful – the human heart’s free response to God’s generous Grace is.
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Join us on four Wednesdays during Lent at 6:30 p.m. at St. Stephen's School. Mark your calendars and join us! All are welcome!
Saint Ignatius of Loyola: Soldier for Christ - February 25
While Martin Luther's interior troubles plunged Europe into a maelstrom of controversy, confusion, and war, the Basque soldier Ignacio de Loyola set out on an extraordinary interior pilgrimage of grace. Taught directly by God, Ignatius offered the Church a new spirituality of devoted service to Christ and founded a religious order dedicated to evangelization, the Jesuits.
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Saint Philip Neri: The Apostle of Joy - March 4
To a Rome ravaged by war and wearied by the decadence of the Renaissance popes, Saint Philip Neri came as an unlikely reformer. Mystic, hermit, prankster, and effortless leader of men, Neri had a great sense of humor and an even greater heart. His creative response to the challenge of the reformation era made him the Apostle of Rome.
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Saint Charles Borromeo: The Good Shepherd - March 11
As the Cardinal-nephew of Pope Pius IV, Saint Charles Borromeo was one of the wealthiest and most powerful men in all of Rome. Yet he chose the extraordinary challenge of reforming the enormous Archdiocese of Milan to the pampered life of a Renaissance prince, and willingly spent himself in the service of his flock.
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Saint Teresa of Ávila: A Study in Perseverance - March 25
Nobely-born, wealthy, captivating, and headstrong, Teresa de Ahumada was an unlikely timber for a great work of renovation. After many years of complacent living in a fashionable convent, Teresa was drawn into a mystical embrace and learned directly from Divine Inspiration what a life more pleasing to God would be. She spent the last twenty years of her life in a whirlwind of activity as the founder of the Discalced or reformed branch of the Carmelites in Spain.
