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Mission Statement
Our Lady Queen of Angels Church’s Small Faith Group Ministry strives to provide individuals a small group forum in which they may experience the power of their daily faith story by prayerfully reflecting up it within the context of the Word of God from the Sunday Eucharist and by sharing their story with others while also engaging in fellowship and exploring the Catholic faith and the Holy Scriptures, thereby connecting more deeply with the larger parish community and ultimately developing a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ, especially Jesus Christ of the Eucharist
Guiding Principles
- Unique stories. Each person is led by God on his or her personal spiritual journey.
- Faith sharing. Faith sharing refers to shared reflections on the action of God in one’s life as related to Scripture and the Church’s faith.
- Eucharist centered. Faith sharing is meant to serve our union with Christ, his Church, and with one another. Communion reaches its fullest expression and its deepest essence from the Eucharist, which is the “sum and summary” and the “source and summit” of our faith.
- Prayer. The entire faith-sharing process is seen as prayer, that is, listening to the Word of God as broken open by others’ experience.
- Community. Each small faith group should remain vigilant against tendencies to become an autonomous group that is relatively disengaged from the larger parish community. Small Faith Groups ministry seeks to help each person be more deeply connected to the larger parish community.
- Evangelization/Mission. The Church on earth is by her nature missionary. Each participant’s deep desire to help others experience the daily work of God more deeply is the fuel for evangelization.
- Authoritative guidance. As Roman Catholics, we value fidelity to the Magisterium as it will help maintain the deep unity of mind and heart that has always been the hallmark of the Catholic Church.
- Devoted to Mary. The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God and our mother, leads all participants in Small Faith Groups Ministry to have a heart that ponders deeply and praises wholeheartedly the greatness of the Lord and the mystery of God’s personal love for us. This whole ministry is enstrusted to her care.
