A Spirituality of God’s Merciful Love
A Spirituality for Our Time
Fr. Tadeusz Dajczer, founder of the Families of Nazareth Movement, says that the New Evangelization requires a radical and total abandonment to Christ. This surrender, Fr Dajczer explains, is necessary because the world today, more than anything else, needs saints to rediscover the Gospel.
This spirituality of communion of life with Christ through Mary shows all of us, regardless of our vocation in life, a way to respond to this call to holiness. Although it is deeply rooted in Catholic Church tradition, it offers us unique, straight-forward solutions for living in today’s secular culture.
Our Lord calls us first to conversion of the heart, interior conversion. (CCC 1430) Every way to holiness must be in imitation of Jesus Christ. Inspired by the Gospel, we try to imitate Jesus, who lived thirty years of His earthly life being educated by His Mother and St. Joseph as part of the Holy Family in Nazareth (Luke 2:51).
As Mary guided Her Son and St. John the Apostle, we trust that She will guide us on the shortest path to holiness, and help us to fulfill the will of God in our lives.
Next Meeting: Friday, December 30, 2011
IHM Parish Center
After 8:30 am Mass
Meeting Times
Please join us as we explore the Spirituality of the Families of Nazareth Movement:
Wednesdays 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm – Archangels Room
Friday 9:30 am – 10:30 am – Upper Room
Everyone is Welcome
“Everything that you experience is linked to the love of God who loves you, and to His desire for your good.”
Fr Tadeusz Dajczer,
“The Gift of Faith”
Listening to the Voice of God
Only with the gift of faith – that comes through a deep and abiding relationship with our Lord – can the graces of real joy, genuine peace, and true happiness be found.
As we travel this path, we learn to listen to the voice of God as He speaks to us in many ways – including through the Eucharist, the Sacrament of Reconciliation, our prayer life, spiritual reading, and daily meditation. And, in a very special way, we learn to listen to God’s voice in the people and events of our everyday lives.
By teaching us to see every situation through the eyes of faith, this spirituality offers us solutions for life’s problems. Along the way, we see that faith becomes a way of life, and that faith and life must go together, not be experienced as two conditions existing separately. We experience that everything we encounter is connected to the love of God, and as we recognize this truth, we come to understand how much He loves each of us – not for what we do, but for who we are in His Loving Presence.
You are Invited…
The Families of Nazareth Movement is a world-wide movement of lay people and religious seeking God’s merciful love and responding to Pope John Paul II’s call to the New Evangelization. Founded in 1985, FNM now has members in countries on every continent.
FNM is for everyone who hungers for God’s unconditional love including married people and singles, parents, grandparents and children, and those without children in their lives.
We invite you to come along with us on the journey to Holiness as we search for a deeper relationship with God, trusting that our Blessed Mother will guide us through our spiritual life.
The Families of Nazareth Movement (FNM) Offers:
- Weekly faith sharing group meetings
- Monthly conferences and meetings for spiritual reflection and faith sharing
- Advent, Lent, and summer retreats
- Confession and spiritual direction with priests involved in the Movement
Books in this Spirituality:
The Gift of Faith
by Fr. Tadeusz Dajczer
and
In the Arms of Mary
God Alone Suffices
Behold I Stand at the Door and Knock
Open Wide the Door to Christ
The Two Pillars
by S.C. Biela
Books, study guides and other materials used by FNM can be found at:
For more information contact:
Mary Reinert at 303-457-0306 mreinert27@gmail.com
or visit the FNM website at: www.familiesofnazareth.us