Tuesday Adult Formation, September 18 -- The Stigmatic Saints, The Female Stigmatics (Part 3 of 3)

Celebrating the visit to our Parish of the Relics of St Padre Pio, we have a three part series on the stigmatic saints who were so united to Christ Crucified as to receive the wounds of the Lord's Passion upon their own bodies.


Objectives of Session 3
1) Recognize that over 80% of stigmatics have been women
2) Review the life of St Catherine of Siena
3) Review the life of St Gemma Galgani
4) Become familiar with Teresa Neuman

Tuesday Adult Formation, September 11 -- Stigmatic Saints, St Francis of Assisi and St Padre Pio (Part 2 of 3)

Celebrating the visit to our Parish of the Relics of St Padre Pio, we have a three part series on the mysterious gift of the holy stigmata, by which certain saints have been so united to Christ Crucified as to receive the wounds of Christ's Passion upon their own bodies.

Objectives of Session 2:
1) Become familiar with the life of St Francis of Assisi
2) Recognize what makes the stigmata of St Francis different from all others
3) Become familiar with the life of St Padre Pio

Tuesday Adult Faith Formation, September 4 -- The Stigmatic Saints, Introduction to the Stigmata (Session 1 of 3)

 Celebrating the visit of the relics of St Padre Pio to our Parish, we will have a three part series on the mysterious gift of the "stigmata" - the wounds of Christ's Passion that were impressed upon the hands, feet and side of Padre Pio.

Objectives of Session 1:

1) Define the "stigmata" and review the Biblical foundation for the word

2) Recognize the relation of the "visible" and "invisible" stigmata.

3) Appreciate the basic historical facts and statistics related to the stigmata.