Saint Christopher has an Educational Cooperative and Pre-School Cooperative, which are excellent examples of Catholic education — and a preview of what our proposed school can look like. Parent-run, -taught and -funded, the Co-ops use three Parish Center classrooms that serves 16 families and 52 full- and part-time students from...
Dear Parishioners, Last week, I left off with the meditation on the “Two Flags”. If at the end the profound decision is made to follow Christ, to serve under his flag, then one begins the third week of exercises contemplating the life of Christ as presented in the Gospels. Especially,...
Dear Parishioners, Last week, I left off with St. Ignatius in Manresa. There he discerned his vocation to the priesthood and wrote down his experiences in prayer and discernment that would become known as “The Spiritual Exercises”. These begin with the idea of “First Principle and Foundation” in which St....
Dear Parishioners, After teaching himself to limp really well, St. Ignatius went on a pilgrimage by foot to Catalonia, Spain, and the Shrine of Santa Maria of Montserrat. There he asked for Mary’s intercession for himself and the discernment of his future. He felt called to solitude and prayer and...
Dear Parishioners, As promised, we will begin to look at the Ignatian Spirituality; or we could call it, the way St. Ignatius taught his brother Jesuits to pray. Some background here is important. St. Ignatius was born at the time of the Protestant revolt within the Church. Being a Spaniard,...
Registration is now open for Religious Education for the 2019-2020 school year! This year we will have online registration for all PreK-12 Religious Education Programs, including sacramental preparation. See the registration link and additional information below. Similar information can also be found in the registration packets that are available in...
Our Society of St. Vincent de Paul Conference will be collecting backpacks and school supplies for the Verona Area School District and our St. Christopher Parish Religious Education Program. A donation bin will be located in the back of the church starting the weekend of August 3-4 through the weekend...
Dear Parishioners, Last week, we left off starting our Carmelite style meditation. We had put ourselves into the presence of God and put forth some petitions/prayer intentions or what are traditionally called colloquies. So now we begin a conversation with God concerning our points. We are seeking three things as...