Welcome to the Family Ministry page! My name is Rich Harter, the Director of Adult and Family Ministry. My role is to provide the vision, leadership, and coordination for a wide variety of offerings that promote and build strong faith-based families. I invite you to participate in our wonderful Family Ministry Programs.

Staff Contact: Rich Harter, Director of Adult and Family Ministry 262.781.3480 x253
Staff Contact: Susan McNeil, Pastoral Associate 262.781.3480 x225

Family Ministry Vision Statement

The vision for Family Ministry is driven by six core beliefs:

• We believe the Sunday Gospel and Eucharist provide the central focus for living our faith in our daily lives.

• We believe in building strong households of faith and family.

• We believe adults committed to learning and sharing their faith create strong households of faith.

• We believe growing in Catholic understanding is a lifelong process.

• We believe in forming the whole person, intellectually, spiritually, and relationally.

• We believe we are called to continuing conversion toward the words and ways of Jesus Christ.

Lifelong Faith Formation Opportunities

In keeping with these six core beliefs, we offer a wide array of faith formation opportunities. We hope you will take advantage of these offerings as your personal commitment to lifelong growth in faith. See the weekly bulletin for our current Family Ministry programs.

Connecting the Gospel with your Daily Life

Please also see the weekly bulletin for my reflection, “The Gospel in Daily life,” and the corresponding “Adult and Family Discussion Question of the Week.”  These tools are specially designed to help individuals and households connect the Gospel with daily life and work.

Overview/Links for Family Ministry Programs

• Baptism Preparation

• Social Activities

• Faith Formation Leadership

  • Adult and Family Ministry Team - Envisions, oversees, coordinates, and evaluates all Adult and Family Ministry programs in concert with the Director of Adult and Family Ministry.

• Sacramental Faith Formation

  • Baptism Preparation Couples - Parish couples facilitate a session on “Building a Family of Faith” for couples preparing to baptize a second child.

• Intellectual Faith Formation - Theological and Biblical

  • Catholic 101 - An occasional offering introducing participants to the basic precepts of Catholicism.

  • Donut Discussions - Occasional sessions on Sunday mornings after the 9:00 A.M. Mass featuring speakers connecting their faith with their daily lives.

  • Adult Formation Library - Located in the Parish Center, this library features a variety of books on a variety of topics, available for checkout, to foster the faith growth of parish members.

  • Theology on the Mount - A series of courses offered in conjunction with Mount Mary College to form members in the faith, and empower them for parish leadership roles.

  • Book Club - Parish members gather every 6-8 weeks to discuss a spiritual book.

  • Theology on Tap - A weekly program for 4 weeks in the summer specifically designed to address the spiritual questions and needs of Young Adults (18-35).

  • Scripture From Scratch - An eight-week video-based series introducing participants to various parts of the bible.

  • Quad Metro Bible Study - A 24 week in-depth study of a particular book of the bible on Wednesday evenings and Thursday mornings.

  • Fall Scripture Series - A yearly program on a particular scripture topic sponsored by the area Quad Parishes.

• Relational Faith Formation -  Support Groups

  • Play group - An informal group for Moms and their children that meets every Friday morning.

  • College Care Packages - A special outreach of support and encouragement for our college students before first semester final exams.

  • Sunday Morning Nursery - The nursery is available for children ages 0-4 during the 9:00 A.M. Mass.

  • Love and Logic Parenting - A six-session class on parenting led by a trained facilitator

• Spiritual Faith Formation

  • Advent and Lent Fairs - After all the Masses on the weekend before Advent and Lent begin. These special opportunities provide adults and families with a wide variety of resources for entering into the true meaning of these holy seasons.

  • Quad Date Your Mate - A series of four Friday evening sessions at 7:00 P.M. designed to provide marriage enrichment and support.

  • Ministry of Mothers Sharing (MOMS) - Moms gather on Monday morning twice a month from 9:15-10:45 am or Tuesday evening at 7:30 pm for mutual support and spiritual growth.  Childcare is available, staffed by experienced caregivers.

  • Lenten E-Mail Retreat - An online retreat during Lent featuring brief daily reflections and prayers in keeping with the Lenten season.

• Web Sites for Building Faith and Families