Year of Faith, People of Faith, Stories of Faith

Deus Vobiscum ("The Lord Be With You"),

My name is Steve Sheridan, and I am new at Our Lady of the Rosary.
I will be working here for the next two years.
If you want to read more about me, click on the "view my complete profile" link to the right.

Otherwise, I'm just going to tell you what this blog is all about:

1. Pope Benedict declared the period from Oct. 11, 2012 until Nov. 24, 2013 a "Year of Faith" see below or click here for more info
2. This blog represents one of the ways we as a community are living our response to the call to faith. I am asking you to share your STORIES OF FAITH with the whole family, the whole Church. We want to recognize how, when and where God has worked with you and you have worked with God. When and how has God come into your heart and your life. Your individual awesomeness (yes, you reading right now!), your story of passion or perseverance or love or prayer or hope or joy is a fruit that tastes sweetest when shared at one table, together. So, take a few minutes each month to read this blog, to think and pray on God's presence in your life, and (if the monthly meditation strikes a chord with you, reminding you of an event in your own life) to recount that story and share it with the whole community in the "comments" section of the blog.

With his Apostolic Letter of October 11, 2011, Porta Fidei, Pope Benedict XVI declared that a "Year of Faith" will begin on October 11, 2012 and conclude on November 24, 2013. October 11, 2012, the first day of the Year of Faith, is the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council (Vatican II) and also the twentieth anniversary of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. During the Year of Faith, Catholics are asked to study and reflect on the documents of Vatican II and the catechism so that they may deepen their knowledge of the faith. -copied from USCCB.org-

So with this post, I am beginning this blog for us, the faith community of  
Our Lady of the Rosary. Each month will feature a new post that reflects a particular aspect or element of our faith. It may be a deeper look into one line from our symbol of faith, the Creed, it may be a line from one of the beautiful documents produced from the Second Vatican Council, it may be a meditation on one of the prayers from Tradition like the Our Father (a.k.a. Pater Noster or Padré Nuestro) or the Hail Mary (a.k.a. Ave Maria or Ave Maria).

The purpose of each month's feature post is (1) to aid you (and me too) in continuing to journey further in faith and into the faith and (2) to share our stories of faith, to share personal experiences of God with us, "Emmanu-el". 

So, God Bless and thank you for reading this blog, and keep a lookout for October's feature post. 

Pax Christi ("Peace of Christ")