Catholic Fire

This has been a busy, but fun fall for me. Here is a photo guide to how I have been spending this fall season, when I am not writing, speaking, blogging, or ministering. 1. Riding on hay wagons with my husband: 2. Picking Apples: 3.  Walking the Trail: 4.  Making New Friends: 5.  Visiting Toy Train Museums: 6.  Enjoying beautiful works of art at our diocesan cathedral: 7. Admiring God's beauty in nature: All photos copyright Jean M. Heimann 2016. Have a beautiful weekend!   God bless you! Jean For more Quick Takes, please visit Kelly at This Ain't the Lyceum.

1. Generations of Faith has returned in our parish this fall. We meet once in the fall and once in the spring each year. This fall we had a spectacular guest speaker, Julianne Stanz , Director of the New Evangelization from the Green Bay Diocese, speak about the New Evangelization this past Sunday. As you can see, she brought her darling little son along, who slept through most of her talk on the New Evangelization. A native of Ireland, she was an amazing speaker and storyteller, who shared some new tips on evangelizing those we meet everyday. 2.  After the supper and the talk, we went into the church to pray and sing.Our pastor, Fr. Jarrod, gave a wonderful personal witness as to how the Holy Spirit has been working in his life. The above photo was taken in the school gym. 3. Here is the Spirit-filled choir which we sing along with during our Generations of Faith sessions in the church. 4. This has been a week of transitions: taking down the summer house deco...