Come Home to Your Father’s House
Have you been "away" from the Catholic Church? Are you trying to find your way back? Would you like to come back? It is possible that you have been searching for answers, direction, and information about "Coming Home" to the Catholic Church.
Remember, God wants to welcome you back, especially if you’re looking for answers to questions in your life. God has provided that for thousands of people through his Church. This might be the time to give us another chance and consider Coming Home. It could change your life.
We invite all who feel separated from the Church, for whatever reason, to Come Home! We miss you. Come visit us and tell your story to our priest or deacons or one of our parishioners. It will be an opportunity to express your feelings about why you no longer join us and for us to show you how we can help you..
We invite you to take another look at our Catholic community and we will be here to welcome you.
"What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the lost one until he finds it? And when he does find it, he sets it on his shoulders and with great joy and, upon his arrival home, he calls together his friends and neighbours and says to them, Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep." - Luke 15: 1 - 6.
Ten reasons to Come Back to the Church
1. Your life may take on a new meaning and purpose.
2. You will get something out of it : a sense of closeness to God, a real purpose to carry on, a definite direction in your life.
3. You will be able to give your time, talent, treasure and yourself to the Lord. After all, He gave them to us in the first place.
4. The Church has changed a great deal. Our parish strives to be a united, loving, faith-filled, vibrant community. We are sure you will be spiritually enriched and fulfilled here.
5. God loves you and wants you to know it! Our Parish community, worship and celebrations together are real signs of that LOVE.
6. We all need the support of others: spouse, parents, children, family, friends - in a common experience of worship with them ~ and us, a family of faith.
7. We're proud of the ideals the Church proposes: upholding human equality, the sacredness of life and world peace based on justice for all.
8. The Holy Spirit is causing new, exciting movements to happen in the Church. We are sure that we have something to offer you.
9. Jesus came to save sinners. That's us, all of us! Reconciliation and the Eucharist strengthen us to greater faithfulness.
10. We are praying for you to return. WE MISS YOU! Sure, we have hundreds of people at Mass each Sunday, but we miss YOU not being one of them. We hope that you have missed us too.
We want to let you know that you always have a place in the Church and that we feel your absence. We would like to show our regret for any misunderstandings or mistreatment, to help you to see that, however you feel about the Church, it is still your home, to talk to you, share with you, and accept you as a brother or sister. We want you to come home, to sit where you sat and enjoy what your Catholic faith taught you before you left. We invite you to come back and to be able to receive the Eucharist again and we promise to do everything possible to help you to return to Full Communion with us.
"Yet even now says the Lord, come back to me with all your heart .." - Joel 2:12
