Welcome to Kitchen Table Faith! The menu for this month includes:
All parish households will receive a Zoom link the morning of the session in a FlockNote email. After the session, you can watch the session replay at this link: Coming soon!
The Kingdom parables appear most prominently in Matthew chapter 13, Mark chapter 4 and Luke chapter 13. As a family, see how many parables you can find in these chapters of the Bible that begin with our include the phrase, "The Kingdom of God is like..."
Discuss with a friend or member of your household:
After each session, please complete our one-minute, three-question survey about Kitchen Table Faith at this link. Your feedback helps us improve and better meet our parish family's needs...thank you!
Below are short video reflections on the Sunday readings with Tom Quinlan, Ministry Director at St. Joseph Educational Center in West Des Moines. These are great tools for personal prayer and reflection, and also wonderful ways to help lead a discussion about the readings among the members of your household.
Sunday, March 7, 2021, Third Sunday Lent
Link coming soon!
Sunday, March 14, 2021, Fourth Sunday Lent
Link coming soon!
Sunday, March 21, 2021, Fifth Sunday Lent
Link coming soon!
Sunday, March 28, 2021, Palm Sunday
Link coming soon!
Parish Connection coming soon!
Questions? Contact Amy Slick at aslick@stbonifacechurch.org or call the Faith Formation Office at 515-850-1883 ext 300.
Each month, we feature a video by a nationally known Catholic speaker for you to watch at a time convenient for you. We encourage you to discuss the video with a friend or other adults in your household. Or, set up a discussion group with others in your home, on a Facebook discussion group, or on Zoom.
This month's video features Catholic speaker and musician Steve Angrisano. Steve prays with us through song to help us understand how we are the body of Christ, here to support each other during difficult times.
Steve Angrisano March Faith Formation LIVE! (Part 1, 11 min)
https://youtu.be/Dirv2a54_0c
Steve Angrisano March Faith Formation LIVE! (Part 2, 7 min)
https://youtu.be/kfArcbJrsyY
Visit our Adults Side Dishes page at this link for reflection questions based on the video.
Watch the session replay at: https://youtu.be/3O8P4KwMg4o
Mark 1:9, 16-19, 21, 29-31, 32-34, The Baptism of Jesus, the call of the first disciples, Jesus cures and heals
Our formation this month highlights Jesus’ preaching about the great transformation we’ve all been waiting and praying for – the Kingdom of God! We will also reflect on the baptismal focus of Lent, which begins on February 17 (Ash Wednesday). Discuss with a friend or member of your household:
After each session, please complete our one-minute, three-question survey about Kitchen Table Faith at this link. Your feedback helps us improve and better meet our parish family's needs...thank you!
Below are short video reflections on the Sunday readings with Tom Quinlan, Ministry Director at St. Joseph Educational Center in West Des Moines. These are great tools for personal prayer and reflection, and also wonderful ways to help lead a discussion about the readings among the members of your household.
For our parish connection this month we will create handmade cards for the sick, lonely and elderly of our parish. Please make a card and pray for the person who will receive it. Either give your card to a neighbor or someone you know, or bring your card to Amy Slick in the parish office during the month of February. Questions? Contact Amy Slick at aslick@stbonifacechurch.org or call the Faith Formation Office at 515-850-1883 ext 300.
Each month, we feature a video by a nationally known Catholic speaker for you to watch at a time convenient for you. We encourage you to discuss the video with a friend or other adults in your household. Or, set up a discussion group with others in your home, on a Facebook discussion group, or on Zoom.
Click here to watch the video.
In this month’s video, Carole Eipers challenges us to consider the signs of the Kingdom of God in our lives and our world. Visit our Adults Side Dishes page at this link for reflection questions based on the video.
Dr. Carole Eipers is National Catechetical Advisor for William H. Sadlier, Inc. She served in parish ministries for over 20 years as a teacher, Director of Religious Education, Youth Minister, and Pastoral Associate.
Our focus this month is on the Christmas season and the incarnation: God's love made flesh for us. What do we carry to the Lord to be healed, to be made whole? We will continue to emphasize the domestic church, with all our imperfections -- and with all our possibilities!
Luke 2:22-40, The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, the stories of Simeon and Ana
Matthew 2:13-23, The Flight to Egypt, the Massacre of the Innocents, the Return from Egypt
Luke 2:41-52, The Boy Jesus in the Temple
Watch the January 6th replay at https://youtu.be/E7Vf1CKtLsw
Share your thoughts!
After each session, please complete our one-minute, three-question survey about Kitchen Table Faith at this link. Your feedback helps us improve and better meet our parish family's needs...thank you!
Below are short video reflections on the Sunday readings with Tom Quinlan, Ministry Director at St. Joseph Educational Center in West Des Moines. These are great tools for personal prayer and reflection, and also wonderful ways to help lead a discussion about the readings among the members of your household.
Sunday, January 17, 2021, Second Sunday Ordinary Time
https://youtu.be/nlejg-HzDs0
Sunday, January 24, 2021, Third Sunday Ordinary Time
Link coming soon!
Sunday, January 31, 2021, Fourth Sunday Ordinary Time
Link coming soon!
For our parish connection this month we will create a "Book of Wisdom." Think about the wisdom your family has received from wisdom figures in your lives. What wisdom would you like to share with others? Email to Amy Slick at aslick@stbonifacechurch.org your words of wisdom along with a photo of your family. We will share the wisdom at our February session!
Each month, we will feature a video by a nationally known Catholic speaker for you to watch at a time convenient for you. We encourage you to discuss the video with a friend or other adults in your household. Or, set up a discussion group with others in your home, on a Facebook discussion group, or on Zoom.
Click here to watch the video.
In this month’s video, Kathy Hendricks discusses the difference between a perfect family and a holy family. Using personal examples and visuals , Kathy illustrates the domestic church with thoughts about Joseph's vigilance, Mary's openness and Jesus's redemptive love. Visit our Adults Side Dishes page at this link for reflection questions based on the video.
We wait as people of hope...for a vaccine, for a safer time, for opportunities to gather. We wait as Mary waited; how is she a model for us? We wait for the transformation of the world; what is God pointing us toward? How do we need to surrender control to God as we wait?
First Week of Advent, Luke 1:1-38 (the annunciations to Zechariah and Mary)
Second week of Advent, Luke 1:39-80 (Mary’s visit to Elizabeth, John’s birth, and the canticles)
Third week of Advent, Luke 2:1-20 (Jesus’s birth and the visit of the shepherds)
Fourth week of Advent, Luke 2:21-52 (the presentation of Jesus and the boy Jesus in the temple)
Here is a replay of our December 9th LIVE! session: https://youtu.be/PFxQMLLNqJk
After each session, please complete our one-minute, three-question survey about Kitchen Table Faith at this link. Your feedback helps us improve and better meet our parish family's needs...thank you!
Below are short video reflections on the Sunday readings with Tom Quinlan, Ministry Director at St. Joseph Educational Center in West Des Moines. These are great tools for personal prayer and reflection, and also wonderful ways to help lead a discussion about the readings among the members of your household.
Sunday, December 6, 2020, Second Sunday of Advent
https://youtu.be/HJXwk1B-lU0
Sunday, December 13, 2020, Third Sunday of Advent
https://youtu.be/e_giqx4vbZU
Sunday, December 20, 2020, Fourth Sunday of Advent
https://youtu.be/4ZPHgfdB__Y
Sunday, December 27, 2020, Feast of the Holy Family
https://youtu.be/CCgoLSqcWEQ
This month we are asking our families to create a family ornament. Please hang on your tree and take a photo to share with your parish family. You can use a template of your own or click here to use a template.
Each month, we will feature a video by a nationally known Catholic speaker for you to watch at a time convenient for you. We encourage you to discuss the video with a friend or other adults in your household. Or, set up a discussion group with others in your home, on a Facebook discussion group, or on Zoom.
Click here to watch the video.
In this month’s video, Peter Herbeck breaks open the central themes of Advent: waiting, watching, hope, resting, and anticipation to help us at the beginning of this new liturgical year and during this strange time in our world.. The pandemic is an invitation to live in a “dialed down” existence, as well as an opportunity for growth in spiritual life and family relationships. Peter Herbeck is Vice President and Director of Missions at Renewal Ministries in Ann Arbor, MI.
Even when times are tough, we explore what we have to be thankful for. This month we will draw parallels between the Thanksgiving holiday table and the Eucharistic table. We will also continue to discover joy and hope, even amidst difficult circumstances.
1 Corin 11:23-26
Luke 24:13-35
Here is a replay of our November 4th LIVE! session: https://youtu.be/vJrNbCQXGCQ
After each session, please complete our one-minute, three-question survey about Kitchen Table Faith at this link. Your feedback helps us improve and better meet our parish family's needs...thank you!
• Continue to explore parallels between the experiences of the early Christiain households and our households.
• Compare and contrast the struggles and joys of the early Church with our own struggles and joys.
• Lift up all that the early Church had to be thankful for as we lift up the blessings we are thankful for, even in the midst of hard times.
• Explore the traditions of the Thanksgiving table, and the every day table at home, alongside the Eucharistic table at our parish.
Below are short reflections on the readings for Sundays of November. These are great tools for personal prayer and reflection, and also wonderful ways to help lead a discussion about the readings among the members of your household.
Gospel reflection for Sun, Nov 1, 2020, Feast of All Saints
https://youtu.be/uFqm8yQQOTE
Gospel reflection for Sun, Nov 8, 2020
https://youtu.be/218OVhbLUd4
Gospel reflection for Sun, Nov 15, 2020
https://youtu.be/qOfiuSbC2Vk
Gospel reflection for Sun, Nov 22, 2020, Solemnity of Christ the King
https://youtu.be/FCzetoFMgcs
Gospel reflection for Sun, Nov 29, 2020, First Sunday of Advent
https://youtu.be/53o7y3J6pgg
Click here to view and print the KTF parish cookbook. Thank you to all who contributed!
Each month we feature a video by a nationally known Catholic speaker for you to watch at a time convenient for you. We encourage you to discuss the video with a friend or other adults in your household. Or, set up a discussion group with others in your home, on a Facebook discussion group, or on Zoom.
Prior to watching this month's video presentation by Fr. Michael Driscoll, please read Luke 24:13-35, the Gospel story of Jesus' appearance on the road to Emmaus, and reflect on these questions:
Watch the video at https://youtu.be/bfkWKJ_Hya0 in which Fr. Michael:
• discusses the Emmaus story using art
• explains how Jewish table prayer influenced early Christian table prayer
• offers ideas for a Thanksgiving litany
• suggests ways to cook as a family throughout the Church liturgical year
We continue to draw parallels to early Church experiences of figuring things out as they went along. We look for clues and encouragement in the epistles to inspire our households to function like the early Church: regular prayer, encountering God's love, and reaching out in love.
Phil 4:6-9
Here is a replay of our October 7th LIVE! session: https://youtu.be/211bn55UL8E Email Amy Slick or call 515-850-1883 to register or for more information.
We begin our focus on the domestic church, drawing upon stories of household churches in the New Testament. In this time of pandemic, we meet others where they are, checking in with each other and acknowledging our challenges. Our households are figuring this out as we go along, as our ancestors in faith also did.
Scripture Focus
Acts of Apostles 2:42-47
Acts of Apostles 4:32-37
Here is a replay of our September 16th LIVE! session: https://youtu.be/0G01BMfkJCg
Contact Amy Slick at aslick@stbonifacechurch.org or 515-850-1883 for more information.
Steps for praying the Sunday Gospel
1. Read the Sunday Gospel.
2. Watch a video reflection.
3. Pray: Ponder in silence.
4. Act: What is God asking you to do this week in response to the gospel?
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Join Mike Patin as he shares about connecting to Jesus. This message is just for adults on their faith journey. https://youtu.be/Yhp0auyle0Y