Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizens

Fr. Wayne Dziekan will be making three presentations on "Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizens" this summer.

Tuesday, July 22, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. at Holy Family Parish Hall, 402 West Peters Road, West Branch (Klacking Creek)
Wednesday, August 27, at St. Augustine Parish, Corner of Grove & Maple Streets, Boyne Falls, starting with 8:30 a.m. Mass and the presentation following from 9:30 - 11:30 a.m., and
Wednesday, August 27, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. at St. Matthew Parish, 1303 Boyne Avenue, Boyne City.

"Every four years the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) writes a document applying Catholic Social Teaching to the electoral process in the United States. In these presentations he will take a look at the current document, written in October 2007. The discussions will focus on the 7 themes of Catholic Social Teaching and how they can be used to help form our consciences for faith-filled civic participation during an election year."

There will also be FAIR TRADE Coffee and Chocolate available for purchase at all the gatherings listed above, as well as the USCCB document, "Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship." In addition, parishes can order bulk copies of the document (individually they cost $2) from Fr. Wayne for drop-shipping to their parishes, and the cost will be lower. You may also order them from the Rose Resource Center, for the same lower cost, also for drop-shipping to your parish.

Single sheet bulletin inserts are also available. These inserts are precise official USCCB summaries of the document on Faithful Citizenship. Packs of 100 cost $5. Again they may be order from Fr. Wayne or from the Rose Resource Center. Limited numbers of packs will be available from Father at the above-listed presentations.

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Fr. Wayne has also put together a schedule for monthly Justice & Peace meetings around the Diocese. There was an attempt to schedule meetings according to the wishes of those who attended the first round. These meetings are scheduled by region rather than by vicariates.

Everyone is invited to attend any of these sessions. Below is the schedule for the month of August only:

AUGUST

Saturday Aug. 9, 9:30 - 11:00 am, St. Ann Parish, Frankfort

Wednesday Aug. 13 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm, St. Francis Parish, Traverse City (The Franciscan Room)

Saturday Aug. 23 9:30 am – 11:00 am, Cross in the Woods, Indian River (In the Longhouse)

Saturday Aug. 23 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm, St. Mary Cathedral, Gaylord (Cathedral Mtg. Room B)

Thursday Aug. 28 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm, St. Francis Xavier, Petoskey

Saturday Aug. 30 10:00 am – 11:30 am, St. Helen Parish, St. Helen

Also, a series of presentations will be held on "The Catholic Perspective on Immigration" to be presented throughout the Diocese during August. Click on the Social Justice button for more detailed information.

Contact information for Fr. Wayne is as follows: Cell phone: 231.409.1387 or by email at wdziekan@dioceseofgaylord.org.