August 2011
Living Our Faith Why Catholic? Training on Life in Christ
Sr. Maureen with participants at the January 2011 WC? training at Murphy Canyon in San Diego.
January 2011 Murphy Canyon Chapel Center San Diego, CA
San Diego participants at Murphy Canyon and
Naval Base San Diego hosted their final Why Catholic? training weekend in January of this year. We are most grateful for their service to the Why Catholic? teams from across the nation. The weekends spent in San Diego have been delightful! We had a great training in January with 30 participants. There were six bases present: Joint Base Lewis-McChord, San Diego Naval Base, Murphy Canyon Chapel Community, Pendleton USMC, Davis-Monthan, and Ft. Meade. There are ten
active small communities with about 100 people involved who have completed the Life in Christ book. All the bases reported that their groups are doing very well. Naval Base San Diego reported that their numbers increased from 13 to 28 during their last period of faith sharing. They also had 30 attend their Life in Christ retreat including two chaplains. One group started a Why Catholic? Prayer Chain which has increased the confidence of members in both asking for prayer and in sharing about answered prayer. One participant shared that the prayer in the faith sharing session was like “an espresso shot of Jesus� for her spiritual life. One base promoted a specific outreach to new parents and this has resulted in more members for the Why Catholic? small communities.