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Religious Education and Spiritual Growth Programs
For additional information about any of these programs, please call the
rectory 508-875-5959.
Legion of Mary
The Legion of Mary, a worldwide organization of the lay apostolate, whose
members perform spiritual and apostolic works in the parish. Members meet
weekly, recite the Legion Prayer and the Rosary, and perform and assigned
apostolic work. The St. Bridget's Legion, Our Lady of Help of Sinners,
meets Tuesday mornings following the 9:00 Mass in the Rectory Meeting
Room.
Pre-Cana
(Marriage Preparation)
This is a regional program, offered at St. Bridget's, in conjunction with
the Family Life Apostolate of the Archdiocese of Boston. It consists of
3 evening sessions directed by a team of married couples. Presentations,
discussions and individual exercises for the participating couples serve
to highlight the main topics of the Pre-Cana program: Communication in
marriage; Marriage Adjustments; Human Sexuality; Responsible Parenthood
and Marriage as Vocation and Sacrament. The program concludes with an
Engagement Ceremony during which the Church officially recognizes and
blesses this important period in the lives of the participating couples.
Spiritual
Development Committee
The Spiritual Development Committee exists to guide and intensify the
spiritual life of the parish. They meet regularly to pray, plan monthly
programs for the parish, sponsor adult education lecture series and special
liturgical celebra-tions: Retreats, missions, days of recollection. The
committee encourages outreach programs for purposes of evangelization
(RCIA) and fellowship. Membership is open to adult members of the parish.
They also sponsor such Adult Education Series as the Living with Christ
Program and the Nouvalis Program. The DeSales Program will be offered
on a cyclic basis.
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Religious
Education
Confraternity Of Christian Doctrine (CCD)
St. Bridget's Religious Education Program offers instruction in Catholic
doctrine and faith formation to public-school students in Grades K-12.
This ministry provides training and spiritual development for the teachers,
sacramental programs for students and parents, as well as student retreats.
Visit the
Religious Education page.
Registration forms are available online.
RCIA (Rite
Of Christian Initiation Of Adults)
The RCIA is a process through which adults are fully initiated into the
Catholic faith community. It includes 4 periods of formation: (1) Precatechumenate;
(2) Catechumenate; (3) Enlightenment, and (4) Mystagogia. These 4 periods
are separated by major liturgical rites or stages. The RCIA is not simply
another parish program. The entire parish, in one way or another, takes
responsibility for the formation of adults who wish to join the community
of faith.
 Respect
Life Committee
The Respect Life Committee meets each month in the Rectory Meeting Room.
It deals with all the critical life issues of the day, from the moment
of conception until natural death. It provides catechizes on the issue
of abortion, and supplies parishioners accurate data on the political
and moral ramifications of Supreme Court decisions. The most critical
issues of our times are the "Life Issues". Parishioners will find this
Committee most helpful in sorting out fact from fiction, and understanding
the Church's position in the "life issues" debate.
Novalis
Program
As an outgrowth of The Living with Christ series of Adult Religious Education
programs, a scriptural study/prayer group has been formed here at St.
Bridget's. Employing the precise scriptural context of the daily liturgy,
as provided us in monthly booklets, the meaning and instruction and its
application to our lives today is developed through group discussion.
Through the use of the many forms of prayer, (Scripted Prayer, Lectio
Divina, Imaginative Prayer, Contemplative/Meditative Prayer, etc.), as
well as life experiences, the Old and New Testaments become actively present
in our lives. Participants in the program are encouraged to keep a daily
prayer journal. Meetings are held in the Parish Renewal Center from 7:30
to 9:00 pm on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month. If a change
is necessary, all are notified.
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