Following Christ
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Have you completed Discovering Christ and want to take the next step in your discipleship journey?
Join us for Following Christ, starting in February at both of our partner parishes!
Building on what we experienced in Discovering Christ, the Following Christ course will equip you to live as a Catholic disciple of Jesus based on the disciplines and truths practiced by Christians from the time of the early Church.
Following Christ 2025
Saint Katharine Drexel Parish Following Christ participants 2025
Saint James Parish Following Christ participants 2025
The following testimonials are just a sample of the extraordinary impact that the ChristLife journey has had on participants:
"I can't begin to tell you how full my heart is - full of love and gratitude for something I have been searching for all my life as a Catholic."
“I have become closer to God and stronger in my faith. I am now committing more time to prayer daily, and my involvement in the church community is growing.”
“I had unanswered questions answered.”
“It brought me closer to other members of the parish and helped me learn how to pray.”
“Forgiveness is a tough pill to swallow, but so very necessary in order to move closer to Christ.”
“In my daily life I stop and think before I’m about to do something – is what I’m about to do or say consistent with what I believe Christ wants from me?”
“I now have a thirst for knowledge of Scripture. I am on fire for Christ. I have made good friends.”
“ChristLife improved my life greatly. I was always a church goer, but now I am a church listener.”
“I’m a 25+ year convert. This is the most beneficial and exciting event I’ve ever had the opportunity to attend.”
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Invitation Video
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A typical Session
Each weekly session includes four components: prayer, video teaching, small group discussion, and practical applications. 1. Prayer and Worship 
In Following Christ, we begin each night with prayer as we go deeper into the experience of communal prayer and worship together.2. Video Teaching 
Following Christ provides practical, down-to-earth teaching based on Scripture, Church teaching, and the witness of the speaker’s own journey as a disciple of Christ.3. Disciple-Making Small Groups 
Our weekly small groups provide spiritual encouragement, and accountability and personal sharing builds bonds among us as brothers and sisters in Christ.4. Weekly Practical Applications 
Following Christ helps you develop the lifestyle of a disciple. Weekly practical application steps challenge us to put our faith into action and help us to grow as we live out our faith in daily life.Themes for the these weeks include these practical life-changing topics:
Daily Personal Prayer, Hearing God in Scripture, The Power of the Sacraments, Forgiving One Another, The Spirit-Empowered Life, and We Are At War.
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