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February 15, 2024, Detroit – Is one of your children preparing for First Communion or Confirmation this Spring? The latest booklet by Sister Janet Schaeffler, OP, Family Faith Conversations for Living Eucharist and Reconciliation, can help you to hove conversations with your children as they prepare for the sacrament – or to participate in Mass and the Sacraments in daily life.

Research has shown that parents can profoundly influence their children’s faith simply by speaking with them regularly about their own faith journey. “This booklet is designed to help you, as parents, engage in conversation with your child(ren) as you – by your conversations and your life – continually draw attention to God’s presence in their lives,” Sister Janet wrote in the introduction.

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Sister Janet Schaeffler, OP

A retreat leader and a consultant for catechists and adult faith formation leaders, Sister Janet previously served as Director of Adult Faith Formation for the Archdiocese of Detroit. She is a recipient of the National Conference for Catechetical Leadership (NCCL) Distinguished Service Award. Sister Janet has also written numerous Advent reflection books and booklets to help in the faith formation of catechists and parents.

Family Faithful Conversations is available through Twenty-Third Publications or the Weber Shop at Weber Retreat and Conference Center. To order a copy, email webershop@adriandominicans.org or call 517-266-4035. 


 


October 4, 2022, New London, Connecticut – As we move further into the season of fall and many begin to prepare for Christmas, it’s time to make spiritual preparations to celebrate the incarnation of Jesus. 

Sister Janet Schaeffler, OP

Sister Janet Schaeffler, OP, has released Advent 2022: Awaiting the Good News. Beginning on November 27, 2022, the First Sunday of Advent, and running through Christmas Day, December 25, 2022, the booklet offers daily reflections on Scripture passages, inspirational stories, suggested daily practices, and prayers to aid in that preparation.

A retreat leader and a consultant for catechists and adult faith formation leaders, Sister Janet also once ministered as Director of Adult Faith Formation for the Archdiocese of Detroit. She is a recipient of the National Conference for Catechetical Leadership (NCCL) Distinguished Service Award.

Noting the difficulties and challenges of the past few years, Sister Janet reminds readers in her introduction that “numerous instances and stories of goodness” have also been part of those years. Advent can be a time to focus on these positive stories. “These Advent days ahead of us invite us to show down and become more aware of the good news of God-among-us: the glimpses of goodness vibrantly alive in the everydayness of our lives,” Sister Janet writes.

Copies of Awaiting the Good News and of the Spanish edition, Esperamos la Buena Nueva, are available through Twenty-third Publications. They can also be ordered through the Weber Center Shop at Weber Retreat and Conference Center, 1257 E. Siena Heights Drive, Adrian, MI 49221; webershop@adriandominicans.org; or 517-266-4035. The shop is open Wednesdays through Fridays from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The shop is closed for lunch from noon to 12:45 p.m.  


 

 

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