Casting the Net

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Welcome to Advent week #4!  Today is a continuation from last week with a lot of wonderful content, but one of our favorites is their discussion on "the importance of asking God to arrive".  

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Welcome to Episode 80, a continuation on Advent.  Lots of great takeaways from today, including:

• A nice analogy from Rick on the great Michael Jordan
• Another memorable quote:  "Only spiritual remedies can solve spiritual heartache"

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Welcome to the second episode in our series on Advent.  Today is a continuation from last week, and one quote from today could sum up the episode:

"The brutal fact is that we need a Savior!"

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Welcome to episode 78!  Today is the first episode in our series on Advent.  As usual there is a lot of great information here, and some of our favorites are below:

• During Advent the Church seeks to invite us into a time of intentional consideration of what God is doing
• It's very easy to lose sight of what's important 
• Christmas is not a nostalgic musing

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Welcome back to part 2 of this important discussion on keeping our adult children in the faith.  A few key points from today's episode:

• Understanding what our mission really is
• How to engage with their well-being at heart
• The importance of praying to God and leaning to Christ in asking for help in engaging adult children who may have left the faith
• Don't taking it personally if your adult children leave the faith

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Welcome back! Today is a slight continuation from the last couple episodes in discussing the importance of engaging "kids" in the faith.  This week focuses on our adult children who decide to leave the faith.  A few key points from this important episode:

• Understanding the fear of parents whose adult children leave the faith
• How a parish is a unique community, and can be very personal
• Details on what we can do if our adult children decide to leave the faith
• Preparing kids for outcomes that are health and holy
• How parents never stop needing love from their adult children, so don't blow up the bridge in your relationship with them. Approach these topics carefully.

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Welcome to Episode 75, a continuation from the last couple weeks about the importance of keeping kids in the faith.  The discussion continues with a few key point on the following:

• Spiritual parenting
• Authenticity
• Trust

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Welcome to another very important episode of Casting the Net.  Today is a continuation from last week on the importance of keeping kids in the faith.  A few key highlights from today's episode...

• The data is very interesting on why kids stray from the faith
• Parents are key
• We need to set boundaries and standards not only for kids, but for us parents as well
• Kids respond best when they know they are loved and are very in tune to fraud, so parents must authentic when communicating with them
• Parents must be living examples of the faith or kids will not follow
• Parents need to ask church leaders when they need help

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Welcome to a very important episode for Casting the Net.  It's about keeping kids in the faith and what parents can do to setup our kids for success into adulthood.  A few key highlights:

• Parents must live the faith throughout the week
• Kids will learn and pickup on what you do
• Establish clear boundaries and expectations, but do this with warmth and understanding
• Don't let kids fall into the traps of social media a peer influence
• Parents are still the most important influence in a kids life, IF boundaries and expectations are established with that warmth and understanding

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Welcome to a very special episode of Casting the Net!  This week Father Dave gives us a detailed recap of his Pilgrimage to Santiago and the tomb of St. James. 

Did you know that as part of this pilgrimage he walked for 7 days?  That's amazing and his recollections of what he learned along the way are even more so. 

If you'd like to learn more about his trip, click the links below.

https://www.fatima.pt/en/
https://santiago-compostela.net/
https://catedraldesantiago.es/en/cathedral/

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