Almost a bit of an epilogue, this story from the pen of Fr. Joseph gains an extra chapter a little bit down the road from the final one Joseph wrote himself. Enjoy this final installment of Bigger than Ourselves, the final story of Go Your Way.

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The Parish Council - comprised of several familiar faces - gathers to hear the decision on the parish's new direction from the diocesan office, but not before sharing in some prayer together.

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Kevin is a strategic thinker with a strong education and experience background that he brings to his role advising the bishop. His old parish, St. Brendan, is on the chopping block. The data tells a story, and he finds himself torn over what to advise and what to do.

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Jill is a faithful parishioner and seasoned nurse-educator, no longer juggling parenthood so steeply as an empty nester now that her and her husband Ken's kids have moved out. She helps host and lead a faith-sharing group, and her discernment has been percolating in new ways lately.

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Nick is always there, every week, at the ten Mass -- sharp navy suit, clean red tie, church tidied, bulletins and baskets at the ready. He is a widower and father of a grown, lapsed Catholic, and he just wants to belong and serve. And maybe a bit more.

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Andrew is a diocesan priest and the associate pastor of St. Brendan. He has been on the fast track from Catholic school all the way into priesthood, and he imagines he must be a pastor soon. His play to make a bigger name for himself in ministry stumbles, and it takes the steady hand of his veteran pastor to recalibrate him.

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Meet Larry.

He's the newly hired food pantry manager, a newly created part-time job. As he acclimates to adding this exciting opportunity to his 30-hour role in design, he and the pastor decide he should submit a journal to help Fr. Joseph understand what a week in the role is like.

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Meet Adam.

Adam has just started at college and he's finding his footing. The wild card? He's been thinking about religious life and priesthood, and he thinks he wants to share it a bit, while not overdoing it with new friends or undersharing it loved ones and trusted people.

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Meet Hope.

Hope is the director of youth and young adult ministry. And it's going well! But for all her talent and skill, she's edging toward burn out, and worrying her ministry is going flat. How could she shake things up and renew her work?

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Meet Madison.

She's a member of Ms. Hope's St. Brendan youth group, and it's clear at the summer wrap-up Navigators Night that she remained a young woman in between. Madison faces down a social tug-of-war that starts to pull her in a bad direction.

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