Our Adult faith Formation program is a journey that challenges our parish to become a more dynamic community of faith and service. Through an emphasis on learning and growth in discipleship, we are placing faith formation in the center of our parish life. As a community, we are committed to the formation of mature adult disciples of Jesus Christ. We pray all our adult members will commit to this rich and fulfilling lifelong formation process.

Our task is to implement the vision presented in the United States Bishop’s pastoral plan “Our Hearts Were Burning Within Us.” The plan seeks to address six areas for adult catechesis: Knowledge of Faith, Liturgical Life, Moral Formation, Prayer, Communal Life, and Missionary Spirit. We seek to form parishes that are vitally alive in the faith. These communities will provide a parish climate and an array of activities and resources designed to help adults more fully understand and live their faith. We also seek to form adults who actively cultivate a lively baptismal and Eucharistic spirituality with a powerful sense of mission and apostolate. Nourished by word, sacrament, and communal life, they will witness and share the Gospel in their homes, neighborhoods, places of work, and centers of culture. (OHWB, #17).

The following ministries are included in our Adult Faith Formation program at St. Matthew:

A volunteer for this group: Likes to explore and help others explore God’s word in all facets of their lives and make it the foundation for all we are and do; believes in the power of prayer; believes that in knowledge there is strength; is excited about the spiritual and mental growth fro themselves and others; desires to share knowledge and faith experiences with others.