Circles of Understanding
May 9, 2024
People from all faiths, races, cultures, orientations, ways of life and backgrounds are invited to share their stories with a diverse group of people as we come to a greater understanding of one another through prayerful listening. Begins with a simple meal.
Four Guides for Your Advent Journey
December 5, 2023
Take an Advent pilgrimage with four biblical guides who will lead us on the road to Bethlehem. Our destination isn’t a place, though; it is a person. Our journey is to meet Jesus Christ.
Becoming Eucharistic People
October 3, 2023 – October 24, 2023
The Synod that opens in Rome in October has named three priority issues: “communion, participation and mission.” The speakers for this series use these priorities to reflect on the Eucharist. They will lead us into a deeper engagement with the Eucharist and inspires us to be missionary disciples.
The Death Penalty from a Faith Perspective
October 10, 2023
What does the church teach about the death penalty? What do you believe? Using personal histories, scripture, the Catechism and social science, Fr. Mark Miller, CPPS, will guide us through the church’s evolving understanding of the death penalty.
Waking Up White Book Study
September 6, 2023
What is racism and how does it affect me? What is white privilege and how does it affect me? These are some of the questions we will explore while reading and discussing Debby Irving’s book Waking Up White and Finding Myself in the Story of Race.
Reclaiming the Romance
September 30, 2023
An afternoon retreat for married couples old, new and in between, hoping to enrich their lives together. Begins with lunch and ends with Mass.
No Guilty Bystander: The Extraordinary Life of Bishop Thomas Gumbleton
July 27, 2023
Watch Party! Orbis Books is releasing a new, major biography of Bishop Tom Gumbleton this summer. They are hosting a launch party for the book in Detroit with the authors and Bishop Gumbleton as guests of honor. We’ll be watching the livestream of that event. Join Us!
Introduction to Centering Prayer
June 10, 2023 – June 17, 2023
Learn more about how to practice this form of silent prayer rooted in ancient Christian tradition. It is a remarkably simple method, related to meditation, that opens one to God’s gift of contemplative prayer. A two-part workshop.
The Eucharistic Spirituality of Teilhard de Chardin
February 23, 2023 – March 23, 2023
We will examine Eucharistic theology and practice prayer forms in light of the spirituality of the French Jesuit Teilhard de Chardin, who saw the Eucharist as a living symbol of the ongoing incarnation of the cosmos.
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2023
January 24, 2023
The Renewal Center and the Liberty-Area Ministerial Alliance will host prayer and study events during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, an international observance jointly organized by the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and the World Council of Churches.