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Year of the Eucharist

Book Talk: Sending (ch. 5)
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Eucharistic Essay
- We want to know how the Eucharist has shaped your life. How does it impact your faith?
  
  Send in your written essay to Heather Snyder (Communications & Stewardship) at h.snyder@stbens.net.
  
  In the coming months, these essays will be shared, with your permission, with the St. Benedict community as a source of common hope.
- Submissions
  
  Laura Cooper: Seasons of Love
  
  Thomas Allsopp: No Body Now, but Yours
  
  Christine Branham: God With Us
  
  Anne Leache: Seven Words
  
  Anonymous: You Accept God's Love
Retreats & Book Talks
- Pick up your book at Mass!
Guiding Questions
Eucharistic Retreats
- Part I: Gather
- Part III: Presence
- Part VI: Sending
Resources
- Essay by Fr. Bryan Dolejsi, "Be Healed: Healing the Whole Person Through the Eucharist"
  
  "It is the most regular place of encounter sustaining a believer through the joys and sorrows of life as the source and summit of our faith.
  
  The Eucharist is the deepest place of encounter with the Risen Jesus, identity of the church, and provides forgiveness of venial sins. It is the most privileged means of relationship with God. We touch Jesus in the Eucharist."
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- Seminarian Sylvester Chanda unpacks what it looks like for our Parish to participate in Archbishop Etienne's invitation to celebrate the "Year of the Eucharist."
- Part 1
- Part II
- Part III
- Letter from Archbishop Etienne,
  "The Work of Redemption"
  
  "How wonderful it would be if, during the coming year, each of us could grow in our desire and ability to be in prayerful conversation with Christ, present in the Blessed Sacrament! . . .
  
  The Lord longs to hear from us, to know, in our own words, what is happening in our lives: our hopes, fears, joys, concerns, questions. . . ."
  
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