| This site has all the resources necessary to start,
run, or renew your home cell, as well as free training resources for
those who wish to run home cell training seminars in their
community. Encouraged and endorsed by the Church, home cells
represent important Christian communities for evangelization, renew,
fellowship, ecumenism, encouragement, and exercising the Gifts of
the Spirit. |
Contents
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| Guidelines from the Vatican |
| Running a Home
Cell |
| Praise and Worship
Music for Home Cells |
| Exercising the Gifts of the Spirit |
| Home Cell eGroup - Home
Cell Leaders Database |
| Home
Cell Guidelines from Other Christian Churches |
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Essential Resources
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| A primary resource for SFSG's along with other
excellent resources may be found at Presentation Ministries website:
Presentation Ministries - Home.
This site is truly what a Catholic evangelist site should be.
See also: Presentation Ministries - Brochures |
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Renew
your Parish within 12 years by Presentation Ministries (A Guide to
Implementing Small Faith Sharing Groups in your Parish)
Nihil obstat: Rev. Robert J. Buschmiller
Imprimatur: Most Rev. Carl K Moeddel, Vicar General and Auxiliary
Bishop of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.
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Building Small Christian Communities by
Presentation Ministries (An extensive - 34 page - manual for
training home cell leaders, guidelines for home cells, and
implementing home cells in your community.)
Nihil obstat: Rev. Robert J. Buschmiller
Imprimatur: Most Rev. James H Garland, Vicar General and Auxiliary
Bishop of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.
Download these excellent Manuals (in Adobe Acrobat)
from Presentation Ministries or view their other Brochures at Presentation Ministries - Brochures
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Unless the Lord Build the House... - Psalm 1271
In this book,
Presentation Ministries
share what they have learned about leadership development,
structure, and networking in forming small Christian communities
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Emmaus Journey-A Catholic Small-Group Bible Discussion Series
- Emmaus Journey is a Catholic ministry offering
Scripture based small group materials for small groups, and
downloadable small group discussion material on the Sunday Mass
Readings, called Reflecting on Sunday's Reading
Highly recommended resources for home cells
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Leading Small Groups
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The Evangelical Catholic
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Scriptural References
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| Find
out more about the Gifts of the Spirit - 1 Corinthians 12: |
| Different
services to be rendered by His People - Romans 12: |
| Higher
Gifts for God's People - Ephesians 4:11 |
Find out more about what the
Pope says about:
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Home Cells:
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| "Because the Church is communion, the new 'basic
communities,' if they truly live in unity with the Church, are a
true expression of communion and a means for the construction of a
more profound communion. They are thus cause for great hope for the
life of the Church" (Pope John Paul 11, Mission of the
Redeemer, 5 1). |
| "So that all parishes of this kind may be truly
communities of Christians, local ecclesial authorities ought to
foster the following: |
| a) adaptation of parish structures according to the
full flexibility granted by canon law, especially in promoting
participation of the lay faithful in pastoral responsibilities; |
| b) small, basic or so-called 'living' communities,
where the faithful can communicate the word of God and express it in
service and love to one another. These communities are true
expressions of ecclesial communion and centers of evangelization, in
communion with their pastors" (Pope John Paul 11, The Lay
Members of Christ's Faithful People, 26). |
| These communities decentralize and organize the parish
community, to which they always remain united" (Pope John Paul 11,
Mission of the Redeemer, 5 1). |
| "Internal to the parish, especially if vast and
territorially extensive, small Church communities, where
present, can be notable help in the formation of Christians by
providing a consciousness and an experience of ecclesial communion
and mission which are more extensive and incisive" |
| (Pope John Paul 11, The Lay Members of Christ’s
Faith People, 6 1). |
Ministries and Charisms, the Spirit's Gifts to the
Church
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| 21. The Second Vatican Council speaks of the
ministries and charisms as the gifts of the Holy Spirit which are
given for the building up of the Body of Christ and for its mission
of salvation in the world(64). Indeed, the Church is directed and
guided by the Holy Spirit, who lavishes diverse hierarchical and
charismatic gifts on all the baptized, calling them to be, each in
an individual way, active and co-responsible. |
| Apostolic Exhortation Christifideles
Laici of John Paul II |
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Cardinal
Bernardin:
In
the U.S., many of our parishes are quite large and, consequently,
may exhibit anonymity more than community.
In such settings, it is often difficult for effective
evangelization to take place. A
possible solution is to restructure the parish as a
community of communities. In
such a vision and structure, Catholics gather in small groups
determined by neighborhood, family, needs, interests, or a common
ministry in order to pray, read Scripture and share.
Authentic community is vital to effective evangelization.
It nurtures believers. If
Catholics experience community on a smaller scale, they may form and
experience more of a community when they gather for parish liturgies
on the weekends.
Pope
John Paul II:
Pastors and catechists should exert more effort in the
formation of suitable community leaders and animators, so that our
small Christian communities may develop into truly self-evangelizing
communities in which the faithful are progressively formed in the
faith in an ongoing manner, and trained to be evangelizers and
witnesses to Christ reaching out to those who do not yet know Him
sufficiently.
Pope
John Paul II:
THE VISION - The Parish as a Community of Many Small Communities
"One way of
renewing parishes, especially urgent for parishes in large cities,
might be to consider the parish as a community of communities and
movements.
"It seems timely therefore to form ecclesial communities and
groups of a size that allows for true human relationships. This will
make it possible to live communion more intensely, ensuring that it
is fostered not only ad intra, but also with the parish communities
to which such groups belong and with the entire diocesan and
universal church.
"In
such a human context it will be easier to gather to hear the word of
God, to reflect on the range of human problems in the light of this
word and gradually to make responsible decisions inspired by the
all-embracing love of Christ."
Pope John Paul II "The Church in America", January
22, 1999
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Charisms
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| 24. The Holy Spirit, while bestowing diverse
ministries in Church communion, enriches it still further with
particular gifts or promptings of grace, called charisms. These
can take a great variety of forms, both as a manifestation of the
absolute freedom of the Spirit who abundantly supplies them, and as
a response to the varied needs of the Church in history. The
description and the classification given to these gifts in the New
Testament are an indication of their rich variety. "To each is
given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. To one is
given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the
utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, to another
faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one
Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to
another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another
various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of
tongues" (1 Cor 12:7-10; cf. 1 Cor 12:4-6, 28-31;
Rom 12:6-8; 1 Pt 4:10-11). |
| Apostolic Exhortation Christifideles
Laici of John Paul II |
Exercising the Gifts of the Spirit
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| By a logic which looks to the divine source of this
giving [of the Gifts of the Spirit], as the Council recalls (80),
the gifts of the Spirit demand that those who have received them
exercise them for the growth of the whole Church. |
| All are called to use the Gifts (charisms) they have
been given by the Holy Spirit, to become active participants in the
Life of the Church. Pope John Paul II |
Other Websites
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| Facilitator Guidelines |
| Resources For Small Group Faith Sharing |
| Presentation Ministries - Brochures |
| Coordinating Small Faith-Sharing Groups for Teens |
| CELEBRATING THE WORD |
| DM- Evangelization Planning |
| Small
Christian Community Materials |
| Small Church Communities |
| Charismatics
Newsletter |
| Small Christian Communities
- Amazon.com Publications |
Directories
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| Totally Catholic Link Directory |
| PetersNet |
| ChristianWeb Register |
| Catholic Canada |
| Best Catholic Links |
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Cell
Group Materials Download Page
Praise@Work -
Singapore Catholic Charismatic Prayer Group For Working Adults |
RENEW
International Home Page
Canadian Renew website with basic home cell guides |
Small
Group Leaders Manual
Excellent online manual on leading home cells. |
The
Pilgrimage Training Group - Toolkit
The Small Group Toolkit offers tips on how to make
your small group or small group program flourish. Every month you
can get Small Group Leader Tips & Ideas from their Small
Group Toolkit. |
Home
Group Primer
Another online training manual covering all facets of home
cells. Well worth reading or downloading the self-executing zip file
containing the complete manual. |
| SmallGroups.com - The Small Group Network |
