Stevens Point Deanery. Diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin USA
Practical Millenium Ideas
Individual:
* Plan to make a retreat
* Make a pilgrimage, even to your diocesan Cathedral ... alone, or in a group
* Celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation or seek spiritual direction
* Read and pray each day the Scriptures or Sunday Mass Readings
* Read two pages of a Catholic magazine or spiritual book each day
* Increase your personal prayer time
* Learn more about Catholic Christian tradition and teachings
* Participate in the Eucharist regularly
* Visit Church and spend some time before the Blessed Sacrament
* Practice forgiving yourself and othersFamily:
* Make a Marriage Encounter weekend
* Develop family and household forms of daily prayer and ritual
* Celebrate the liturgical seasons at home
* Share at least one meal together as a family daily
* Designate one evening a week (or month) as a family night
* Designate and bless a door of your home as a holy door
* Designate a home prayer place, use it
* Pray for your family members and friends. Tell them about it!
* Pray with your spouse, before going to sleep or at meal time
* Share your faith with family and friends--tell your faith story
* Display Christian art in your home, play Christian music
* Discuss what your family watches on television in the light of Catholic values
* Share your family's resources with others
* Say something positive about the Church at least once a week
* Tell your child how proud you'd be if someone from your family became
a priest or religious
* Celebrate the baptism and saint days of family members
* Read Christian books
* Read Bible stories to the children in place of secular bedtime storiesParish:
* Propose a parish-wide spiritual renewal process to your parish staff
* Form a study-sharing group (bible, prayer, Vatican II, current issues)
* Join a small faith community in your parish
* Write a letter of support to a teenager
* Ask your DRE or Youth Minister how you could help with the Confirmation Program
* Think of someone you'd like to serve you a priest or religious ... let them know
* Write to a priest, religious or seminarian from your parish or diocese
* Tell your priest or religious what you like about their ministry
* Seek your pastor's permission to form an evangelization committee
* Support and strengthen the Church's ministers...ordained, religious and lay
* Foster ethnic and multi-cultural celebrations in your parish
* Promote parish workshops and retreats to explore issues in the
workplace in the light of Christian spirituality.
