Pop-Up Prayer: Conversations on Prayer
Guests join Joe Paprocki, D.Min., for conversations on prayer in its many forms. Joe is National Consultant for Faith Formation at Loyola Press.
Stop, Look, and Listen
Jayne Ragasa-Mondoy, retired Director of the Office of Religious Education for the Diocese of Honolulu, talks about the need to stop, look, and listen when it comes to prayer. Jayne is the author of Cultivating Your Catechists: How to Recruit, Encourage, and Retain Successful Catechists.
Praying with Others
Julianne Stanz talks about a simple strategy for praying with others and how this way of praying is a powerful evangelizing tool. Julianne is Director of Outreach for Evangelization and Discipleship at Loyola Press and a consultant to the USCCB Committee on Catechesis and Evangelization. Her books include Start with Jesus: How Everyday Disciples Will Renew the Church.
A Disposition of Receptivity
Tom Quinlan talks about the need to create a disposition of receptivity when it comes to our personal prayer. Tom is Ministry Director at the St. Joseph Educational Center for the Diocese of Des Moines, IA, and the author of Excellence in Ministry.
Communal Prayer
Todd Williamson talks about understanding the nature of communal prayer. Todd is the Director of the Office for Divine Worship for the Archdiocese of Chicago. He is also a speaker, author, and liturgist whose ministerial experience includes teaching and parish pastoral ministry.
God Meeting Us Where We Are
Elsy Arévalo, Instructor and Assistant Director of the Center for Religion and Spirituality at Loyola Marymount University, explains that prayer is not about us reaching out to God as if we have to chase God down, but rather consenting to God meeting us where we are.