"Discovering Christ" is a seven-week experience where anyone and everyone, from the baptized in the pews to the unbaptized, is invited to hear the Good News and personally encounter Jesus Christ. Discovering Christ helps people enter into or renew a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, experience the love of God the Father, and be empowered by the Holy Spirit to live as God’s children.
Discovering Christ consists of seven weekly sessions and a retreat day. The weekly sessions include four components: a meal, prayer time, a video teaching, and small group discussion. Some of the topics include "What is the Meaning of LIfe", "Why Does Jesus Matter", "What Does Jesus Want Us to Know", and "The Holy Spirit and You".
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“During Discovering Christ I found the answers to the deeper questions I had been asking. I didn't just learn that Jesus loved me and died on the cross for me. I actually experienced that love!”
"The past seven weeks have been amazing. I feel so much closer to God, my prayer life has grown dramatically.”
“This course helped me to open my heart to Jesus and ask him for forgiveness, strength and courage.”
“Our Catholic faith is more exciting, more vibrant, and more effective in inspiring and attracting others to encounter ... Christ.”
"Discovering Christ has touched hundreds of lives at St. Martin de Porres since we began the series in 2010, and as a result it has impacted the life of our entire parish. It’s been a springboard for a renewed faith for people in the pews, as well as for many who have been away from the Catholic Church for years." -Msgr. James Sullivan, St. Martin de Porres, Poughkeepsie, NY
“Christians have the duty to proclaim the Gospel without excluding anyone. Instead of seeming to impose new obligations, they should appear as people who wish to share their joy, who point to a horizon of beauty and who invite others to a delicious banquet. It is not by proselytizing that the Church grows, but ‘by attraction’.” - Pope Francis, The Joy of the Gospel, 15