faith formation

A new tool is available for home use around meals to encourage conversations about faith.

Teen with autism found her own path to the Catholic faith, aided by compassionate parents, sponsors and godparents.

The Swiss Guard are not just highly trained specialists in security and ceremonial detail, they also receive extensive spiritual formation.

Our faith calls us to learn what the Lord is asking from our lives and trust that God is already at work.

Through ministries it supports, the Bishop’s Annual Appeal makes a difference in many people’s faith lives across the diocese.

With more than 20 years of professional ministry experience, Doug Tooke has traveled to over 100 dioceses — teaching, keynoting conventions and training youth ministers. The vice president of ministry advancement for ODB Films and an adjunct staff member with Life Teen International, he will present four October events for the St. Cloud Diocese.  

Bishop’s Annual Appeal helps to ensure that good formation will enable lay ministers to lead and perform the tasks of ministry confidently.

With funding support from the North Georgia Catholic Foundation and Our Sunday Visitor, the Office of Faith Formation and Discipleship of the Archdiocese of Atlanta has launched the first video training series based on the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ framework for youth ministry.