"The Water, Light, and Life mission kit provides all that you and your team need to deliver a four-session Lenten parish mission. To make it easy on you, the authors have thought of everything, including materials to plan, publicize, implement, and evaluate. I love how the sessions enable the entire parish, adults, teens, and children, to delve into the readings that we hear on Ash Wednesday and the weeks of the Lenten scrutiny rites. This mission will enable your parishioners, including the elect, to have “time for spiritual recollection” to grow closer to Christ and prepare for Easter. (RCIA 139)"
—Kate Kleintank Director of Adult Faith Formation, Church of the Resurrection and St. Paul Parish, Ellicott City, MD

"If you are looking for a way to connect the entire parish family with the mission of Christian Initiation, Water, Light, and Life, allows a parish to conduct their own Lenten mission. Its connection to the journey of the elect on their way to baptism allows the entire parish to participate in the dying and rising of the Lenten and Easter seasons, integral to the Church's life. This do-it-yourself mission is practical, well-paced and well-thought-out. This mission calls on parishioners to recognize the significance of their own baptisms and accompany those seeking baptism. Water, Light, and Life is grounded in the riches of both liturgy and Scripture. It's inclusivity and intergenerational nature makes it an invaluable resource for any parish."
—Kelsey Pena Director of Christian Initiation, St. Theresa Catholic Church, Sugar Land, TX

"As a DRE, I have participated in many different kinds of Lenten missions. I can honestly say that Water, Light, and Life offers something new and transformative. The four sessions of the mission are laid out step-by-step while offering flexibility to meet the unique needs of your community. Your parish-led team will be guided in taking the familiar background of the readings and rites of the scrutinies to offer participants of all ages an experience of music, art, video, activities, discussion, prayer, and reflection that leads to a conversion of heart, an increase in love of God, and strengthening of faith for the individual and for the community as a whole."
—Cathy Gillooly Director of Religious Education, St. Anne, Oswego, IL

"Water, Light, and Life is a beautiful and comprehensive Lenten mission that every parish should aim to do! Grounded in the three scrutiny rites of the Period of Purification and Enlightenment, this mission invites participants to encounter the woman at the well, the man born blind, and Lazarus. Just as these Biblical characters encounter Christ, each session of the mission is designed to draw participants into an encounter with the paschal mystery of Christ. Water, Light, and Life will prepare the faith community for the celebration of the Lord’s resurrection at Easter. Each of the four sessions includes materials for adults, teens, and children (with suggested adaptations for various ages) to make this a family/parish mission that will help the parish grow together in the Christian life. This mission can be adapted or supplemented to meet the specific needs of the parish. Water, Light, and Life does not require a parish to find outsider speakers; in fact, it encourages the parish’s pastoral staff and other leaders to collaborate in creating a welcoming, reverent, and a safe space for all. Water, Light, and Life is the perfect mission for every church and for every generation because it seeks to transform, refresh, restore, revive, and to grow in faith!"
—Christian Leaños Director of Hispanic Music Ministry, Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, Washington, DC

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