If you are on a journey returning to the Catholic Church or still deciding if you want to return, you are welcome at St. Peter Church!
Our goal is to provide you with the help you need to complete your journey of understanding more clearly the Catholic Church and its teachings.
We are eager to walk with you in the practice of the faith that leads us all to Jesus Christ, our Lord. Our lives on earth should be a wholehearted search for God and His truth. For some, the search is easy and quick, for others it can be long and laborious.
The purpose of Catholics Returning Home is to make your search for the fullness of truth easier and more fruitful. God loves you so much that He will not stop searching for you, reaching out to you, and seeking you, so He can bring you safely home to a big, warm, and loving Catholic family. But God is gentle... the choice is yours.
Contact Jerry Marcec (630-232-4439) to inquire about the program. Please also visit the Catholics Come Home Site to learn more about your Catholic faith. click here
The word “formation” means “the process of taking shape.” The shape we are all attempting to take on is that of Jesus Christ Himself.
Adult Formation is about the process of growing into our faith while allowing room for Christ Himself to grow inside of us. When we stop growing spiritually, we run out of room for Christ. Formation is hard work that never really has an end.
It seems that way, anyway. In reality, we only do half of the work of formation. God does the rest. Still, our work is hard. Sure, God parted the Red Sea, but Moses had to get the Israelites through the desert and to the Sea’s shore.
And let’s be honest. Moses had the harder job because Moses is Moses and God is God.
As an adult, spiritual formation is about doing some hard work so that God can do some amazing work. It’s about taking the initiative, moving through our deserts, and then standing back and expecting that miracle.
Because miracles always come to those who work, watch and wait.
That’s what Adult Formation is all about: working on ourselves, watching for chances to grow and waiting for God to make us into something miraculous.
The mission of the Adult Faith Formation program at St. Peter is to form Catholic Christians into a community of critically self-reflecting, mature disciples who know and practice their faith deeply and to equip them for service to God and their neighbor. To accomplish this, our parish offers and/or promotes various programs throughout the year to increase one’s knowledge of our Christian, Catholic faith and to encourage one to grow in love for and service to others for the love of God. Programs are announced throughout the year in our bulletin.
The Great Adventure Bible Study series is an easy to use system designed to give the average Catholic a solid foundation for a lifetime of Bible reading. It makes the complex scripture simple, so everyone can understand the basic story by reducing it down into a cohesive narrative. If you have tried to study the Bible before, but were unable to grasp the fullness and richness of scripture, this study will enlighten you. At the same time, it provides the tools needed to delve deeper into the Bible and our faith. This unique study helps Catholics understand the Mass and all of the sacraments in a clearer way than perhaps ever before. It can help participants feel confident and informed when explaining our faith to our children, our friends and others.
Please contact Susie Homan (630-934-4077) or Maureen Pott (630-232-6138) to inquire and/or learn what studies are currently available for registration. You may also be interested in learning more from the Great Adventure website: www.biblestudyforcatholics.com .
Start a small group, using these excellent video-led Bible Studies. Click here to learn more.
The Fox Valley Women’s Bible Study offers two sessions each year, fall (September to December) and winter (January to March), and meets Wednesday mornings for lectures and small group discussion. Women from St. Peter, St. Patrick, St. John Neumann, Holy Cross and Resurrection churches sponsor the sessions. A children’s program is available for a nominal fee and infants can stay with their mothers. The program cost, including books and study guides, is $30. The sessions this year are at St. John Neumann Church in St. Charles IL. For additional information, call Dorothy Beck (630-208-6637) or Mary Hendrian (630-208-8425).
We must love and serve the Lord by always loving and serving one another. Our parish wants to help the faithful discern their gifts for service and help them engage in their own, individual ministry. Our Volunteer Coordinator can assist you in discovering where your gifts, skills and talents can be utilized to serve God. Not sure what your gifts are? We can assist you with this discernment as well.
If you feel you would like a personal interview to dialogue about your call to serve, call Rama Canney (630-232-0124 x.104).
St. Ignatius Loyola, and other saints too, believed that we need to really know ourselves deeply. In this way we can get an inkling of how God sees us. With an authentic view of our self and our acceptance of God’s grace, we can experience, over time, a transformation of will, attitude and character. We begin to want for ourselves and others what God wants. This is the way we restore our soul back to the image and likeness of God and is the work of our life. Watch the bulletin for spiritual and personal development topics.
Spiritual Direction
Spiritual Direction helps a person notice and respond to the movement of God as experienced in prayer and the events of ordinary life.
The director listens reverently to the person, creating an atmosphere where she/he can look honestly at his/her relationship with God,
as it is lived out in everyday life. If spiritual direction is something for you, here are some suggested resources:
For additional detail, click RCIA / Becoming Catholic Anyone with questions about becoming Catholic or Adult Confirmation should call Greg D’Anna (630-232-0124 x. 110).
Don’t we sound like fun?
Well, we are! If you would like to join the Adult Formation Team, we’d love to have you. Training for all volunteers is provided. We will only send you where you’re comfortable serving. If you would like to volunteer, first please say this discernment prayer and then quietly listen for God to speak to you. It may just feel like an excitement about a particular event, or a sense of peace about a decision. He often speaks to us in a still, quiet voice.
Dearest Lord, please show me how I may best serve your will, not only by serving others, but also by being fully myself in everything I do. Teach me who I am so that I might be that person for others. Amen.
Adult Formation is always looking for people to help during retreats, classes, fellowship events, speaker events, with the library, with childcare, with technology and a myriad of other areas.
Look through our pages and see if anything strikes you. If you’d like to be involved and are unsure of where you fit in, call Rama Canney, 630-232-0124 x 105 to schedule a discernment interview. We’ll talk about your interests and abilities and try to find a good match for you.
All you need is a love of God, a sense of humor and a willingness to try new things. We’ll help with the rest.
We’re here for you! If you have a suggestion for a program, a comment about something you’ve attended or if you simply want to talk about the Adult Formation process, our door, email box and phone line are always open to you.
Simply contact the Director of Adult Formation in one of the following ways.
By Mail:
St. Peter Church
1891 Kaneville Road
Geneva, IL 60134
By Phone:
(630) 232-0124 ext. 110
In Person:
Call for an appointment to meet with the Director at the Parish Center.