What's New at www.renewaloffaith.org Also be sure & check out our blog (found on the menu bar)
3/3/24 - added a page for the upcoming video for Why Should I Go to Mass (Weekly)?
2/27/24 - Introduced revamped website. Please see my blog article, "A New Look for My Website" detailing the changes.
2/23/24 - added the video for Why Should I Go to Confession?
11/25/23 - added a page for Part III in Fr. Jeff's series Made for Discipleship
11/10/23 - added a page with the video and slides for Part II in Fr. Jeff's series Made for Discipleship
10/27/23 - added a page with the video and slides for Part I in Fr. Jeff's series Made for Discipleship
10/20/23 - Added a page for Fr. Jeff's new series, Made for Discipleship
9/22/23 - Added a document, Towards Dignity and Truth: Compassionate Dialogue and Pastoral Response on Transgenderism, to the Catholic Morality and Sexuality page.
8/10/23 - Created a page, "Bulletin Series on the Mass 2023" - This series will be updated weekly with articles explaining what we do at Mass.
8/8/23 - Created a page, "All Things Eucharist" with links to all information on our website on the Eucharist and Mass
5/6/23 -Created a page with links to series of articles on the topic of Spirituality
4/1/23 - updated the handouts on the reconciliation page to reflect the revised Order of Penance
3/10/23 - added a page with the video and slides for Part III in Fr. Jeff's series The Greatest Gift: The Eucharist
2/10/23 - added a page with the video and slides for Part II in Fr. Jeff's series The Greatest Gift: The Eucharist
1/13/23 - added a page with the video and slides for Part I in Fr. Jeff's series The Greatest Gift: The Eucharist
12/25/22 - added a video of Fr. Jeff's Christmas Homily on the page for his new series The Greatest Gift: The Eucharist
12/22/22 - added a page for Fr. Jeff's series - The Greatest Gift: The Eucharist
11/18/22 - added a page with the video and slides for Part III in Fr. Jeff's series - Being Church in Today's World
10/28/22 - added a page with the video and slides for Part II in Fr. Jeff's series - Being Church in Today's World
9/23/22 - added a page with the video and slides for Part I in Fr. Jeff's series - Being Church in Today's World
8/26/22 - added a page with the video and slides for Fr. Jeff's presentation, Praying the Rosary From the Heart
5/4/22 - added a letter that Fr. Jeff wrote to the parishioners of St. Mary's of the Lake and St. Benedict's inviting them to a deeper and more frequent practice of the faith to the link list at the bottom of the page "Evangelization: A Call for All"
5/3/22 - added a link to Fr. Jeff's new blog article "Respecting the Dead" concerns new methods of "disposing" of human bodies after death.
4/8/22 - added a page with the video and slides for Part III of a series on healing, Finding Peace and Healing in a Troubled World
3/25/22 - added a page with the video and slides for Part II of a series on healing, Finding Peace and Healing in a Troubled World
3/9/22 - added a page with the video and slides for Part I of a series on healing, ​Finding Peace and Healing in a Troubled World
2/18/22 - added a page with video and slides for Starting Lent Right
12/3/21 - added a page with video and slides for Part III of a series on prayer, Giving Our Hearts to God: What It Means to Pray
11/19/21 - added a page with video and slides for Part II of a series on prayer, Giving Our Hearts to God: What It Means to Pray
10/29/21 - added a page with video and slides for Part I of a series on prayer, Giving Our Hearts to God: What It Means to Pray
5/20/21 - Added a page with the video and slides for Three Saints to Aid Us, a webinar presentation on St. Michael the Archangel, St. John Fisher, St. Thomas More
4/15/21 - Added a page with the video and slides for Part IV of the series, Treating Life with Dignity and Love
4/12/21 - Added a link to Fr. Jeff's new article "Towards Dignity and Truth: Compassionate Dialogue on Homosexuality" and his blog article introducing it
3/11/21 - Added a page with the video and slides for Part III of the series, Treating Life with Dignity and Love
3/5/21 - Added links to material on Catholic Sexuality to page on Catholic Moral Teaching and renamed it "Catholic Morality and Sexuality"
2/17/21 - Added an article to the "Funerals, Mass Intentions, and Purgatory" page on grieving, "Allowing Ourselves to Grieve"
2/11/21 - Added a page with video and slides for part II of the series, Treating Life with Dignity and Love
1/23/21 - Added a "tab" under the menu bar on "Catholic Moral Teaching" and the previous articles on Conscience and the new series, Treating Life with Dignity and Love, and added an article, "Many Voices: Who Should We Listen To?"
1/14/21 - Added a page with video and slides for part I of the series, Treating Life with Dignity and Love
1/2/21 - Added a page for a new series on pro-life teaching, Treating Life with Dignity and Love
11/20/20 - Added the fourth and final article to the series, "Our Relationships With Others," reflecting on Pope Francis' new encyclical, Fratelli Tutti.
11/19/20 - Added a page with the video of part III of the series, Uncovering the Treasures of the Mass
11/16/20 - Added the third article to the series, "Our Relationships With Others," reflecting on Pope Francis' new encyclical, Fratelli Tutti
11/12/20 - Added the second article to the series, "Our Relationships With Others," reflecting on Pope Francis' new encyclical, Fratelli Tutti.
11/10/20 - Added a page, "Our Relationships With Others," with the first article in a series reflecting on Pope Francis' new encyclical, Fratelli Tutti
10/15/20 - Added a page with the video of part II of the series, Uncovering the Treasures of the Mass
8/5/20 - Added a page with a short video on "Church Vestments"
7/24/20 - Added an article, "Purgatory as a Gift That Gets Us in Shape for Heaven" on Purgatory and Indulgences
6/4/20 - Added a page with the video and handout for Praying With the Trinity
5/7/20 - Added a page with the video and handout for Sacraments: Channel's of God's Grace: Sacraments of Service on the Sacraments of Marriage and Holy Orders
4/30/20 - Add a page with a short video, "A Tour of the Church"
4/16/20 - Added a page with a short video on "The Liturgical Books for Mass"
3/20/20 - Added a page with the video and handouts for Sacraments: Channel's of God's Grace: Sacraments of Healing on the Sacraments of the Anointing of the Sick and Reconciliation led by Fr. Jeff
3/6/20 - Added a page with the video and handouts for "Sacraments: Channels of God's Grace: Sacraments of Initiation II" on the Eucharist led by Fr. Jeff
2/8/20 - Added a page on "Funerals, Mass Intentions, and Purgatory"
2/7/20 - Added a page with the video and handouts for "Sacraments: Channels of God's Grace: Sacraments of Initiation I" led by Fr. Jeff
1/10/20 - Added a page with the video and handouts for "Sacraments: Channels of God's Grace Introduction" led by Fr. Jeff
11/8/19 - Added a page with the video and handout for "Our Saints and Intercessors, Part III," led by Fr. Jeff
10/3/19 - Added a page with the video and handout for "Our Saints and Intercessors, Part II" led by Fr. Jeff
9/13/19 - Added a page with the video and handouts for "Our Saints and Intercessors, Part I," led by Fr. Jeff
3/12/19 - Added a page with the video and handouts for "Where Do We Go For Truth?" led by Fr. Jeff
2/6/19 - Added a page with the video and handouts for "Are They Rules or a Way of Life?" led by Fr. Jeff
11/28/18 - Added a page with the video and handouts for "Advent: Preparing for the Incarnation," led by Fr. Jeff
10/6/18 - Added a page with the video and handouts for "Why Is It So Hard to Forgive Myself and Others?" led by Fr. Jeff
3/19/18 - Added a page with the video and handout for "The Journey to Jesus: Acts of Mercy," led by Fr. Jeff
2/28/18 - Added a page with the video and handouts of a session called "The Journey to Jesus" led by Fr. Jeff
2/10/18 -Added a page with the video and handouts of a session called "What It Means to be a Church" led by Fr. Jeff
11/24/17 - Added a new document called "What Sort of Church Should We Be?" discussing my perspective on how we move to the future of our church.
4/8/17 - Added a page with the video and handouts of a session called "Evangelization and Apologetics" led by Fr. Jeff
3/23/17 - Added a page with the video and handouts of a discussion/presentation called "Navigating the Bible" led by Fr. Jeff
3/1/17 - Added a page with the video and handouts of a discussion of our "Lenten Customs" led by Fr. Jeff
2/22/17 - Added a page with a short video by Fr. Jeff "So What's on the Altar?"
11/13/16 - Added a page with the video of Fr. Jeff's presentation "The Roots of Catholic Social Teaching"
9/18/16 - Added a page with the video of Fr. Jeff's presentation "What Comes After the Year of Mercy?"
8/12/16 - Added a link to the Catholic Resources page to the United States Catholic Catechism for Adults, just made available online
5/15/16 - Added a page with the video of Fr. Jeff's presentation "Exploring the Meaning and Need For Mercy"
1/18/16 - Added a page with the video of Fr. Jeff's presentation "Mercy in the Sacraments and Acts of Mercy"
12/16/15 - Added a page with the video of Fr. Jeff's presentation, "Introducing the Year of Mercy"
Spring 2015 - Video Presentations added to complete the "We Profess, We Believe" series
2/18/15 - Added a page on "God's Commandments"
2/1/15 - Added a page with ed for the latest video presentation, "The Origin of Our Creeds," in the "We Profess, We Believe" series
The site was redesigned in February 2015