Rebuilding Discipleship in the Catholic Parish-Part II

This week, Peter and Leslie continue with an exciting new series to the radio program. The call to discipleship is fairly new to the Catholic milieu. Sherry Weddell, in her groundbreaking book Forming Intentional Disciples, said this: “We discovered, to our surprise and dismay, that many pastoral leaders do not even possess a conceptual category for discipleship.“ The Doane’s introduce what they are referring to as the seven pillars of Catholic discipleship. The first pillar is “Encounter Jesus.“ Saint Paul’s conversion offers us a model that can be applied to our lives. When we encounter Jesus, true conversion and discipleship begin to take place!