PFO Guidelines on Household Discussion Topics

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"Dear Brethren,

In line with CFCUSA’s stated goal of “deepening the spiritual development of our members” a series of PFO Household Discussion topics is hereby issued for the rest of July and the remainder of 2012  – “Listening to God When He Speaks.”

This series of 8 topics is based on the the book “How to Listen When God is Speaking” written by Fr. Mitch Pacwa.  Details are explained in the attached PFO document.

It is recommended that each household gets at least one copy of the book.  In the meantime, the attached document also includes a brief synopsis of Topic #1 (corresponding to Chapter 1 of the book).  No further summary or synopsis will be issued for the remaining 7 topics in the book.

Thanks and God bless,
Jack Macalalad
CFC USA National PFO Coordinator"

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With the above guidelines, the Upper Household and majority of  of Household Leaders who attended the recently concluded Household Leaders Training have agreed that:

1. CFC Orlando will follow the guidelines as handed down by the PFO of CFCUSA.

2.  It will be the responsibility of every Household Leader to:
- prepare a synopsis / summary of every chapter for their  household
- facilitate their houshehold discussion on every chapter

3.  Every chapter, as shown below, will have "sharers" in the General Assembly.  The Household Leader responsible as the Prayer Leader will facilitate the "sharing" in the General Assembly.

August 2012             Introduction
September 2012      Chapter 1, First Things First
October 2012          Chapter 2, Making the Commitment
November 2012       Chapter 3,The Movements in Our Souls
January 2013           Chapter 4, Preparing Our Hearts
February 2013         Chapter 5, Communicating with God
March 2013             Chapter 6, Hearing God inHis Word
April 2013                Chapter 7, A Balancing Act
May 2013                 Chapter 8, Listening to God in Diffiuclt TImes
May 2013                 Conclusion

About the Book, from amazon.com
How to Listen When God Is Speaking
Fr. Mitch Pacwa, S.J.

"How do we listen to God speak to our hearts, minds, and wills--especially above the noise and stress of the modern world? What is the process of discerning God's will?

Best-selling author and popular EWTN host Fr. Mitch Pacwa, SJ, tackles these and other questions in this comprehensive book on discernment. He says that first we need to believe in God and his moral laws and make a commitment to please him in all that we do. Then we need to pray so that we can experience the peace that can come only from God.

Fr. Pacwa draws from St. Ignatius' Spiritual Exercises, using plenty of everyday examples as well as stories from Scripture to help clarify his points. He encourages readers to develop a rich prayer life and says we can learn to listen to God's powerful voice and hear him speaking lovingly to us even when we are suffering in some way.

Confronts modern-day assumptions that can prevent us from being open to God's will for our lives.

Emphasizes the many ways we can develop our prayer life to nourish an authentic relationship with the Lord."

CFC Orlando will take up the introduction of the book and how we will implement this teaching in the August General Assembly.

"for the greater glory of God"