Our faith is shaped by many factors, including our relationships with other people, the experiences of God acting in our lives, the decisions we make and the consequences of those decisions. Our faith lives are influenced by what the church believes and teaches; by the beliefs and practices of our extended family; and by the beliefs and practices of our parish community. These factors are all necessary, interrelated and intertwined.

The word "faith" can mean the religious beliefs we live by, the internal commitment we make to those beliefs, the gift from God that allows us to accept the beliefs as true and the actions we take to live committed lives guided by those beliefs.  And we grow in faith by learning new things about our beliefs, by becoming closer to God through them and by making them the guiding principles by which we live.

"Faith is a foretaste of the knowledge that will make us blessed in the life to come."     St. Thomas Aquinas

Select a link from the left to learn more about the "Faith Connections"
here at St. Joseph.