Faith Formation

ARETE

Next Arete: 6:30 PM, Sunday, September 25, 2022. Plan on attending our Summer Parish Mission at 6:00 PM Sunday, August 28 and Monday, August 29.
The whole parish is invited to attend ARETE. Activities will be proveded for children, first grade to sixth grade, while parents attend the presentation.
It meets the fourth Sunday of each month at 6:30 pm in the Great Hall. A different topic will be will be presented during each session.
The RE Sacrament families are required to attend.
Arete (Greek: ἀρετή) means “excellence” or “virtue.” In its earliest appearance in Greek, this word was related to the notion of the fulfillment of purpose or function: the act of living up to one’s full potential. The ancient Romans used the Latin word virtus (derived from vir, their word for man) to refer to all of the “excellent qualities of men, including physical strength, valorous conduct, and moral rectitude.” A virtue is a habitual and firm disposition to do the good. It allows the person not only to perform good acts, but to give the best of himself. The virtuous person tends toward the good and pursues the good and chooses it in concrete actions.

"The goal of a virtuous life is to become like God."
St. Gregory of Nyssa


Adult Formation Program

While our children, grades K-12, are in religious education on Wednesdays in our Pastoral Center Classrooms, ALL adults of our parish (whether you have children in religious education or not) can attend formation in the Upstairs Parish Hall at 6:30 pm every Wednesday, except for holidays. For more information, contact Religious Education Coordinator Monica Robinson at 940-723-5288, ext. 108, or at religioused@sacredheartwf.org.