During this time of COVID-19 we are in need more than ever of our Catholic faith and good Catholic priests to guide us. Fr. Michael Voithofer will speak about gratitude and praise in light of Holy Week and during this time of uncertainty and upheaval. Father Michael Voithofer – Associate Pastor Fr. Voithofer was born in 1976 in a small town south of Pittsburgh, PA called Carmichaels where his mother and father still live. He has two brothers Bryan and Timothy. He studied Architectural Engineering at Penn State University and then went to seminary for the Diocese of Pittsburgh. While he was a seminarian he was sent to Rome to study. In Rome he met the Intercessors of the Lamb. He fell in love with the charismatic-contemplative spirituality which the Intercessors of the Lamb lived. He withdrew from the Diocese of Pittsburgh to join the Intercessors in Omaha. Fr. Voithofer has served at St. Robert Bellarmine and St. James before coming to St. Gerald. He is also the founder and spiritual director of Ablaze house of prayer: https://www.ablazeworship.org/ Since we can’t meet physically, this will be a virtual meeting from home. We will be using zoom in order to have a group video meeting. The meeting will go from 8:30 to 10:30 as usual, just click on the meeting link to join. https://zoom.us/j/768465928 Saturday, April 4th Schedule 8:30 am: Grab your morning drink of choice and sit in a comfy spot with your computer or phone. (If your spouse is able to help with the kids during this time, that would be great! If your kids have to be in the background, that’s fine too.) We will have our usual social time and icebreaker questions via online video. 9 – 10 am: Gratitude & Praise Virtual Talk 10:05 am -10:25 am: We will divide into virtual small groups in order to share and discuss. 10:25 am: Regroup all together for closing prayer We will be doing a practice run to get everyone set up on zoom Monday March 30th at 9pm. Just click on the link https://zoom.us/j/768465928 and follow the prompts to set up a zoom account. Fr. Kilcawley will be available on the zoom practice session on March 30th at 9 pm for anyone who needs help.
