Grow in Hope this

Jubilee Year!


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Speaker Series, a Pilgrimage, and more!


Questions? 

Please contact Sara Scheunemann

at pastoral@raphael.org.


Pilgrimage to the

National Shrine of

Our Lady of Champion

Designated Pilgrimage Site for the Jubilee Year

Saturday, May 31, 2025

8:30 am-4:30 pm


Bus transportation provided from St. Raphael

$39 / person includes transportation and lunch


Opportunities for Mass, Confession, Rosary, personal prayer, and enjoying the Shrine grounds


RSVP:

Sara Scheunemann at sara.scheunemann@raphael.org

or 920-233-8044, ext. 228; 


Space is limited! Payment is due to save your spot.

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Make a 10-day retreat this summer with St. Francis de Sales, 

author of the spiritual classic, Introduction to the Devout Life. 


The retreat will follow the book Lift Up Your Hearts by Fr. John Burns,

which offers 10 daily meditations on the themes of why we were created, 

what awaits us at the end of time, and what difference this all makes for our lives today.


Books will be available for free!


This retreat-in-daily-life will be offered twice:


Retreat on Your Own: May 29-June 7

(or anytime before June 8!)

Gathering with Fellow Retreatants: Sunday, June 8, 9:10-9:50 am 

(between the Sunday Masses) to conclude the retreat, in Rooms 104-106


Retreat on Your Own: July 3-July 12

(or anytime before July 13!)

Gathering with Fellow Retreatants: Sunday, July 13, 9:10-9:50 am (between the

Sunday Masses) to conclude the retreat, in Rooms 104-106


RSVP HERE 


You can also contact Sara Scheunemann at sara.scheunemann@raphael.org

or 920-233-8044, ext. 228. 

Beautiful Hope Book Discussion

Tuesdays 6:30-7:30 pm - July 8 & 22, August 12 & 26

Rooms 104-106

- OR -

Wednesdays 9-10 am - July 9 & 13, August 12 & 26

Rooms 104-106


One of the parish’s Easter gifts this year was Matthew Kelly’s book, Beautiful Hope. 

It’s an easy and encouraging read - perfect for your summer “beach reading.” 

Join us on Tuesday evenings or Wednesday mornings in July and August to talk about the virtue of hope. 


Come anytime; no sign-up needed. If you need a copy of the book, contact Sara at sara.scheunemann@raphael.org or at 920-233-8044 ext. 228.


Spe Salvi Discussion

Wednesdays 9-10 am, July 15 & 30

Rooms 104-106


Our second “summer read” is also focused on the theme of hope.

Gather a couple times in July for conversation about Pope Benedict XVI’s papal encyclical, 

Spe Salvi “In Hope We Are Saved.” 


We don’t have free copies, but it is available for free online at the Vatican website. 

Google “Spe Salvi,” and it should be the first item to pop up.

Living Hope Discipleship Group

We are asked as Christians to always “be ready to share our hope” (1 Peter 3:15). But what does that look like exactly? We’ll explore what it means to bring our hope in Jesus to our families and friends through the witness and example of the saints.


Topics:

  • What is the hope that we share?

  • How have we experienced this hope in our own lives?

  • Praying with Hope: St. Monica

  • Speaking with Hope: St. Ambrose

  • Acting with Hope: St. Mother Teresa

Dates & Times:

Tuesdays 6:30 pm -or- Wednesdays 9 am


September 9/10 and 23/24

October 7/8 and 21/22

November 4/5 and 18/19


RSVP HERE 

You can also contact Sara Scheunemann at sara.scheunemann@raphael or 920-233-8044, ext. 228.