Catholics Coming Home

A Parish Program for Inactive Catholics

"Yet even now says the Lord, return to me with all your heart..." (Joel 2:12)

Welcome Home!

St. Gertrude Parish is one of the designated sites in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati to assist inactive Catholics to come home to the Catholic Church. For more information, please call St. Gertrude Parishioners, Gary and Pat Norris at (513) 677-5379.

Please contact us for dates and times. In the meantime...if you have any questions feel free to contact one of the priests at St. Gertrude or Gary and Patty Norris. We recognize that coming back to the practice of your Catholic Faith may take some time. In many cases, it is a process because of something that has happened in the past. Whatever the case, remember that you are always welcome at St. Gertrude!

If you are not Catholic or if you are unable to receive communion for whatever reason, we invite you to come forward to one of the priests during the time of Communion and cross your arms across your chest, and the priest will give you a blessing.

Information about annulments in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati

Fr. Robert Barron’s Catholicism: the Journey of a Lifetime Part 1

Fr. Robert Barron’s

CATHOLICISM: the Journey of a Lifetime
SERIES AND DISCUSSION

Part One: Thursday evenings, Feb. 23 – March 22
Part Two: Thursday evenings, April 19 – May 17
Each evening will begin promptly at 7:00 p.m. in the School Cafeteria

For the first hour, we will watch an episode of Fr. Barron’s informative series, parts of which appeared on PBS last December. After a brief break, a brief presentation may be given, along with some discussion and questions. The series will help us enter more deeply into our faith, and will be a perfect preparation for the Year of Faith for the New Evangelization proclaimed by Pope Benedict, beginning on Oct. 11 of this year. The topics are as follows:

Feb. 23: Amazed and Afraid: The Revelation of God Become Man.
Mar. 1: Happy Are We: The Teachings of Jesus
Mar. 8: The Ineffable Mystery of God: That Than Which Nothing Greater can be Thought
Mar. 15: Our Tainted Nature’s Solitary Boast: Mary, the Mother of God
Mar. 22: The Indispensable Men: Peter, Paul, and the Missionary Adventure

Date(s):

Feb 23 2012 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Mar 1 2012 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Mar 8 2012 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Mar 15 2012 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Mar 22 2012 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Event Type:

Church Event

Fr. Robert Barron’s Catholicism: the Journey of a Lifetime Part 2

St. Gertrude Adult Faith Formation Program Presents Fr. Robert Barron’s

CATHOLICISM: the Journey of a Lifetime
SERIES AND DISCUSSION

Part One: Thursday evenings, Feb. 23 – March 22
Part Two: Thursday evenings, April 19 – May 17
Each evening will begin promptly at 7:00 p.m. in the School Cafeteria

For the first hour, we will watch an episode of Fr. Barron’s informative series, parts of which appeared on PBS last December. After a brief break, a brief presentation may be given, along with some discussion and questions. The series will help us enter more deeply into our faith, and will be a perfect preparation for the Year of Faith for the New Evangelization proclaimed by Pope Benedict, beginning on Oct. 11 of this year. The topics are as follows:

April 19: A Body Both Suffering and Glorious: The Mystical Union of Christ and the Church
April 26: Word Made Flesh, True Bread of Heaven: The Mystery of the Liturgy and the Eucharist
May 3: A Vast Company of Witnesses: The Communion of the Saints
May 10: The Fire of His Love: Prayer and the Life of the Spirit
May 17 World Without End: The Last Things

Date(s):

Apr 19 2012 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Apr 26 2012 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm

May 3 2012 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm

May 10 2012 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm

May 17 2012 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm