Join us at Nativity every 4th Sunday of the month for Date Night! Plan for dinner, a talk, and some discussion with your spouse and others for an evening of marriage enrichment.

What is a Discipleship Quad?
A Discipleship Quad is a group of four people who journey together as disciples through weekly gatherings of fellowship, ongoing conversion, and learning. This 12-month path of accompaniment fosters growth through prayer, accountability, and authentic relationships. The process may take a few months longer than a year, depending on how often the group needs to reschedule and how quickly they go throught the material.

All members of a Quad should be of the same sex to create an atmosphere of intimacy and vulnerability for sharing. Each Quad has a Coordinator, who serves the temporal needs of the Quad and helps facilitate the conversations by modeling authenticity. The Quad Coordinator is the person who starts the Quad.

This process of discipleship is initiated by the Quad Coordinator, though the journey of discipling that takes place in the community formed by the by the four members of the Quad. It could be described as peer-to-peer discipling, in that it does not have a hierarchical structure, where one leader is passing along his or her knowledge to the others. Rather, a Discipleship Quad is made up of four people who are committed to growing closer to Jesus as his disciples by learning togther, sharing life in community, and creating a place for accountability in this journey. 

If a Discipleship Quad sounds right for you or if you'd like to learn more about Quads, please contact Amanda Benner. 

TMIY BEGINS SEPTEMBER 18

This year, 2 programs of That Man Is You! (TMIY) are being offered.  Beginning September 18^th, the Program titled “Thy Kingdom Come” will be presented for veteran TMIY attendees from 7:00 am to 8:15 am in the basement of the Joliet Event Center, 8^th and Locust Streets in downtown Dubuque.  The TMIY program “Becoming A Man After God’s Own Heart” will be presented from 8:30 am to 9:45 am for men who are new to the TMIY program. The Fall Semester for both these programs will end on December 18^th with a break on November 27 for Thanksgiving.

“Thy Kingdom Come” is for veteran TMIY attendees. This semester features 10 dynamic presenters speaking on the development of male leadership in the modern world. It combines the best research from science with the teachings of the Catholic faith and the wisdom of the saints to develop the vision of authentic men capable of transforming themselves, their families and greater society.

“Becoming A Man After God’s Own Heart” is the inaugural TMIY program for men who want to start at the beginning of the TMIY journey.   This program develops the vision of man fully alive. It makes an honest assessment of challenges facing men today and provides a practical path to transformation by focusing on man’s relationship with God and introducing the TMIY 7 Steps to Superabundance.

For information, contact Jim Unsen, 556-4857, or Jim Sigwarth 563-451-5296.

Well Read Mom is an international, Catholic women's book club rooted in the Catholic intellectual tradition. Go to wellreadmom.com to learn more. The first meeting will take place in the conference room of the parish office at 6:30pm on September 20. Use the door on the south side of the buidling. Later meetings will be scheduled at the September 20 meeting. Please contact Erin Neebel at erinfischer89@gmail.com to sign up for the Nativity chapter!

Join us beginning on January 12 for a 6 week women's bible study on Wednesday mornings from 10 to 11:30. Free childcare is available for your convenience. Please contact Amanda at dbq057s1@dbqarch.org for more information or to sign up. Click here to purchase your copy of the book. 

Do you desire lasting and abiding friendships? Do you want to move beyond the past hurts of relationships gone wrong? Reclaiming Friendship was written for any woman who wants a true and deep connection that lasts. Explore what it takes to stay close for the long haul, what to look for in a friend, and how to navigate toxic relationships. There is a way to protect your heart without closing yourself off from future intimacy. The key is found in discovering God’s plan for friendship, which was meant to be a foretaste of Heaven. In this study by Walking With Purpose, you are invited to encounter God personally through Scripture. Let God reshape how you see and experience intentional relationships, deal with your past friendship wounds, and become a woman who is capable of the lifelong bond of true friendship.

Reclaiming Friendship, our six-lesson Bible study, is ideal if you…

• Are lonely and desire lasting friendships
• Need to know and understand what it means that God created each of us in His image
• Crave an authentic community, the kind in which we experience His joy and goodness