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. 

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!

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.