Get Closer to Jesus

Our goal as Christians is to continuously grow closer to Jesus. Some of us are looking for ways to encounter Him in a personal way and some of us are looking for deeper discipleship. 

No matter where someone is in their faith, we want to help people get closer to Jesus through opportunities of encounter and personal discipleship. 

Foster Personal Encounters

Our goal is to implement proven evangelization programs, such as Alpha and CCO’s Discovery, as entry points into faith formation programs in our parishes and schools.

We also will provide retreats for men, women, and young people that draw them to Christ and provide them with tools for ongoing discipleship and community.

Promote Discipleship Paths

Our goal is to create opportunities for everyone in our Diocese to grow through discipleship. With such a wide range of ages and faith journey’s, we’ll focus on a few different avenues. 

• Renew the RCIA program so that it starts a journey of life-long discipleship.
• Increase the number of lay and clerical spiritual directors.
• Open a house in Vancouver for young adult discipleship formation following the models of SPES (London, England) and Christ in the City (Denver, CO).
• Encourage more of our young adult Catholics to spend a ‘gap year’ with a missionary organization or religious institute to receive discipleship formation. Such groups include CCO, Jesuit Volunteer Corps, and Madonna House Apostolate.