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Support Issue 10 Lake County ADAMHS Board Levy

  VOTE FOR ISSUE 10 (www.helpthatworks.us) Lake County ADAMHS Board YOU.ME.US We're in this together. There is no them. Mental Health is the Top Healthcare Concern of Americans A 2023 Ipsos survey has found that mental health is now the chief health concern among U.S. adults, surpassing the coronavirus, obesity and cancer. The chart shows that 53 percent of U.S. respondents said that they thought mental health was the biggest health problem facing people in their country as of August this year, up from 51 percent in 2022. Where the coronavirus had been considered the biggest health problem by roughly two thirds of U.S. respondents throughout the pandemic, perceptions of the danger of the virus have now dropped to just 15 percent of respondents Majority of Americans Have Struggled with Mental Health Having long been stigmatized as a sign of weakness, mental health problems have become much less of a taboo in recent years.  The pandemic, with its unique set of challenges, accel...
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CLC Models: Deanery Community

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CLC Models: A Flourishing Apostolic Church

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Synods of the Heart: A Flourishing Apostolic Church

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Fifteen Minutes of Contemplative Activity a Day

 Moving Forward on Any Project in a Contemplative Manner Using Fifteen Minutes A Day In his Pastoral Letter, A Flourishing Apostolic Church, the bishop encourages each of us io deepen our friendship with God by spending at least fifteen minutes of day in whatever form of prayer we find most conducive. My blog, Saint Gabriel Hours encourage everyone to use virtual resources for the Hours at least fifteen minutes a day to discern the place of the Hours in their live  One of my graduate mentors, Robert Boice, wrote a book Advice to Young Faculty members demonstrating from his research that is young faculty member who spent small amounts of time regularly in writing, preparing lectures, or interacting with their fellow faculty members were more likely publish, be successful teaching, and get the approval of their colleges. Setting aside large amounts of time did not work as well. Boice collected a number of principles to guide faculty members in how to use small amounts of time on...
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Vibrant Parish Life Study

  Rank in Importance in first column   Rank in Being Well done in second column     Difference:   Minus Indicates Deficiency; Plus indicates better than importance 1 21 -20 Masses that are prayerful, reverent and spiritually moving 2 18 -16 The parish as a supportive, caring community 3 8 -5 Promotion of respect for human life 4 19 -15 The parish exhibiting a spirit of warmth and hospitality 5 7 -2 Religious education for children 6 24 -18 New members of the parish are welcomed 7 29 -22   Parish leadership that listens to the concerns of parishioners 8 17 -9 Support for families who have experienced death 9 1 8 A church large enough for worship 10 15 -5 Outreach to the poor 11 16 -5 Ease in obtaining help and answer when calling the parish 12 2 10 Well-maintained parish facilities and grounds 13 3 10   Easy access to the church and facilities for the physically disabled 14 13 1 Attention to the spiritual and sacramental needs of the sick& shut-in 1...
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THE VOCATION OF THE LAITY TO SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP

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VATICAN II: THE APOSTOLATE OF THE LAITY

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The New Deanery Structure Revisited

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Reading and Discussing the Bishop's Pastoral Letter

A Flourishing Apostolic Church “It’s simply a letter about how we can draw closer to Christ, and there is no controversy in that,” Bishop Malesic said. “Let’s just pray 15 minutes a day; join a small group; invite your Catholic neighbors and friends together to have a cup of coffee and talk about ‘Why are you Catholic?’; ‘How can you become a disciple of Jesus?’  I think these are the basic things.”  I invite every Catholic in the Diocese of Cleveland to read this pastoral letter in its entirety, as I have written it with each of you in mind. Make notes and underline your copy of the letter; Consider reading it more than just once. then, meet with some other Catholics who have read this letter and discuss it in a small group. Over the next year I would like this letter to be at the forefront of conversations around the diocese.  OVERVIEW OF LETTER AND POST This letter has a few simple suggestions for every Catholic in the diocese. Together they have the poten...
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