Facilitators

The people who facilitate the Catholics Coming Home program are women and men of the Stevens Point Area Catholic Community, both lay and religious, who volunteer their time in service to help Catholics return to the community.  Some have also been away and have returned themselves.  The purpose of the facilitators is to organize the meetings and to moderate the programs.

Facilitators are not there to solve problems that people might have, but rather are good listeners who help with the sharing of experiences of the group.  It is in the sharing of the circumstances and reasons that have kept us apart from the community that can often times start the reconnection/healing process.  Facilitators can also suggest resources that might be useful to people desiring to return to the community as they continue their journey of faith.

As the need arises we invite religious, such as priests, sisters, brothers, and deacons, to talk to the group about the various aspects of the Catholic tradition. 

This program is not about converting people of other religious communities to the Catholic community.  It is about helping non-practicing Catholics
 to rejoin the community and to welcome them "home".