Presenter: Margaret Rhody
Whether you are a new small group leader, a leader-in training, or a veteran leader wanting to brush up on skills and best practices, this session will help you to hone your facilitation skills, learn how to respond to challenging small group situations, and explore ways to build your small group into a community which helps people fall in love with Christ, follow as disciples, and help others do the same.

Presenter: Pete Burds
Discernment of Spirits is the prayerful practice of listening to our interior movements or the stirrings of our hearts to follow God’s will for our lives. This session will help participants listen for, discern, and respond to God’s promptings in their daily prayer.

Presenter: Doug Ulaszek
At some time, all of us are in a situation where someone speaks about the Catholic faith in a questioning, confused, or hostile way. This calls for apologetics which is simply the “defense of the faith.” This impact session will explore how to prepare for and practice evangelizing apologetics, with specific practice on some what to say and how to say it when talking about some of today’s most disputed Church Teachings.