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<\/a><\/p>\nJesus was never quoted saying “Come, follow me, I will make you ministers of parishes.” The truth is that even Jesus changed his language in order to relate to his audience by using words such as “sheep, fishers, sowers”.\u00a0 There is an intrinsic invitation within humanity that the church has named “call”.\u00a0 While the church has coined the phrase “call to ministry”, does this term truly call forth disciples to be who God created them to be? Or do millennials first need to realize that the same intrinsic tug that they notice is simply calling them into discipleship and for some, resulting in ministry within a parish setting?\u00a0 Why does ministry imply “church work” when ministry is the fruit of discipleship, that\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 includes all majors and all professions?<\/p>\n
Elizabeth graduated from Saint Mary College in Leavenworth, Kansas with a bachelor\u2019s degree in pastoral ministry and has been the Director of Children and Youth Ministries at her parish in Kearney, Missouri for eleven years. She completed a master\u2019s degree in theology from the University of Notre Dame and became an adjunct professor at the University of\u00a0 Saint Mary in Leavenworth providing workshops, training sessions and retreats across the country.<\/p>\n
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH \u00b7 7:00 PM TO 9:00 PM<\/p>\n
LUMA\u2014LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ART<\/p>\n
SIMPSON LECTURE HALL\u20143RD FLOOR<\/p>\n
\u00a0ENTRANCE AT 820 N MICHIGAN AVE<\/p>\n
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:<\/strong><\/p>\n The Institute of Pastoral Studies<\/p>\n Loyola University Chicago \u00b7 Lewis Towers, Suite 630 \u00b7 820 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611<\/p>\n Phone: 312.915.7450 Fax: 312.915.7410 Email: glopez@luc.edu<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Join us on September 19th as we welcome Elizabeth Madeo to IPS for our Call to Ministry Series. Jesus was never quoted saying “Come, follow me, I will make you ministers of parishes.” The truth is that even Jesus changed his language in order to relate to his audience by using words such as “sheep, read more