Welcome to Discovery Groups
at St. Francis deSales Catholic Church!


Discovery Groups are small groups of 4-8 people. We meet weekly for 1 hour at the time and convenience of the group. Attending church on Sundays can be life changing—and that’s exciting! But sometimes, you might wonder how to connect with and get to know others. Discovery groups are a great way to make a big church feel small.

Discover groups are places to get out of a “pew” and into a “circle” of friends. They are spaces to ask questions without judgment, to learn more about what it means to be a Christian who follows the Catholic Traditions and to serve and grow with others in your parish. They are also a place to challenge and be challenged respectfully.

In Discovery groups, you don’t feel like you have all the answers. If you need childcare while you’re at a Discovery group, please let us know. We’ll see what we can do to help out.

Jesus is the indispensable, core message of the Christian faith. Discovery leads you through a simple but personally challenging look at the Gospel message. Based on the Gospel, Discovery explores God’s personal love for you and some of the different aspects of His love: offered, proven and merciful. You will also explore Jesus Christ as our Lord and Saviour. Finally, presented with these realities, Discovery will invite you to personally respond to Christ’s Love. (Catholic Christian Outreach)

Each participant will receive a Discovery handbook. Please choose which small group you would like to join. The leaders will be in touch with you soon to set a date and time for your first get-together.

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The first resource supporting our journey along the pathway of Discipleship

In order to become a parish where it’s easy to get to know Jesus, we are utilizing the small group discipleship process developed by Catholic Christian Outreach for adult Catholics.   These five faith studies provide solid stepping stones for developing a personal relationship with Jesus, developing the heart and habits of a disciple, and basic skills for leading others to faith in Jesus and the Church.

A few great resources

Discerning Hearts

Discerning Hearts creates engaging multi-media, specializing in audio productions (known as podcasts and radio broadcasts) faithful to the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church and it’s rich, authentic spiritual tradition. Its mission responds to the Church’s call to use the media for evangelization, catechesis, and spiritual renewal.

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Pray as you go

Pray-as-you-go encourages you the listener into a conversation and deeper relationship with God. As well as our daily downloadable prayer, we also endeavour to provide you with further prayer resources and special retreats as a way of developing your personal prayer life.

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Word on Fire

Bishop Robert Barron is an author, speaker, theologian, and founder of Word on Fire, a global media ministry. Word on Fire reaches millions of people by utilizing the tools of new media to draw people into or back to the Catholic Faith.

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Avila Institute

Under the patronage of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, the mission of the Avila Institute is to draw Christians worldwide into deeper union with Christ through mystagogically oriented spiritual education and formation focused on the appropriation of the magisterium faithful mystical and ascetical patrimony of the Catholic Church.

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“Habitual Temptation and Sin”

Fr. Paul delivered a homily in Morgantown as part of the Diocesan Lenten Pilgrimage.  Click the above link to view the YouTube video.