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Sep 2022
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Is There a Laity Shortage? Part 1

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How are lay people called to serve the Lord? In this episode, Jeff dives into answering this question by walking through some of the wisdom from St. John Paul II’s document Christifideles Laici.

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We are all called to work in the Lord’s vineyard.

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