Labor Day is now in the rear view, schools are in full swing and the stores have already put up their halloween displays!!!  Now is an awesome time to jump back into saddle and continue that lifelong process of faith formation that we all embarked on at baptism.

When Fr. Doerr and I got here we realized there was a great untapped resource that was just waiting to be used which St. Francis Parish was already paying for but seems to be underutilized.  FORMED.ORG is a great online 24/7 cloud based e-learning platform that anyone of any age can use to further their knowledge of the faith, whether they just entered the Church last Easter or have been cradle Catholics for 60, 70 or 80 years!  There is something there for everyone to grow either their knowledge of the faith or their spiritual lives... or both!

All it takes is going to the website:

www.formed.org

And entering the parish code: 7Y3QXY

FORMED.ORG offers you the opportunity to do this on your own schedule when it's convenient to you.  No more juggling a crazy family schedule or class load to fit in a program at a time that doesn't work for you.  You fit it in precisely when it works for you.

It's easy, it's free to use and you can use it across multiple platforms: smartphone, tablet, laptop... pretty much anything with an internet connection and a screen.

But what is FORMED.ORG?  Watch this 90 second video:

All it takes is going to the website:

www.formed.org

And entering the parish code: 7Y3QXY

It really is that simple!  Create a login and voila, you're done!!!

In the right hand column of this email are dates this month with special feast days and links to FORMED.ORG resources on those topics; some are movies you can watch with your family, some are audios you can listen to while you are working out on the elliptical or driving to work, some are e-books you can download to your e-reader.  There are these and many, many more opportunities.

All it takes is going to the website:

www.formed.org

And entering the parish code: 7Y3QXY

So, you might ask; Father, how do I access all this content?  Great question!  All you have to do is go to www.formed.org and on the home screen and enter the code 7Y3QXY (case sensitive) in the box right on the home screen, then follow the prompts for creating your account (asking for your name and e-mail and asking you to create your own password - no credit cards, no money - it's free to you!)  It should take you less than 2 minutes and then you have thousands of hours of content available at the touch of a button or the tap of a touchscreen.

So, are you FORMED yet?