ATTENTION MEN OF ST JOSEPH, ST ANTHONY, & ALL THE CATHOLIC CHURCHES OF THE WESTBANK Are you looking to deepen your relationship with God? Be a better husband? Become a more loving father? Build friendships with other like-minded men? And seek to be the best man you can be? Then Come Join… That Man is You! FRIDAY Mornings Starting on September 6TH, 2019 6:20 to 7:30 “As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.” – Proverbs 27:17 Session 1: The Issue is Leadership ● Story of Failed Leadership ● How Leadership Affects our Society ● A Focus on Leadership ● What is Authentic Leadership ● The Three Wisdoms ● Intellectual and Spiritual Formation ● Bringing Others Along This Journey Session 2: The Price of Failed Leadership ● Fidelity Statistics ● Consequences of Infidelity ● The Story of King David ● Family, Children and Church Affected by Infidelity ● The Media’s Role in Forming Society ● Shocking Media Statistics ● The Issue is Failed Male Leadership Session 3: The Four Leadership Roles of Men ● Origin and Hierarchy of the Four Leadership Roles ● Fruits of Fulfilled Leadership Roles ● Marriage is Good for Your Bottom Line ● Shaping the Foundation for the Future ● Joys and Blessings of Marriage ● Peace is in the Balance Session 4: The Five Traits of Authentic Leaders ● How to Fulfill Your Leadership Roles ● Five Traits of Authentic Leader ● Moral Leadership is Cornerstone ● What We Can Learn from Kind David ● The Responsibility of Adam ● Adam’s Failed Responsibility and the Consequences ● Taking Responsibility for Our Actions Session 5: Steadfast Leadership ● Clarity of Thought and Integrity of Action ● King Solomon’s Rise and Fall ● Remaining Steadfast in Thought and Action ● Mother Theresa as an Example ● Saints Have to Start Somewhere Session 6: Attaining Clarity of Thought ● Clarity of Thought for Mother Teresa ● God is Found in Communion ● Promise of Christ ● Jesus Christ is Present in the Spousal Union ● The Blessing of Fruitfulness ● God is Present in the Midst of Family Life Session 7: Developing Integrity of Action ● The Church Guides Us in the Finding of God in The Family ● Integrity of Action in the Home ● The Issue is Freedom ● The Enslavement of Sin ● Freedom in Christ ● The Challenge of the Christian Marriage Session 8: Laying a Foundation for the Future ● Selfishness Versus Selflessness ● Education and Family are Engines for Economic Expansion ● The Family and Human Capital ● Family Dinner is Essential ● Reality of Peer Pressure ● The Family Forms Children as Foundation for Future Session 9: The Willingness to Pay the Price ● Christ Perfectly Fulfilled Authentic Leadership ● Life and Death of Christ ● The Ultimate Teaching of Christ ● Failure in Eyes of the World ● Christ in the Four Leadership Roles ● Leaders Pay the Price and Christ Paid the Ultimate Price ● Only Authentic Leadership is Fruitful Session 10: Authentic Leadership in the Home ● Must Find and Adore God in the Home ● Holy Family as Our Example ● Saint Joseph, Patriarch of the Holy Family ● Joseph as Image of the Bridegroom and the Merciful Father ● Servant Leadership ● How the Domestic Church Changed Rome ● Authentic Leadership Can Transform the World Section 11: The Death of the West ● The Atheistic Western Model ● Culture Shaped by Education and Media ● Education and Media affect Marriage, Faith and Fertility ● Secularization of Europe as a Case Study ● When Men Are Given a Pass, Society Suffers ● JP II’s Warning to the West Section 12: The Cry of the Child ● POW Example of Facing the Brutal Truth ● How Men Have Succumbed to Temptation ● The Attack on Fatherhood is Real and Relentless ● A Father’s Legacy ● The Story of Eminem ● Failed Leadership Always Has a Personal Price Section 13: A New Day for Men ● Saint John Paul II Shows the Power of True Leadership ● JP II Sets Foundation for Family in the Third Millennium ● The Seven Last Words and JP II ● JP II Was Faithful Unto Death ● Fruit of JP II’s Leadership is the New Springtime ● Crossing the Threshold of Hope ● The Triumph of Mercy