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Forward! Into The Breach A Leadership Seminar for Men Based on “Into The Breach” an Apostolic Exhortation for Men Written by +Thomas J. Olmsted, Bishop of Phoenix Summer 2016 St. John Neumann Catholic Church Gaithersburg, MD

May 24th – Session 2 The Compendium Workbook The 7-Week Seminar Guide 3 Major Parts Table of Contents, Foreword, Preface, and Prologue 'Into the Breach’ in it’s entirety, including Questions and Text Boxes Epilogue, and Appendices The 7-Week Seminar Guide Opening Pages Weekly Material, including Questions, and Action Plan Items Discerning God’s Will, Action Plan Notes, and Surveys Introduce TonyC

May 24th – Session 2 Video Quotes “You were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness.” The rise of the ‘Man-cave’ (a room or other part of a home regarded as a refuge for the man) “Broken masculinity” “It feels as if the culture was designed to attack the family.” We’ve got this crisis, and we need men. Strong Catholic men to fill the breach.”

May 24th – Session 2 1) A Call to Battle – Sin, Satan, & the World “…COMBAT yet remains with the FLESH, with the WORLD, with the DEVIL, wherein we cannot be victorious, unless we have God's grace…” - Council of Trent (1545-1563) Original Sin – “Adam sought to be like God in the knowledge of good and evil, so that he might be his own director and attain to perfect happiness by his own enlightenment and unaided effort.”* ‘Concupiscence’ (strong desire, especially sexual desire), but not always: “Without the preternatural privilege of perfect control of appetite, there remains in human nature the effects of Adam's sin, the chief of which are weakness of will and unrestrained desires of soul.” DB 2212, Encyclical of Pius XI on Christian Education COMBAT – a Struggle, Requires Effort, Tactics, Planning *Apologetics and Catholic Doctrine, Archbishop Michael Sheehan, p 374

May 24th – Session 2 1) A Call to Battle – Sin, Satan, & the World The same forces that crucified Jesus are still active in the world today Political forces, Economic forces, Social forces; All stirred up and manipulated by the devil “Do not love the world or the things in the world. … For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world.” (1 John 2:15-16 ESV) Gospel reading for May 23, 2016; Mark 10:17-27

May 24th – Session 2 2) Purpose of the Apostolic Exhortation To clarify the nature of the Mission from Christ to all men To provide encouragement; To present a challenge; And to call forth men to Mission (the act or an instance of sending to accomplish a specific task with which a person or a group is charged) It is because the battle is occurring in the Church herself, and the devastation is all too evident that men are called forth to mission One of the key reasons that the Church is faltering under the attacks of Satan is that many Catholic men have not been willing to “step into the breach” – to fill this gap that lies open that makes us all vulnerable to further attack WHY? Because men acquiesce (accept something reluctantly but without protest) Men who do nothing are buying into the deception They may not agree with what they see is going on, but yet they do nothing

May 24th – Session 2 2) Purpose of the Apostolic Exhortation To clarify the nature of the Mission from Christ to all men To provide encouragement; To present a challenge; And to call forth men to Mission (the act or an instance of sending to accomplish a specific task with which a person or a group is charged) It is because the battle is occurring in the Church herself, and the devastation is all too evident that men are called forth to mission One of the key reasons that the Church is faltering under the attacks of Satan is that many Catholic men have not been willing to “step into the breach” – to fill this gap that lies open that makes us all vulnerable to further attack WHY? Because men acquiesce (accept something reluctantly but without protest) Men who do nothing are buying into the deception They may not agree with what they see is going on, but yet they do nothing If Men Step Up in Confidence and Boldness, they CAN make a Difference!

“Men, Do Not Hesitate to Engage in the Battle that is Raging Around You.” “The battle that is wounding our children and families, the battle that is distorting the dignity of both women and men. This battle is often hidden, but the battle is real. It is primarily spiritual, but it is progressively killing the remaining Christian ethos in our society and culture, and even in our own homes.” - Bishop Thomas Olmsted