What kinds of parishes are using Landings?

• ALL KINDS!
• Campus Ministry:
  St. Thomas Aquinas Parish at The University of Colorado at Boulder has run Landings
  sessions since January 1997.
• Rural Parishes:
  Sister Pat Froning from the Diocese of Owensboro, KY, and Father Bill Deering of the
  Diocese of Evansville, IN, have trained more than 10 small parishes.
• Large suburban parishes:
  Several Chicago area parishes have already signed on.

How are other parishes recruiting for Landings?

• Many parishes display banners or signs in front of the Church and other public places.
• A Returnee spoke briefly before each Christmas Mass at St. Thomas More, Austin, Texas.
• A parish showed the 7-minute Landings video after each Mass in Gainesville, Florida.
• Landings members sponsor parish events like a pancake breakfast.
  This raises money for the retreat and keeps Landings visible to the community.
• Many times it is the enthusiasm of the people who have experienced Landings that encourages parishioners to extend invitations to possible Returnees.

Who is Landings geared towards?

• Catholics who have left or drifted away from the Catholic Church
• Those Inactive Catholics who would like to explore the possibility of returning to the Church and receiving the Sacraments.

What does Landings offer to returning Catholics?

• Landings offers a supportive community within which returning Catholics can...
• ask questions
• discuss issues
• deal with difficulties
• Landings offers a safe environment for returning Catholics to come to terms with recent changes within the Church and themselves