St. Clement Living Flame Parish Evangelization

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A year-long engagement that walks alongside your parish — forming a core team, teaching St. John Paul II's vision, and leaving a community equipped to carry this mission on long after we go.

Welcome

Hello, dear brothers and sisters. I want to personally invite you to something truly special, I’d say remarkable that’s coming to our parish this summer and this fall. We’re welcoming the Image of God Institute to lead us through living flame, an inspiring opportunity to discover the wisdom of St. John Paul II and to deepen our understanding of who God created us to be. As we unpack his teachings together, we’ll discover truths that can strengthen our families and help us renew our parish community….Msgr. Ramacciotti

Upcoming Events & Retreats

Mass & Muffins at St. Clement Sept. 13

Sunday, September 13, 2026

10 am - After 9 am Mass

St. Clement parishioners, join us after the 9 am Mass to discover why Living Flame has come to our parish. Coffee and muffins are provided. Children are welcome. Learn about the upcoming evenings including … Unpack Speaker Series, Behold Retreats and Equip Evangelization Seminars. Living Flame is for all parishioners to take your faith to the next level, while elevating our parish community at the same time.

RSVP by Sept. 9 to help us have enough muffins. All are welcome even if you do not RSVP.

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UNPACK Speaker Series at St. Clement

Tuesday Nights, September 22 - October 27, 2026

7 - 8 pm

Coming this fall…every Tuesday night for six weeks, enjoy a new topic unpacking the wisdom of St. John Paul II. Beginning September 22nd, with Fr. David Skillman, learn how the treasures of JPII can dramatically bless your prayer life, your family and the entire St. Clement community.
Keynote Speakers…
Sept. 22 – Fr. David Skillman
Sept. 29 – Fr. Jacob Braun
Oct. 6 – Deby Schlapprizzi
Oct. 13 – Eric & Carla Struckhoff
Oct. 20 – Vince & Kasia Penna
Oct. 27 – Dr. Patrick & Dorothy Yeung

No RSVPs needed for adult attendees. Please RSVP if you are seeking child care.

We look forward seeing you there.

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Equip Training Seminar for St. Clement

Sunday, October 18, 2026

12:15 - 2:15 pm

Attendees will learn how to grow in their knowledge of JPII’s masterwork as well as their ability to share it. So many difficult topics of this current culture are addressed through JPII’s wisdom. Discover how to spread this positive and transformative message with your children, grandchildren, friends, co-workers and potentially here at St. Clement. Hear evangelical tips for bringing the Good News into everyday life and around the parish. Participants receive a manual.

Lunch Included.

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Behold Retreat for St. Clement Parish Oct. 24

Saturday, October 24, 2026

8 am to 4:30 pm

Living Flame Parish Evangelization brings the wisdom of St. John Paul II to St. Clement of Rome. Behold Retreats allow parishioners to gain deeper formation on prayer, through a unique lens. This perspective, specific to Image of God Institute, naturally leads to a closer relationship with Jesus. JPII’s masterwork answers some of the most challenging questions of our time. Parishioners can then bring this treasure to their own families, co-workers and ministries within the parish, unleashing the “new springtime” that JPII started, at St. Clement.

Starts with 8 am Parish Mass and includes breakfast and lunch. RSVP by Noon on October 19 to help with food preparation.

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Equip Training Seminar for St. Clement Nov. 10

Tuesday, November 10, 2026

6:30 - 8:30 pm

Attendees will learn how to grow in their knowledge of JPII’s masterwork as well as their ability to share it. So many difficult topics of this current culture are addressed through JPII’s wisdom. Discover how to spread this positive and transformative message with your children, grandchildren, friends, co-workers and potentially here at St. Clement. Hear evangelical tips for bringing the Good News into everyday life and around the parish. Participants receive a manual. RSVP by Nov. 3rd.

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Behold Retreat for St. Clement Nov. 21

Saturday, November 21, 2026

8:00 am - 4:30 pm

Living Flame Parish Evangelization brings the wisdom of St. John Paul II to St. Clement of Rome. Behold Retreats allow parishioners to gain deeper formation on prayer, through a unique lens. This perspective, specific to Image of God Institute, naturally leads to a closer relationship with Jesus. JPII’s masterwork answers some of the most challenging questions of our time. Parishioners can then bring this treasure to their own families, co-workers and ministries within the parish, unleashing the “new springtime” that JPII started, at St. Clement. Starts with 8 am Parish Mass and includes breakfast and lunch. RSVP by Noon on October 19 to help with food preparation.
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Living Flame – Learn more about JPII’s Masterwork at St. Clement of Rome Parish

Events Throughout 2026

St. Clement of Rome parishioners, join us in learning and spreading JPII’s Masterwork. Events offered throughout 2026 are for those who have never heard of this amazing teaching before, for those who consider themselves experts, and for everyone in between. RSVP here to simply join an email list – we’ll send you reminders for upcoming events at St. Clement.

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What's included?

Behold Retreats

Four experiential retreats over the course of the year.

Opportunities for comfortable in home retreat settings as well as at the parish. Small groups. Teaching. Testimony. Real prayer. This is where hearts move.

Unpack

A six-week teaching series introducing St. John Paul II, the foundations of his wisdom, and what it means to live it. 

Our team leads each session, supported by keynote witnesses — parishioners and others — who share how Christ has met them.

Scheduled strategically in the fall or during Lent, when parishioners are already leaning in.

Equip

Toward the end of the engagement, we raise up a core team. 

Parishioners who’ve been through Behold or Unpack — who now want to learn how to lead this work themselves. In their homes. With their friends. In their Bible studies and small groups.

This is how the mission stays after we leave.

Meet the St. Clement Living Flame Team

Eric and Carla

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Angie Doerr

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Ursula Everett

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Vince and Kasia

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Corina Newman

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Msgr. James Ramacciotti

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Barb Yoffie

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FAQ's

What does this actually consist of?

Three integrated parts over the course of a year — four Behold Retreats (most held in parishioner homes), a six-week Unpack teaching series, and Equip training that forms a core team of parishioners to lead this work themselves. All of it is built around your parish, not dropped onto it.

We start by meeting with your leadership to strategize — which groups to reach, when to schedule retreats, where Unpack fits in your calendar. From there, the year unfolds at a rhythm you can actually sustain: retreats for teachers, clergy and staff, and core team leaders; a six-week Unpack series in the fall or during Lent; and Equip sessions toward the end to raise up the parishioners who will carry it on.

Equip is the piece that makes this sustainable. It’s a series of sessions — usually two or three near the end of the engagement — where parishioners who’ve been through Behold or Unpack learn how to lead retreats themselves. In their homes. With their friends and families. In their Bible studies and small groups. The goal is that when we leave, the mission doesn’t.

A core group of parishioners who are living this and passing it on. We’ve watched alumni host Behold Retreats in their own living rooms, lead small groups through the material, and shape the formation culture of their parish long after our engagement ended. That’s not a best-case scenario — that’s the design.

No. Unpack and Behold Retreats are built to introduce it — St. John Paul II’s background, the foundations, what he was trying to do. We start where your parish is.

No — and this is one of the most common misunderstandings we address. St. John Paul’s wisdom isn’t primarily about issues of morality. It’s an incredible worldview that reshapes how you pray, how you see yourself, how you live in your family, how you encounter Jesus. Morality, ethical choices flow downstream from it. We start upstream.