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    Our Spiritual Family Ministries
    helping you integrate a spirituality of communion into your parishes, ministries, communities, and families
    • Our Mission

      OSF Ministries works to renew and enrich parish life and the families they serve by teaching Church and community leaders the Spiritual Family Methodology, a practical application of St. John Paul II's "spirituality of communion." We also create and provide resources, personal mentorship, and programs to help further integrate this spirituality of communion into your parishes, ministries, communities, and families.

      Our Vision


      We want to help cultivate an organic unity within every parish: an interwoven fabric of community which grows and flows between the church, its families, and other related communities in one integrated Spiritual Family. We want to share the life-changing experience and transforming beauty of living the heart of John Paul II’s “spirituality of communion,” in which we see other persons as gifts, as reflecting the light of the Trinity, and as intimately united with us in the Mystical Body of Christ. Over time, we also want to establish a network of Catholic communities, ministries, and organizations that use this “spirituality of communion” as their guiding principle of formation.
    • Our Work

      Methodology
      Learn about the Spiritual Family Methodology, a practical model for building and living John Paul II’s “spirituality of communion” in your own Spiritual Families. You will learn the Milestones of a Spiritual Life, Relational Principles of a Spiritual Culture, Ten Pillars of a Spiritual House, Anatomy of a Spiritual Profile, and Seven Stages of Building a Spiritual Family.

      SUpport
      We create free resources to support your ministries and offer personal mentorship to support your leaders. Subscribe to our podcast or blog to learn more about integrating the Spiritual Family Methodology into your family, community, or parish. If you would like to contribute to the mission or build with us, send us a message!

      Ministries
      Our Ministries are community resources designed to help integrate a spirituality of communion within your gatherings, ministries, and programs.  We create the ministries in collaboration with other disciples, ministers, or organizations using the Spiritual Family Methodology. We design our material in a way that preserves the uniqueness of your community, supports in your creativity, and infuses spirituality into the structure of your gatherings. 
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    • A Spirituality of Communion

      "Before making practical plans, we need to promote a spirituality of communion, making it the guiding principle of education wherever individuals and Christians are formed, wherever ministers of the altar, consecrated persons, and pastoral workers are trained, wherever families and communities are being built up...Let us have no illusions: unless we follow this spiritual path, external structures of communion will serve very little purpose. They would become mechanisms without a soul, "masks" of communion rather than its means of expression and growth." (Novo Millenino Ineuente, 43 , St. Pope John Paul II)

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      Novo Millennio Ineunte

      As described in Novo Millennio Ineunte paragraph 43, "A Spirituality of Communion" indicates:
      1. Contemplating the mystery of the Trinity dwelling in us
      2. Seeing the light of the Trinity on the brothers and sisters around us
      3. Thinking of our Christian brothers and sisters within the profound unity of the Mystical Body as "those who are part of me"
      4. Seeing what is positive in others as a gift for the brother or sister and as a "gift for me"
      5. Knowing how to "make room" for our brothers and sisters, and bearing "each other's burdens" (Gal 6:2)
      In paragraph 58, St. Pope John Paul II concludes by pointing the Church to look to Mary as the guide for our steps.
  • Spiritual Family Methodology
    Annie Buehnerkemper's

    • The Spiritual Family Methodology is a new approach to living an intentional life and a response to St. Pope John Paul II's commission to promote a "spirituality of communion" in the Church. The intention behind the methodology is to develop the perspective of seeing all physical and spiritual realities in light of Divine Love. This kind of perspective helps us grow in understanding of who God has uniquely created us to be, how to cooperate with his grace and unique plan for us, and therefore, letting ourselves be formed by his love for us. Engaging in a life in the Trinity unveils more how we uniquely image the Trinity which then moves us to go out and love others with that same love. It is by that love that we are drawn into communion with our brothers and sisters in the Mystical Body of Christ with the same mind, heart, and spirit in Jesus Christ.
    • The Methodology Covers:

      1. Milestones of a Spiritual Life based on a Theology of Communion
      2. Relational Principles of a Spiritual Culture founded on the Law of Love
      3. Ten Pillars of a Spiritual House built on a Christocentric life
      4. Anatomy of a Spiritual Profile designed as a Living Monstrance
      5. Seven Stages of Building a Spiritual Family modeled after Mary's vocation
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      Spiritual Culture
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      Spiritual Family
    • The Logo

      You will see two sides to Our Spiritual Family's logo:
      The left side depicts a universal STRUCTURE, or an anatomy, for a life of communion in the five main areas of our life: spirituality, relationship, work, community, mission.
      The right side depicts the CREATIVITY of God and how each space of community grows as a unique and unrepeatable reflection of Him.

      Our unique experiences of communion through this structure and creativity depicts the image of how each of us uniquely reflects the Trinity and bears Christ into the world, becoming A LIVING MONSTRANCE. 
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  • Articles

    • Mystery of the Complementarity
      September 30
      - Annie Buehnerkemper
      Mystery of the Complementarity
      "In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them." (Genesis 1:27)
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    • Unique Place
      September 30
      - Annie Buehnerkemper
      Unique Place
      “It is right that I should think this way about all of you, because I hold you in my heart, you who are all partners with me in grace...how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 1:7-8)
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    • Jesus is the Way
      September 30
      - Annie Buehnerkemper
      Jesus is the Way
      “And those he predestined he also called; and those he called he also justified; and those he justified he also glorified.” (Romans 8:30)
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    • The Kingdom of God on Earth and into Heaven
      September 30
      - Annie Buehnerkemper
      The Kingdom of God on Earth and into Heaven
      Why do we need to live in community?
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      Subscribe to Our Spiritual Family Podcast and enjoy our conversations, testimonies, and insights on community life. Learn more about the Spiritual Family Methodology or check out our special guest playlists.
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      • Sacred Heart of Jesus
        Frances Ophelia Hardy

        Sacred Heart of Jesus,
        Inflame my heart with the fire of your love
        so that I may be a reflection of your goodness,
        so that I may be closer to you each day
        and more like you every moment of my life.
        Amen
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