A safe harbor or landing place for returning Catholics to explore their faith and their future with the Church.

A group of six to eight active Catholics joined together to welcome two or three returning Catholics to share and explore faith together.

• a supportive community within which he/she can ask questions, discuss issues, deal with difficulties.
• an opportunity to be with ordinary Catholics who are trying to live their faith.
• a safe environment to come to terms with recent changes within the Church and themselves.

• a participation in the Church's evangelization mission by opening their hearts to those who've been away.
• an opportunity to share their time and faith.
• a chance to grow and learn fromt he spititual journeys of one another.

After an intial interview with a priest, or trained representative of the Church, the returning Catholic is directed to a Landings group.

The groups will meet for approximately ten weeks in two-hour sessions. The conclusion of the program will be a weekend retreat, perhaps with other Landings groups from the Diocese

• The "saved" welcoming the "sinners".
• People pressuring others to return.
• Full of answers to teach the unenlightened.
• Blind to the hurt the Church may have caused someone . . .

• People in solidarity with the returning; who in their own lives have "returned", and continue to "return".
• Founded on the belief that we do not have to be trained theologians to share what we believe, and to speak honestly abount our faith, trusting in the Holy Spirit.