To bring to the Fox Valley Catholic Parishes quality educational and evangelization activities with Catholic spiritual growth opportunities.

We provide Spiritual Growth Opportunities to our Catholic Community by offering Inspirational Programs to Awaken, Enrich and Enliven the Christ within us.

• We are a group of area parishes working cooperatively together to achieve the following purposes.
  • To discern common adult education needs and/or interest in our region; to jointly plan, promote, and implement regional interests whenever feasible.
  • To ensure ongoing communication about programs, schedules, and resources available within each parish in order to avoid, when possible, unnecessary duplication of programs and to maximize the promotion and availability of such programs for all interested aduls in the regions' parishes.
  • To share expertise, ideas and resources related to adult education, to discuss mutual concerns and problems, and in general to provide mutual support to one another.

The Growing In Faith Together Committee's goal, known as "GIFT" and was formally known as Appleton Catholic Adult Education Committee (ACAEC) is to bring to the Fox Valley Catholic Parishes quality educational and evangelization activities with Catholic spiritual growth opportunities to strengthen the lives of all who participate. We collaboratively hold events that are larger than any parish can individually offer.

These programs are needed as we are living in spiritually compromising times. Masses are only partially attended and people are living in fear. Fear doesn't come from God. We need to reenergize our faith and relationship with Jesus. Participation in parish related activities is at an all-time low. We want to be a driving force that challenges people to move away from fear to the light.