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Learn to Live a Supernatural Lifestyle
2-Year Program:
Drawing from the richness of our Catholic heritage, we seek to teach, equip and activate disciples to demonstrate the love of God through the power of the Holy Spirit in their sphere of influence.
Spotlight:
EXPERIENCE THE FIRST 4 QUARTERS IN JUST 2 DAYS
Encounter Lafayette
Weekend SUMMER INTENSIVE
at St. Leo the Great’s Church Hall
The Summer Intensive Weekend School provides a survey of content offered in the first four quarters of the Encounter School of Ministry over a packed 2 day weekend. It is ideal for those discerning their enrollment in the school but needing further discernment or those who are unable to attend the weekly school.
**EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT OF $25 ENDS JULY 12TH, 2023**
REGISTRATION INCREASES FROM $50 TO $75
What is a SUMMER INTENSIVE?
This event offers a survey of the content offered in the first four quarters of the Encounter School of Ministry over a fast four-day* period. It’s perfect for anyone desiring to attend the Encounter School during the year but unable to do so because of distance or schedule. It is also ideal for those discerning their enrollment in the school of ministry but needing greater discernment.
Cant join us in Lafayette? Alternative Option: Online Campus Summer Intensive
Spotlight:
JESUS STILL HEALS TODAY AND DESIRES TO DEMONSTRATE THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL THROUGH HEALING.
Encounter Lafayette
FREE Public Healing Service
at St. Leo the Great’s Church
GENERAL DETAILS
We believe that not only does Jesus still heal today, but that healing is one of the most powerful ministries of evangelization. Jesus never preached the Gospel of the kingdom of God without demonstrating the kingdom through signs, wonders, and miracles, with healing as the most frequent demonstration of God’s love. This will include a time of worship and praise, proclamation of the Gospel and preaching, corporate prayer for healing ending with individual prayer teams for healing. Come prepared for breakthrough!
EVENING SCHEDULE:
7:00pm – Opening Praise & Worship
7:30pm – Corporate Prayer for Healing & Testimonies
8:30pm – Individual Prayer for Healing
10:00pm – Closing
OUR CAMPUS
Location:
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The Lafayette Campus is a satellite school of the Encounter School of Ministry (ESM) founded by Fr. Mathias Thelen and Patrick Reis. Our leadership and instructors have been trained and equipped by ESM and receive ongoing formation through Encounter Ministries.
2023-24 Class Schedule
General Info
Application Deadline: Oct. 11
All Classes Start: September 11 2023
All Classes Date/Time: MONDAYS from 6-9PM
COURSES
2-Year Curriculum
Year 2
Q5: Power Evangelization
Q6: Advanced Ministry Training
Q7: Intimacy with God
Q8: Leadership & Deployment
Classroom Environment
Each class includes a time of worship, testimony, teaching sessions, activations and small group time.
Faithful Teaching
Before approval, our curriculum undergoes a rigorous academic curriculum review with a team of respected Catholic theologians, including Dr. Mary Healy, Dr. Alan Schreck, Dr. Daniel Keating, Rev. Peter F. Ryan, S.J., and Dr. Robert Fastiggi.
Not only did they work to guarantee that the curriculum is free from moral and doctrinal error and rooted deeply in Scripture, official Church teaching and the testimony of the early Church fathers, but they helped to provide greater precision and accuracy in the curriculum to diminish possible confusion and ensure full continuity with Church teaching.
This campus has been reviewed and approved by the bishop of this diocese.
TEAM MEMBERS
All satellite campus leaders and instructors are graduates of the Encounter School of Ministry and strive to live out the ESM Core Values.
Braxton Callen
Director
Bio
Braxton Callen is a charismatic servant-leader whose passion is to reach the world with the Gospel by walking with Christians as they seek real encounters with Jesus Christ and make missionary disciples. He graduated from the University of Louisiana with a degree in Business Finance. Has has previously served as a Catholic missionary with FOCUS (3 years) at the University of Missouri and Benedictine College and also with Family Missions Company (4 years) in Lazile, Haiti. Braxton now continues his ministry as the founder and director of Every and All and serves as a full time missionary at St Leo’s parish in Lafayette Louisiana.
Libby Callen
Co-Director
Bio
Libby Callen is a Nebraska cradle-Catholic who experienced the power of the Holy Spirit in Encounter Ministries through a weekend Identity School where she experienced transformation in the renewal of mind and heart through what the Lord spoke over her identity. This weekend and the testimony of others led her to joining the online school in fall 2021. She is passionate about journeying with others as they fall in love with Jesus and disciplining them to allow His love to overflow into the world through the power of the Holy Spirit and mission. Libby has served as a foreign Catholic missionary for the last several years and now currently serves as an Every & All parish missionary in Lafayette, LA as well as the co-director for the Encounter Lafayette campus.
Michael Koenig
Core-Leadership Team
Bio
Michael Koenig was raised in a Catholic home in Omaha, Nebraska. However He fell in love with the person of Jesus Christ first in the Word at 18 years old and then through the Eucharist at 20. Through his deepening of relationship with Christ Michael’s heart has been set on fire to live the Gospel and minister to others in power and truth. He has graduated from the two year Mentorship Program for Lay Leaders through the Archdiocese of Omaha, served as a catechist for Confirmation students for two years at St. Gerald Parish in Ralston Nebraska, and led a young adult ministry for one year, all while working full time as a HVAC service tech. Michael is now serving as a full time missionary for Every and All in Lafayette, Louisiana following the Lord’s call on his heart to radically live out the Gospel in abounding love and transformative joy.
Braxton Callen
Director
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LIBBY CALLEN
Co-Director
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MICHAEL KOENIG
Core-Leadership Team
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Cost of Tuition
Satellite Campus
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The tuition for the upcoming school year is $250 per quarter (with a discount if you pay by the year). Required books and Mission Trips cost extra.
Enrollment Period
Students enroll and pay tuition for one year at a time. Classes usually start mid-September and run through May. Official dates and class times vary per campus. Upon completion of the 2nd Year School of Ministry, students receive a graduation certificate.
Tuition includes Free Admission to the annual Encounter Conference (in-person or online ticket).
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Tuition & Financial Aid
Enrollment Requirements
Graduation & Curriculum
Course Materials
Additional Reading
In total, textbooks for Year 1 will cost approximately $75 – $100 (not including shipping): Quarter 1: The Spiritual Gifts Handbook by Dr. Mary Healy & Dr. Randy Clark | Quarter 3: Healing: Bringing the Gift of God’s Mercy to the World by Dr. Mary Healy | Quarter 2: Lord, Renew Your Wonders by Damian Stayne | Quarter 4: Be Healed by Dr. Bob Schuchts | Deliverance Ministry by the International Catholic Charismatic Renewal Services Doctrinal Commission, Dr. Mary Healy
Other Materials
Students will receive a binder for the year that they are encouraged to bring each week and store their weekly student handouts, supplemental reading, and homework assignments. Some students opt to bring a laptop to take down notes, but many do not. We encourage you to purchase a journal on your own for class use. Once onsite students receive their badges, it is required that this is worn at each class and any ministry opportunities they participate in
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FULL CALENDARThank You to
Our Bishop
We are grateful to the bishops who have reviewed the work of Encounter Ministries and the Encounter School of Ministry, welcomed us to their diocese and have offered support and encouragement for this mission.
2023 Encounter Lafayette Summer Intensive
Registration Open
2023 Encounter Lafayette FREE Public Healing Service
Registration Open
MEDIA
REVIVE | Fremont High School, NE
Encounter School of Ministry students join Patrick Reis and Fr. Walter Nolte at a Nebraska High School.
Encounter Conference | 2022
Flagship Event | We seek to gather leaders of revival in the Church to encounter God’s refreshment, encouragement and impartation of greater anointing for ministry. Tickets >
FEARLESS Documentary
Veteran filmmaker Maura Smith takes us on a compelling journey of discovery into the world of supernatural divine power. Following the journey of Encounter Ministries, we see miracles of God through the hands of ordinary people.
Why a 2-Year School of Ministry?
Designed and established from the heart of Encounter Ministries, this school draws from the richness of our Catholic heritage as we seek to teach, equip, and activate disciples to demonstrate the love of God through the power of the Holy Spirit in their spheres of influence.
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