Post-Pentecost Discussion
Ask your students: What factors help them to feel at home in a parish community? Put the students into small groups in order to help them identify more specifically what helps them feel at home or would help them feel at home in a parish. Write…
A Lesson on Purgatory
Share a lesson the Church’s teaching on Purgatory. The following information is from Jesus Christ: Source of Our Salvation (2nd Edition). A short lesson follows the background information. Background Information Purgatory is name the Church…
The Issue of Glutton Free Holy Communion
Recently the Vatican’s Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments published a Letter to Bishops on the bread and wine for Eucharist. The letter became the stir of the internet as it was promoted as “The Church…
What is the difference between Eastern Catholic Churches and Eastern Orthodox Churches?
This is a question that is often confusing to Catholics who have grown up in the Roman Catholic Church. You may wish to share with them this response:
Annual Fortnight for Religious Freedom Announced
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has announced the dates for the annual Fornight for Freedom, an occasion to pray, promote, and work for religious liberty. The year, the Fornight for Freedom will be held from June 21--the Feasts of…
Faith Questions and the Letters of St. Paul
After St. Paul traveled the Roman empire as a missionary, converting many Gentiles to Christianity and establishing local churches, he would later be confronted by these new Christians with questions of faith and practice. Since he could not return…
Catholic Colleges in March Madness 2015
It’s time once again to look at “March Madness”—the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments—through the lens of its Catholic college participants! Take some time to examine this year’s list of…
Christianity in China?
There are quite a few question marks about Catholicism and Christianity in China today. Have your students research the answers to these questions
Meeting the New Cardinals
Pope Francis announced his intention to create twenty new cardinals at the upcoming consistory (an assembly of cardinals called together by the pope) on February 14, 2015.
The Crucial Issue of Religious Freedom
With issues around the First Amendment to the United States Constitution swirling in the news, including around the recent Supreme Court Decision in the Hobby Lobby case, and worldwide in the brutal persecution and decimation of Christians…