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Wednesdays, 6:00AM-7:30AM

Saturdays, 7:00AM-8:30AM

IHM Room of the St. Maria Goretti Parish Center

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30-Minute Content Review

Open Discussion

Fall

Semester

Session 1: The Call to an Elite and Fulfilled Life

Presenter: Wade Berzas

• Adversity Comes When You Least Expect it
• Moving Story of Surviving a Plane Crash
• God Calls Us to be Elite and Fulfilled
• Faith: Unshakeable Belief
• Perseverance: Getting Back Up
• Surrender: Letting Go unto God

Session 2: Reasons for Hope (Mysteries of the Rosary – Glorious Mysteries)

Presenter: Mark Hartfiel

• The Cross Appeared as a Failure
• Now Over a Billion Catholics
• There are Good Reasons to Believe
• Sts. Peter and Paul Witnessed to the Resurrection
• We Must Have a Reason for Our Hope

Session 3: The Resurrection (Mysteries of the Rosary – Glorious Mysteries)

Presenter: Mark Hartfiel

• The Rosary Comes Alive with Scripture
• Christ Appeared for 40 days
• We will Receive A Glorified Body
• The Resurrection Changes Everything
• Promise of Everlasting Glory

Session 4: The Ascension (Mysteries of the Rosary – Glorious Mysteries)

Presenter: Mark Hartfiel

• New Era in the Church
• Jesus is at the Father’s Right Hand
• A Place is Prepared for us
• We are Not Orphans
• Heaven is Our Ultimate Destiny

Session 5: Descent of the Holy Spirit (Mysteries of the Rosary – Glorious Mysteries)

Presenter: Mark Hartfiel

• The Holy Spirit is the Most Powerful Force
• We Have the Same Spirit as at Pentecost
• Be Empty of the Spirit of this World
• Fruits of the Holy Spirit
• Set the World on Fire

Session 6: The Assumption of Mary (Mysteries of the Rosary – Glorious Mysteries)

Presenter: Mark Hartfiel

• The Immaculate Conception and Assumption Are Connected
• Mary had No Decay of the Body
• Danger of Modern Gnosticism
• St. Bernadette and Lourdes
• Glorify God in Your Body

Session 7: The Coronation of Mary (Mysteries of the Rosary – Glorious Mysteries)

Presenter: Mark Hartfiel

• Our Lady is the Queen Mother
• Queenship of Mary is Affirmed in both the Old and New Testaments
• Our Lady of Fatima Spoke of Material and Spiritual Wars
• Pray and Sacrifice for the Conversion of Sinners
• Our Lady Saved St. John Paul II’s Life

Session 8: The Triumph of the Immaculate Heart

Presenter: Mark Hartfiel

• We Live in “The Age of Mary”
• Many Marian Apparitions in the Past 200 Years
• Our Lady’s Messages Counteract the World’s Evil
• God Gives Simple Solutions to the World’s Problems: Jesus
• We Must Pray the Rosary Everyday

Session 9: The Earliest Church

Presenter: Michael Gormley

• Jesus Invites You into His Mission
• The Book of Acts is the Gospel of the Holy Spirit
• The Mission of the Church
• There is No Church without the Holy Spirit
• Learn to Suffered Joyously
• Be Open to the Lost and the Marginalized

Session 10: The Spirit of St. Paul

Presenter: Michael Gormley

• New Identity in Christ
• Everything Other Than Christ is “Loss and Refuse”
• The Gospel has Universal Value 
• Faith Reveals All
• Union with Christ is Our Joy
• The Church is Christ

Session 11: The Faith of The Apostolic Fathers

Presenter: Dr. Andrew Swafford

• Tradition is a Handing-Over of a Way of Life
• We were Made for the Next Life
• Church is Holy Because Christ Made it 
• The Eucharist is Essential
• Faith is Never Just Me and Jesus
• Being Catholic is Being Christian with Nothing Left Out

Session 12: The Witness of the Apostolic Fathers

Presenter: Dr. Andrew Swafford

• The Paschal Mystery is Always Present in the Mass
• We Sin Because We are Addicted to Pleasure
• Dress Rehearsal for Judgment
• Virtue is About Living the Fullest Way of Life
• We can be Bold and Fearless 
• We Receive Victory Over Death 

Session 13: St. Augustine: a Saint for Our Time

Presenter: Andrew Swafford

• The Family is not an End in Itself
• The Old Testament is to be Read Spiritually, not Literally
• Witnesses to the Truth can Open Minds and Hearts
• Come Face-To-Face with Ourselves in Prayer
• Reintegrate Our Divided Selves
• Your Story Matters 

Spring

Semester

Session 14: My Resurrection and Call to Evangelize

Presenter: Ned Juneau

• We Have to Rely on God in Our Challenges
• Ned and His Son Got into a Car Wreck after Hunting
• His TMIY Brothers Saved His Life by Their Prayers and Presence
• God is Constantly at Work
• Evangelizing is Loving the Other Person
• Blessings Come from Bearing Our Cross with Christ

Session 15: My Saint Joseph

Presenter: Sr. Alexia Zaldivar

• Joy Comes from Our Relationship with the Lord
• Who are We Striving to Become?
• Her Father’s Small Sacrifices Opened Her to a Religious Vocation
• St. Joseph is the Guardian of the Greatest Treasures of the Father
• Her Father was Her St. Joseph
• Have the Courage to Take Your Place in History
• Contemplate the Heart of St. Joseph

Session 16: Biblical Masculinity

Presenter: Michael Gormley 

• The Two Creation Stories are One Beautiful Picture
• Male And Female are Complementary
• Paradise Begins in the Home
• Men Must Transmit God’s Law to His Children
• The Perfection of Manhood is Fatherhood
• Physical Fatherhood is Not the Limit of Fatherhood
• True Fulfillment is in Giving Oneself Away

Session 17: Spiritual Headship

Presenter: Michael Gormley 

• Baptism Actually Changes You
• Love is a Decision That You Must Cultivate
• Jesus is the Measure of Christian Leadership 
• Get Lower to lift Others Up
• Christian Headship is about Love
• Catholic School Does Not Replace Fatherhood
• Your Headship Ends Where Your Pride Begins

Session 18: Finding Your Mission Field

Presenter: Paul George

• Don’t Be Paralyzed by Your Past
• We are Made for More
• Let Us Live Life Without Anything to Lose
• Jesus is the Author Of the Mission
• Our Mission Flows from Our Identity as God’s Sons
• Begin Your Mission with The End in Mind
• Your Vocation is Your Mission Field

Session 19: The Paradise of God

Presenter: Mark Hartfiel

• Paradisus Dei is Latin for Paradise of God
• Jesus Battles Sin in the Garden
• Find and Adore God in Your Home
• We are Sent into the Mission Field of the Family
• The Holy Family was a Paradise on Earth
• Let Us Become St. Joseph to Our Spouse

Session 20: The Mystery of the Holy Family

Presenter: Mark Hartfiel

• God is Not Solitude but Family
• The Family is All About Love
• Our Model is the Holy Family
• Satan Attacks What is Most Sacred: Your Family
• Find Your Mission Field
• God is Not Done with You Yet
• Your Fatherhood Never Ends

Session 21: Superabundant Saints

Presenter: Jamie Gonzales

• Patron Saints of Paradisus Dei: St. Don Bosco and St. Thérèse of Lisieux
• We are All Called to Be Saints
• Saints are Not Made in A Day
• Quantity of Time with Our Children Matters Too
• Make It Easy to be Good and Hard to be Bad
• Be a Saint by Being a Spiritual Child
• Sanctity can be Attained in Our Everyday Family Life

Session 22: School of Nazareth and the Seven Steps

Presenter: Mike Dicosola

• God Entrusted the Plan of Salvation to a Family
• God Chooses Your Family Just as He Chose the Holy Family
• Jewish Family Life was Directed to and by God
• We can Always Go Deeper in the Seven Steps
• Commit to Small Steps for Spiritual Growth
• The Spiritual Life is God’s Initiative that We Participate in
• The Seven Steps are for both You and Your Spouse

Session 23: The Spiritual Journey: Active and Passive

Presenter: Mark Hartfiel

• Sanctity Is In the Struggle
• The More Good We do, the More Freedom We Have
• The Active Will is What We Do to be Rid of Sin
• Penance Strengthens Our Will to Choose Good
• The Passive Will is God’s Purging of Our Souls
• Suffering Expands Our Hearts
• Union with God is the Goal

Session 24: Building a Spiritual Plan of Life

Presenter: Mike Dicosola

• We Need a Plan for Our Spiritual Life
• A What without a When is a Never
• Practice Virtue and Remove Vice
• Stay United to Christ
• 7 Moments of a Daily Prayer Life
• We Must Govern Our Passions to Find Peace
• When Frustrated, Run to Christ

Session 25: The Gospel of Suffering

Presenter: Steve Bollman and Mark Hartfiel

• God Promises Peace Amid Suffering
• Suffering is the Necessary Gift
• Embrace Now Understand Later
• The Entire Spiritual Life is a Formation in Love
• Love is the Gift of Self
• Make Suffering Fruitful
• God Uses Suffering for Our Good

Session 26: Apostles of the New Springtime

Presenter: Steve Bollman and Mark Hartfiel

• We All Have a Call to Mission
• Our Call is Revealed in Our Personal Lives
• The Holy Spirit is Love
• A New Pentecost of Love
• Change the World by Embracing Suffering
• Christ Gives You His Heart
• Your Heart, Not Your Deeds, is What Saves This World