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Deepen your relationship with the Lord and learn what it means to be a better husband, father and friend

Wednesdays, 6:00AM-7:30AM

Saturdays, 7:00AM-8:30AM

IHM Room of the St. Maria Goretti Parish Center

Deepen your relationship with the Lord and learn what it means to be a better husband, father and friend

Wednesdays, 6:00AM-7:30AM

Saturdays, 7:00AM-8:30AM

IHM Room of the St. Maria Goretti Parish Center

Contact thatmanisyou.smg@gmail.com for more information


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 

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

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