A 3-year program which will ground each student in a college-level understanding of Catholic theology. This systematic program has a 12 week course of studies every semester. These courses will have a nominal fee (scholarships are available for those who cannot pay the small fee) and students will not be tested or graded.

There is no pre-registration. You will register at the first class you attend. The first class of fall 2011 will be Tuesday, Sept 6 at 8pm in the Church sanctuary.

During each session we will find:
-Where these teachings are found in the Bible?
-What did the disciples of the Apostles and all the early Fathers teach about these topics?
-How do I live these teachings today?

Instructor - Marcel LeJeune, MTS
Thursdays (starting 9/6) -  8:00 PM - Church Sanctuary
 

1. Introduction to the class, process, Catholic documents, texts used, Catholic thought and theology
2. The mystery of God and The Trinity
3. Incarnation, Grace, Redemption
4. Revelation, Salvation History, Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition
5. Studying and Interpreting Sacred Scripture
6. The Creeds
7. The Hierarchy and Magisterium of the Catholic Church
8. Catholic Morality and Conscience
9. Catholic Social Teaching
10. Prayer
11. Sacraments
12. The Liturgy and Mass
    
    For more information, please contact Marcel LeJeune, the Assistant Director of Campus Ministry and the instructor for this course.

Catholicism 102 – Introduction to Catholic Thought and Theology (continued) (Spring)
Prerequisites - Catholicism 101
Instructor - Marcel LeJeune, MTS

1. Eucharist
2. Baptism and Confirmation
3. Reconciliation and Annointing of the Sick.
4. The Christian Vocation, Matrimony & Holy Orders (Vocations)
5. Creation, the Fall, and the Problem of Evil and Suffering
6. The Old Testament, Old Covenant
7. The New Testament, New Covenant
8. Mary and The Saints
9. Christian Sexuality
10. Call to Holiness and the Virtues
11. Apologetics
12. Evangelization

Instructor - Marcel LeJeune, MTS
Tuesdays - 8:00 PM - Room 101

1. Introduction to Christian Anthropology
2. St. Thomas Aquinas to Vatican II
3. Vatican II and John Paul II
4. Love and Responsibility
5. John Paul II's early writings
6. Theology of the Body
7. Theology of the Body - Part II
8. Theology of the Body - Part III
9. Theology of the Body - Part IV
10. Theology of the Body - Part V
11. Theology of the Body - Part VI
12. Theology of the Body - Part VII

Catholicism 202 - Sacred Scripture – Overview of the New and Old Testaments (SPRING)
Prerequisites - Catholicism 101 / 102
Instructor - Marcel LeJeune, MTS

1. Exegesis and Hermeneutics
2. Dei Verbum – Vatican II
3. Genesis
4. Exodus / Leviticus / Numbers / Deuteronomy
5. Historical Books
6. Prophetic Books
7. Psalms and Wisdom Literature
8. Introduction to the New Testament
9. Four Gospels
10. Pauline Literature
11. Catholic Epistles
12. The book of Revelation

Catholicism 301 - Fundamental Moral Theology (Fall)
Prerequisites - Catholicism 101 / 102
 

Instructor - Kristine Cranley, MTS
Thursdays - 8:00 PM - Room 201

1. Foundations of Moral Theology - An Adequate Anthropology
2. Truth and Freedom
3. Freedom and Human Action
4. History of Moral Theology
5. Fontes Moralitatis - The Moral Act
6. Norms of Morality Part I - Law
7. Norms of Morality Part II - Conscience
8. The Holy Spirit and the 'New Law'
9. Sin
10. The Passions
11. Virtue
12. Moral Good for the Life of the Church and the World

Catholicism 302 - Spiritual Theology (Spring)
Prerequisites - Catholicism 101 / 102
 

Instructor - Kristine Cranley, MTS
Thursdays - 8:00 PM - Room 201

1. Intro to Spiritual Theology
2. The Evangelical Counsels and the Form of Love - Christian States of Life
3. Prayer
4. Ignatian Discernment of Spirits
5. Ignatian Discernment pt. II
6. Carmelite Prayer
7. Sacramental and Liturgical Theology
8. The Little Way and Abandonment to Divine Providence
9. The Spiritual Life and Mission
10. Our Lady and the Spiritual Life
11. Practical Considerations