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10/9/2025 The Pentateuch

      20251009-OCIA

The Pentateuch

  • The Bible’s Role in Catholic Understanding Of Divine Revelation
  • The Beginnings of the Bible
  • The Pentateuch or Torah
  • What the Pentateuch Reveals to Us

Date Presented: 10/9/2025

Presented by: Fr. Chris Renner

Slide Deck: 10092025 OCIA Presentation

Beth Fries
In Anchor

10/8/2025 Listen to Your Mother

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Date Presented: 10/8/2025

Presented by: Fr. John Ezratty

Slide Deck:  Lesson #3_ Listen to Your Mother

Other Resources:

  • Catechism of the Catholic Church (748-975)
  • Encyclical “Mystici Corporis” (Pius XII)
  • Video: “What exactly is the Church?” (https://www.catholic.com/video/what-exactly-is-the-church)
  • Catholic Answers: “The Church Christ founded” (https://www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/the-church-christ-founded)
  • Compendium of the Catholic Church: https://www.amazon.com/Compendium-United-States-Conference-Bishops/dp/1574557203
  • Mere Christianity: https://a.co/d/4ttSu3U
Beth Fries
In OCIA

OCIA Kick Off 2025-2026

Welcome to OCIA!  We are grateful you are here.  The audio below is the abridged version of the orientation.

 

      20251003 OCIA Orientation

Slide Deck

Steps of Order of Christian Initiation of Adults

Beth Fries
In Anchor

Vocations

Date Presented: 4/2/2024

Presented by: Fr. Trevor, Sisters of Life

Slide Deck: Link to PDF slide deck

Other Resources: https://sistersoflife.org/

Beth Fries
In Anchor

Fellowship-Connecting with Others

Date Presented: December 11, 2024
Presented by: Eric Wood
Slide Deck: Lesson #11-Fellowship-Connecting with Others.pptx
Other Resources: Spirit of Christ Fellowship and Support Ministries

Audio Recording

      Lesson #11-Fellowship
Beth Fries
In Anchor

Husbands and Wives Missionaries of Love

Date Presented: December 4, 2024
Presented by: Dcn. Collin Coleman

Slide Deck: Husbands and Wives Missionaries of Love (Spirit of Christ parent talk)

Other Resources:

• Love and Responsibility: Karol Wojtyla

• Familiaris Consortio: The role of the family in the modern world

• Letter to the Families from John Paul II (1994 the year of the family)

• Chirstifideles Laici: The lay members of Christ’s faithful people

• Evangelium Vitae: The Gospel of Life (1995)

• The Pastoral care of the Divorced and remarried (Pontifical council for the family. Feb 1997)

Beth Fries
In Anchor

Sin, Reparation, and Indulgences

Sin, Reparation, & Indulgences 

Date Presented: November 13, 2024
Presented by: Fr. Adam Bradshaw
Slide Deck: Lesson #9-Effects of sin and reparation_indulgences

Resources:

Beth Fries
In Anchor

Open Airways: Talking with your Child

Date Presented: October 9, 2024
Presented by: Beth Fries and Panel
Slide Deck Link

Other Resources:

  1. General Resources
    1. CCC 2221-2231
    2. Bad Therapy by Abigail Shrier
  2. Friends
    1. Choosing friends-Sirach 6:14-16-Faithful friends are a sturdy shelter; whoever finds one finds a treasure. Faithful friends are beyond price, no amount can balance their worth. Faithful friends are life-saving medicine; those who fear God will find them.
    2. Peer Pressure- Peer Pressure and Teens | Teenage Mental Health | Episode 15 from Formed.org
    3. Sleepovers-Saying No to Sleepovers | National Catholic Register
      1. Navigating the Complexities of Sleepovers – Pregnancy & Newborn Magazine
    4. Bullying-City of Saints-The Courageous Son-Episode 5 from Formed.org
    5. Kindness to everyone-Who Am I to Judge? – Book Dr. Edward Sri
  3. Media
    1. Phones & Internet-
      1. Formed Now-Is Technology Bad? Episode 3 by Formed.org
      2. –Catholic All Year with Kendra Tierney-My Phone vs. My Kids | Catholic All Year w/ Kendra Tierney-Episode 5 from Formed.org
      3. –Wait until 8th
      4. –Techless.com
      5. –Gabb phones
    2. Social Media-Screenagers
      1. CCC 2496- “The means of social communication (especially the mass media) can give rise to a certain passivity among users, making them less than vigilant consumers of what is said or shown. Users should practice moderation and discipline in their approach to the mass media. They will want to form enlightened and correct consciences the more easily to resist unwholesome influences.”
      2. Ascension Presence: Do You Need a Break from Social Media?
    3. Video Games-Catholic Answers: A Catholic Case for Video Games
    4. Streaming Services i.e. Disney+, Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, YouTube-
      1. –Catholic Answers: TV or Not TV
      2. Catholic Answers: A Catholic Guide to Watching Movies
      3. –Nation Catholic Register Article-How to Watch Movies Like a Catholic
    5. It’s everywhere: Pornography-CCC 2354 “Pornography consists in removing real or simulated sexual acts from the intimacy of the partners, in order to display them deliberately to third parties. It offends against chastity because it perverts the conjugal act, the intimate giving of spouses to each other. It does grave injury to the dignity of its participants (actors, vendors, the public), since each one becomes an object of base pleasure and illicit profit for others. It immerses all who are involved in the illusion of a fantasy world. It is a grave offense. Civil authorities should prevent the production and distribution of pornographic materials.”
      1. –The Porn Myth: Exposing the Reality Behind the Fantasy of Pornography by Matthew Fradd (Author)
      2. –Protecting Innocence: Parenting, Your Kids, & the Internet by Matt Fradd
      3. –Catholic Answers: How to Guard Your Children from Inappropriate Content
  4. Sexuality
    1. Proper respect of their bodies (private areas)
      1.  “…this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from unchastity, that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honour , not in the passion of lust like heathens who do not know God” (1 Th 4:3-5)
    2. Gender-Body and Soul
      1. God created mankind in his image; in the image of God he created them; male and female* he created them. (Gen 1:27), BOOK: Made This Way by Leila Miller & Trent Horn.
    3. Marriage and Dating
      1. Chastity.com  
    4. Homosexuality
      1. CCC 2357-2359
    5. When to have “The Talk”
      1.  Book- The Talk: 7 Lessons to Introduce Your Child to Biblical Sexuality
  5. Decision Making/Choices 
    1. Decisions and Consequences: 
      1. Quote- “You are free to choose, but you’re not free not to choose. That is to say, you must choose. If you think that you can go on simply not choosing one or the other, I’ve got news for you: not choosing is choosing the kingdom of darkness.” Msgr Charles Pope
      2. https://catholiceducation.org/en/religion-and-philosophy/choices-have-consequences.html
    2. Little White Lies – 
    3. Objective Truths
      1. “Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil, who change darkness to light, and light into darkness, who change bitter to sweet, and sweet into bitter!” Isaiah 5:20
    4. Food choices
    5. Addiction- Drugs and Alcohol
      1.  “No trial has come to you but what is human. God is faithful and will not let you be tried beyond your strength; but with the trial he will also provide a way out, so that you may be able to bear it.” 1 Cor. 10:13
  6. Life and Death
    1. Adoption
      1. https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_25031995_evangelium-vitae.html
    2. Abortion
      1. Catechism of The Catholic Church # 2271
    3. Conception
      1. https://paulist.org/the-conversation/a-humble-attempt-at-a-catholic-explanation-of-the-right-to-life-from-the-moment-of-conception/
    4. Euthanasia
      1. Catechism of The Catholic Church # 2324
    5. Natural Death
      1. https://www.catholicendoflife.org/church-teaching/
  7. Religion
    1. Different Sects of Christianity
      1. Catholic University of America – Relationship of Mutual Respect
    2. Different Religions + Atheism and Agnosticism
      1. Catechism of the Catholic Church 843
    3. Heaven and Hell.
      1. https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/heaven-hell-and-purgatory-8222
    4. Being Catholic
    5. Eating Jesus
      1. John 6:52